走进《王冠》种瓜基地，是人性的扭曲还是道德的沦丧(6)

蒙巴顿在退休时念的那首吉卜林的《曼德勒》很符合他在这一集中的心境：
“Ship me somewheres east of Suez,
where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren"t no Ten Commandments
an" a man can raise a thirst;
For the temple-bells are callin",
an" it"s there that I would be —
By the old Moulmein Pagoda,
looking lazy at the sea;
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin"-fishes play,
An" the dawn comes up like thunder outer China "crost the Bay!”
这一集的另外一条故事线是女王和青梅竹马的波切，小时候女王家的人撮合过他们，但女王对菲利普亲王一见钟情，和波切一直保持着友谊，并一起养育赛马。王室养马的方法也落后了，波切带着女王到法国和美国考察学习先进经验。和志同道合的老友踏上考察之旅，没有了女王的重任，做的都是自己感兴趣的养马工作，女王体验到了另一种人生，难得地随心所欲了一次。