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It was him!
He did it.

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<i>Then his hog got
in my corn again.</i>

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<i>He had no fence that would hold it,
so I put it in my pen.</i>

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I told him he could have his hog back
when he paid me a dollar pound fee.

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- What did he say to that?
- "He didn't say nothin'."

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But yesterday
I got his answer, all right.

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My barn burned!

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<i>A barn burner is the meanest,
lowest creature there is.</i>

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I can't find against you,
Quick. There's no proof.

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But I can give you
some advice.

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<i>Leave this county
and don't come back to it.</i>

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You're the judge.

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That'll do. Take your belongings
and get out before dark.

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[Quiet Murmuring]

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<i>[Man]
The long</i>

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<i>Hot summer</i>

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<i>Seems to know every time</i>

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<i>You're near</i>

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<i>And the touch of a breeze</i>

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<i>Gently stirs all the trees</i>

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<i>And a bird wants to please</i>

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<i>My ear</i>

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<i>The long</i>

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<i>Hot summer</i>

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<i>Seems to know what a flirt</i>

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<i>You are</i>

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<i>Seems to know your caress</i>

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<i>Isn't mine to possess</i>

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<i>How could someone possess</i>

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<i>A star</i>

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<i>But you may long for me</i>

33
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<i>Long before the fall</i>

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<i>Long before
the winds announce</i>

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<i>That winter's come to call</i>

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<i>And meanwhile</i>

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<i>I'll court you</i>

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<i>And meanwhile</i>

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<i>I'll kiss you</i>

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<i>Meanwhile
my lonely arms</i>

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<i>Will hold you</i>

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<i>Strong</i>

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<i>And meanwhile</i>

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<i>The long</i>

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<i>Hot summer</i>

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<i>Slowly moves along</i>

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<i>Oh, so slowly</i>

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<i>Moves along</i>

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<i>Moves along</i>

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[Horn Blows]

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[Horn Blows]

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<i>[Horn Blows]</i>

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- "[Vehicle Approaching]"
- [Whistling]

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- "[Tires Screech]"
- "[Car Horn Honks]"

55
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You like a lift
to town?

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Never walk
when I can ride.

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- Just push 'em out of your way.
- Thank you, ma'am.

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[Laughing]

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I went shopping in those Memphis stores
this morning and just went wild.

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Alligator bag, figured print,
summer shoes.

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Which is all a laugh considering
we live in Frenchman's Bend...

62
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and nobody's gonna see 'em but
redneck farmers and immediate family.

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I don't care though.
I got my morale to keep up.

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- Are you two country girls?
- Country?

65
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- Are you two country girls?
- Country?

66
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Our little town's the most nowhere place
in the state of Mississippi.

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You can believe me when I tell you
it laces you in tight as a corset.

68
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And as far as social amusements
are concerned, there are none.

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Well, that's all right.
I'm a quiet-livin' man myself.

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I only know one reason
for living quiet.

71
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That's if you're too old
to live any other way.

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In other words, you two girls just
take your fun where you can find it?

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Don't jump to any conclusions,
young man.

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- We're giving you a ride, that's all.
- Where are you headed?

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I go as far as you go,
ma'am.

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You sound free as a bird.
Doesn't he sound free as a bird, Clara?

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Clara's wondering what kind of a bird,
aren't you, Clara?

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If you aren't
a mind reader.

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Clara here's a schoolteacher
and mighty finicky about her reputation.

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She didn't want
to pick you up.

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I said, "Why not?
There's two of us and one of him."

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She said, "'Cause he
looks mean and dirty."

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I'd say that lady is
a real fine judge of character.

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You've got no regard
for the safety of your person...

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- the way you drive this Lincoln car.
- "[Loud Thumping]"

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I'm getting a fallen kidney joltin'
around this countryside with you.

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<i>[Quick] Looks like Varner's
the man to see around here.</i>

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You can find him over at our house
most any time.

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You two girls
belong to Varner?

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We two girls most particularly
belong to Varner.

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<i>[Tires Screeching]</i>

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How does a man make a living
around here?

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- Honest or dishonest?
- Let me hear what's open.

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Now, a fella that's hardworkin'
and clean-livin'...

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can plant cotton
in the bottomland...

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corn along the edge
of the hills.

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If he ain't particular, he can
make whiskey in a homemade still.

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<i>And what he don't drink,
he can sell.</i>

99
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Well, what happens
if a federal man comes by?

100
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Ooh, they've been known
to come by.

101
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Also been known
to disappear.

102
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Hey, um, not entirely.

103
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No, not entirely.

104
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Missing man's shoes might show up,
or his hat...

105
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maybe even
his suspenders.

106
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'Course somebody else
is wearing them.

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<i>You a federal man?</i>

108
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Well, let's say
I'm a farmer, Dad.

109
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Uh-huh.
Let's just say so.

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If you was to follow that road over
there, you'd come to a tenant farm.

111
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You could work
if you have a mind to.

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Belongs to a fellow
named Varner.

113
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What doesn't?

114
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<i>What's your name, boy?</i>

115
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Quick. Ben Quick.

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Quick?

117
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Sure now.
So that's him?

118
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Heavenly days!
There's Agnes Stewart.

119
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She called up all nervous and fluttery
this morning to say she was comin' over.

120
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<i>I forgot to tell you about it.
Jody.!</i>

121
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Jody, I'm home!
And I spent all your money!

122
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Well, looks like you sure
had a busy day, honey.

123
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Just wait till you see
what I have for you.

124
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Bought you a red-and-white pure silk tie
and a box of brown sugar pralines...

125
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<i>and some maroon felt
bedroom slippers.</i>

126
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[Laughing] I bought you
all kinds of other things too.

127
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Whole bunch of new records
and some sport shirts.

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[Instrumental]

129
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- All sorts of things!
- Honey, it ain't my birthday.

130
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I just wanted you to know you was
in my thoughts up there in Memphis.

131
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You just sit down and close your eyes.
I'm gonna model my purchases.

132
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You wanna know something,
honey?

133
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- I hate this house
when you're not in it.
- Well, I'm in it now.

134
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And I'm gorgeous!

135
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Wait till you see
this new dress!

136
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They show the same one
in theJune "Vogue" magazine...

137
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only without these
little bows in the back.

138
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Salesgirl said to me,
"Miss Varner...

139
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that dress was made
in heaven for you."

140
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On account of
I'm so long waisted.

141
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She said five customers
had that dress on...

142
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and I was the only one
did anything for it.

143
00:11:21,974 --> 00:11:23,559
You like it?

144
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What I like is you,
honey.

145
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- "There's more."
- There sure is.

146
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<i>And all of it
mighty pretty.!</i>

147
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Ooh! Oh, now.

148
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- You come to your daddy. Come on now.
- No!

149
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- Come to your daddy! I got you!
- [Laughing]

150
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- I got you!
- Jody!

151
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What in the world's
going on up there?

152
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We don't go in much
for stately quiet around here.

153
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<i>[Woman] Where did you get
so much energy on a day like this?</i>

154
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That party has been going on
since Papa left for the hospital.

155
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I don't see how you can stand all that
hootin' and hollerin' and carryin' on.

156
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- It would turn me into a nervous wreck.
- They're young and in love.

157
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"They're young."

158
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For your information, we're still
on the green side of 25 ourselves...

159
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for all the good
it does us.

160
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<i>Oh, Clara, that baby brother of yours
is like a five-year-old kid.</i>

161
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You know what we were doing in there?
Having a pillow fight.

162
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I hit him so hard, I knocked
the wind smack out of him.

163
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- Hello, Agnes sweetie.
- Hello, Eula.

164
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<i>You sure do look calm and collected
on this hot day.</i>

165
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Well, I'm not.
I'm damp and cranky.

166
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I know what you mean. I'm going
straight into a bubble bath myself.

167
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Agnes, you bring a beau by one of these
nights, and we'll cook up a party.

168
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<i>[Jody]
Hey, Eula?</i>

169
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Oh, if I'm not mistaken,
that's my master's voice.

170
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"Bring a beau by."

171
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My phone rang
just one time last week.

172
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Just one time.

173
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And this man with a deep,
beautiful voice says...

174
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"Can I interest you in
the "Encyclopaedia Britannica?"

175
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Let's go upstairs, and I'll give you
a permanent. That'll cheer you up.

176
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Clara, you've given me three permanents
in the last six months.

177
00:13:05,494 --> 00:13:07,579
All my ends are splittin'.

178
00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:12,376
<i>Oh, Clara, it's unnervin'
havin'all this time on my hands.</i>

179
00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:16,880
I wanna rush home and fix supper
for some big, handsome man...

180
00:13:16,922 --> 00:13:20,884
and put kids in a bathtub
and broil steak and crank ice cream...

181
00:13:20,926 --> 00:13:24,388
and... think about
what the night's gonna bring.

182
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Why aren't there enough men
to go around?

183
00:13:28,225 --> 00:13:31,019
There's no shortage.
Just of the right kind.

184
00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:35,023
- Ooh, I'm not fussy on that subject.
- Neither am I.

185
00:13:35,107 --> 00:13:39,695
Tell me just one thing. Have you ever,
in your life, been proposed to?

186
00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:42,281
- "I have."
- And you let him go?

187
00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:45,826
No, I didn't let him go.
I watched him get scared off.

188
00:13:45,951 --> 00:13:49,955
Hmm, he came to call on me,
and then he met my father.

189
00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:52,708
Then he didn't come calling
on me anymore.

190
00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:58,380
Speaking of your father, when's
that august personage coming home?

191
00:13:58,463 --> 00:14:01,216
Tomorrow,
and the forecast...

192
00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:03,552
<i>is storm and thunder.</i>

193
00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:07,222
Well, you come on over
to my house for supper.

194
00:14:07,306 --> 00:14:09,224
Alan's been askin'
about you.

195
00:14:09,308 --> 00:14:12,227
He's sick in bed,
bein' fed milk puddin'...

196
00:14:12,311 --> 00:14:14,646
all dreamy with temperature.

197
00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:17,566
Thoroughly enjoying himself.

198
00:14:17,649 --> 00:14:23,197
I'd give something to know what goes on
in my brother's temperature dreams.

199
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:26,074
I know what goes on
in mine.

200
00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:32,998
Uh, don't swivel around.

201
00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:36,502
There's someone comin'.
[Clears Throat] Someone young.

202
00:14:36,585 --> 00:14:40,255
It's probably
a sewing machine salesman.

203
00:14:40,297 --> 00:14:44,593
Yes, well, even if it is, don't say no
right off. Let's at least talk.

204
00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:52,059
Morning, ladies.
Fine, warm day, isn't it?

205
00:14:52,142 --> 00:14:54,937
Yes, indeed.
Pretty as a picture.

206
00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:58,774
My, my. You all look like
two butterflies lit out on the grass.

207
00:14:58,857 --> 00:15:00,776
Hello again, Miss Clara.

208
00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:04,238
If it's work you're looking for,
you can see the foreman at the gin.

209
00:15:04,321 --> 00:15:07,324
If it's food, they'll take care of you
'round the back door.

210
00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:09,910
Well, now, you hadn't
hit on it yet, lady.

211
00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:12,496
What I'd like to see now
is the man of the house.

212
00:15:14,498 --> 00:15:16,959
Lucius?

213
00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:23,841
<i>What is it, Miss Clara?</i>

214
00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:28,136
Would you tell Mr. Jody there's a person
waiting to see him, please?

215
00:15:28,178 --> 00:15:30,889
You could have said
"gentleman."

216
00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:33,475
Same amount of wind.

217
00:15:39,022 --> 00:15:41,608
Where did you find him?

218
00:15:41,692 --> 00:15:44,486
Out on the road.
I gave him a lift this mornin'.

219
00:15:44,570 --> 00:15:47,281
Why did you have to go
and be so unfriendly?

220
00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:49,867
Agnes, the last, desperate
resort is strangers.

221
00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:52,828
- We haven't come to that yet.
- Oh, haven't we just.

222
00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:56,373
Clara, you want to hear
a cold, clinical fact?

223
00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,959
Every single girl we went
to normal school with...

224
00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:02,546
is married and pregnant
or about to be...

225
00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:05,174
while I'm residing
with my mother and brother...

226
00:16:05,257 --> 00:16:09,720
and you're still occupyin' the bedroom
you had when you was 13.

227
00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:11,805
I don't know
about you, Clara.

228
00:16:11,889 --> 00:16:14,641
I know what's
making me nervous.

229
00:16:14,725 --> 00:16:17,394
Well, don't throw in
the towel yet, Agnes dear.

230
00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:20,731
Those tranquilizers
may see us through yet.

231
00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:24,234
- You Varner?
- Yeah, I'm one Varner.

232
00:16:24,318 --> 00:16:28,280
- "[Instrumental]"
- Hey, turn that thing off, Eula!

233
00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:31,241
- "[Eula Laughing]"
- [Laughing] What can I do for you?

234
00:16:31,325 --> 00:16:35,245
My name's Quick.
I heard you had a farm to rent.

235
00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:37,498
<i>[Continues]</i>

236
00:16:37,581 --> 00:16:41,627
Hey, Eula. Do you hear me? I'm gonna
come up there and kick that thing in!

237
00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:44,087
<i>[Jody, Eula Laughing]</i>

238
00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:46,131
- I'll tell you.
- "[Stops]"

239
00:16:46,215 --> 00:16:50,135
- How much family you got, boy?
- You're looking at it.

240
00:16:50,219 --> 00:16:52,930
Well, a man usually puts six,
seven hands in the field.

241
00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:55,265
Well, one's all
you'll get from me.

242
00:16:55,349 --> 00:16:58,602
<i>Jody, you've got the store
to talk business in.</i>

243
00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:01,146
For heaven's sakes!
It's our passenger!

244
00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:03,190
- How do you do, ma'am?
- Hello yourself.

245
00:17:03,273 --> 00:17:05,609
- Here now. You two know each other?
- Uh-huh.

246
00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:07,611
How come?

247
00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:11,281
The how come is Clara and I obliged him
with a ride when his car broke down.

248
00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:15,369
Well, we're talkin' business.
Come on now. Come on now!

249
00:17:15,452 --> 00:17:18,539
[Giggling]

250
00:17:18,622 --> 00:17:20,916
How much rent
you able to pay, boy?

251
00:17:20,958 --> 00:17:25,796
- How much rent you aimin' to rent for?
- Oh, half your crop.

252
00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:29,466
You furnish out
of my store.

253
00:17:29,550 --> 00:17:31,468
No cash?

254
00:17:31,552 --> 00:17:33,720
Mm-hmm.

255
00:17:33,804 --> 00:17:37,724
That's food and tobacco at your prices.
That makes a dollar worth
about six bits.

256
00:17:37,808 --> 00:17:39,810
Take it or leave it.

257
00:17:42,062 --> 00:17:43,981
I'll take it.

258
00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:47,150
<i>[Eula Laughing]</i>

259
00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:52,573
<i>[Eula Humming]</i>

260
00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:58,829
- "[Eula Giggling]Jody.!"
- "[Jody Laughing]"

261
00:18:09,715 --> 00:18:13,677
Mister, you sure do leave
your calling card.

262
00:18:34,364 --> 00:18:36,909
Summertime,
when the livin' is easy.

263
00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:39,328
No, thank you.

264
00:18:39,411 --> 00:18:42,331
When are you gonna
start workin'?

265
00:18:42,414 --> 00:18:45,542
Lady, I never move
and work in the same day.

266
00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:49,421
Mr. Quick, my daddy's
coming home tomorrow.

267
00:18:49,505 --> 00:18:53,342
He sets quite a store by this rug.
You tracked it, you clean it.

268
00:18:53,383 --> 00:18:56,094
That's a lot of fuss to be makin'
about a rug, lady.

269
00:18:56,178 --> 00:18:58,514
If it's the rug
that's botherin' ya.

270
00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:00,891
What else would it be?

271
00:19:03,727 --> 00:19:07,773
You correct me if I'm wrong,
but I have the feeling I rile you.

272
00:19:07,856 --> 00:19:10,400
I mean, me being so mean
and dirty and all.

273
00:19:10,484 --> 00:19:14,404
You're being personal with me.
I'll be personal with you.

274
00:19:14,488 --> 00:19:17,491
I've spent my whole life around men
who push and shove and shout...

275
00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:20,369
and think they can make anything
happen just by bein' aggressive.

276
00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,913
I'm not anxious to have
another one around the place.

277
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:27,584
Miss Clara, you slam a door in a man's
face 'fore he even knocks on it.

278
00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:31,797
Would you have the rug
at the house by 6:00, please?

279
00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:39,555
Thank you.

280
00:19:39,638 --> 00:19:42,558
Don't swallow
the seeds.

281
00:19:49,439 --> 00:19:50,858
[Siren Wailing]

282
00:19:50,858 --> 00:19:52,901
[Siren Wailing]

283
00:19:55,863 --> 00:19:59,366
Ernest! Sam! Orville! Marty!
You behavin' yourself?

284
00:19:59,449 --> 00:20:01,994
- "I'm back.!"
- [Laughing]

285
00:20:03,704 --> 00:20:07,666
[Siren Continues]

286
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,588
[Tires Screeching]

287
00:20:15,090 --> 00:20:18,802
- Varner's home.
- He don't look very peaked.

288
00:20:18,886 --> 00:20:22,181
Anybody know what they cut
out of him in that hospital?

289
00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:24,933
You all can bet
it wasn't his pocketbook.

290
00:20:25,017 --> 00:20:30,063
- [Siren Continues]
- [Tires Screeching]

291
00:20:31,732 --> 00:20:35,319
- Is that you, Will Varner?
- "Come closer if you got any doubts."

292
00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:38,155
[Shouts] This is more
like the land of the livin'!

293
00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:40,782
I'm glad you made it home,
you old piece of beef!

294
00:20:40,866 --> 00:20:43,660
You're gettin' a little fatter, Minnie,
and a little blonder.

295
00:20:43,744 --> 00:20:46,288
And how 'bout you? I understand
they cut and stitched you up.

296
00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,790
Is there anything left
of you worth havin'?

297
00:20:48,874 --> 00:20:52,794
Put 18 cans of beer on ice and wait
and see. I'm comin' back, Minnie.

298
00:20:52,878 --> 00:20:55,589
Later.

299
00:20:59,343 --> 00:21:02,137
- My white hairs kinda
had you fooled, huh?
- Yes, sir.

300
00:21:02,221 --> 00:21:06,058
- Drive on!
- [Siren Wailing]

301
00:21:08,936 --> 00:21:12,814
[Siren Continues]

302
00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:20,948
- [Siren Stops]
- Welcome, Mr. Will.

303
00:21:20,989 --> 00:21:23,116
- Yeah!
- Welcome to your home.

304
00:21:23,158 --> 00:21:25,953
Here I am, back in your
capable hands again, Lucius.

305
00:21:25,994 --> 00:21:28,622
- Back where I belong.
- Hi, Daddy Varner!

306
00:21:28,664 --> 00:21:32,668
- Eula gal, ain't you dressed up
to beat hell!
- In honor of you.

307
00:21:32,751 --> 00:21:35,254
[Grunts]
That's good.

308
00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:40,008
Three months I ain't smelled nothin'
but the starch of nurses' uniforms.

309
00:21:40,092 --> 00:21:42,010
That's what I like.

310
00:21:42,094 --> 00:21:46,056
There's bones there, but the bones
is covered up with plenty of real woman.

311
00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,642
I was hopin' there'd be
a little more of you.

312
00:21:48,684 --> 00:21:51,520
Isn't it about time you was fixin'
yourself maternity dresses, Eula gal?

313
00:21:51,562 --> 00:21:53,981
<i>You're embarrassin'me,
Daddy Varner.</i>

314
00:21:54,022 --> 00:21:55,983
Hello, Papa.

315
00:21:56,024 --> 00:22:00,487
<i>Well, well, well. There's a fulsome
greeting. There's a hallelujah chorus.</i>

316
00:22:00,529 --> 00:22:02,531
Not dancin' in the streets...

317
00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:06,743
not an only son exactly pining
his heart away for his daddy...

318
00:22:06,827 --> 00:22:08,745
but simple and direct.

319
00:22:08,829 --> 00:22:10,747
He said hello, didn't he?

320
00:22:10,831 --> 00:22:13,542
Suppose we could get through the
opening ceremonies without civil war?

321
00:22:13,584 --> 00:22:17,045
- I'll be coming to you later, sister.
- I know you will, Papa.

322
00:22:17,129 --> 00:22:19,923
Jody's been an absolute livin' doll
while you've been gone.

323
00:22:20,007 --> 00:22:21,925
I'd call that
a fine recommendation...

324
00:22:22,009 --> 00:22:24,928
'cept I already had me a look
around town before I come here.

325
00:22:25,012 --> 00:22:28,182
What's happened? We gone
out of business, huh? We retired?

326
00:22:28,223 --> 00:22:30,475
We livin'
off of income?

327
00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,228
What do I see in town? Two
dead-asleep clerks watchin' the store.

328
00:22:33,312 --> 00:22:35,230
And no gin goin'
at all!

329
00:22:35,314 --> 00:22:37,900
Things may have slacked off
a little bit today, Papa...

330
00:22:37,983 --> 00:22:40,235
because I was home
seein' to your arrival.

331
00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:43,405
<i>But we done all right.
You can look at the books if you'd like.</i>

332
00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:47,284
Well, now...
I intend to.

333
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:51,371
I'm gonna crawl over them books
like an old fly over flypaper.

334
00:22:51,455 --> 00:22:53,957
You better bring me
another, Lucius.

335
00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:56,168
Yes, sir,
I'm my old self again.

336
00:22:56,251 --> 00:22:59,421
Them doctors down atJefferson,
they gutted me...

337
00:22:59,505 --> 00:23:02,424
and took away just about every organ
they thought I could spare.

338
00:23:02,508 --> 00:23:04,676
They didn't pare my spirit
down none.

339
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:09,723
Thank you, Jody, for your
kindly inquiries as to my health.

340
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,936
Next!

341
00:23:14,019 --> 00:23:16,772
All right, sister.

342
00:23:16,855 --> 00:23:19,483
You're on.

343
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:22,027
What do you want
to know, Papa?

344
00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:24,279
You still fixin'
to get yourself known...

345
00:23:24,321 --> 00:23:27,658
as the best-lookin', richest old maid
in the county...

346
00:23:27,741 --> 00:23:29,660
or you seen
any young people lately?

347
00:23:29,743 --> 00:23:31,662
Any young people
seen you?

348
00:23:31,745 --> 00:23:34,289
Been to any parties, picnics,
barbecues, church bazaars?

349
00:23:34,373 --> 00:23:36,333
Have you mingled?
Have you mixed?

350
00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:39,711
Or have you kept yourself up
in that room all this time
readin' them poetry books?

351
00:23:39,795 --> 00:23:42,965
I hope this doesn't come as a shock
to your nervous system, Papa...

352
00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:45,384
but when you're away,
I do what I please.

353
00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:48,303
Well, I'm back!

354
00:23:48,345 --> 00:23:50,347
Welcome home.

355
00:23:53,183 --> 00:23:55,185
Lucius!

356
00:24:27,676 --> 00:24:32,097
When are you gonna give me
my due respect in front of my wife?

357
00:24:32,181 --> 00:24:34,057
I've got a business too,
Jody.

358
00:24:34,141 --> 00:24:37,352
I've got a little respect
for that.

359
00:24:37,436 --> 00:24:39,354
I know you wasn't...

360
00:24:39,438 --> 00:24:42,482
You and me just don't
talk the same language.

361
00:24:43,859 --> 00:24:46,820
That's what gives us
our aches and our pains.

362
00:24:46,904 --> 00:24:49,823
<i>"Now me"..."all the time"
I was in the hospital...</i>

363
00:24:49,865 --> 00:24:53,452
I didn't just lay there.
I was busy.

364
00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:57,998
Yes, I wheeled and dealed.
That's what I done, boy. What about you?

365
00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:00,417
- May wasn't so good.
- Oh.

366
00:25:00,501 --> 00:25:02,628
ButJune and July
made up for it.

367
00:25:02,711 --> 00:25:04,630
That's to be expected.

368
00:25:04,713 --> 00:25:07,549
- I moved all our heavy farm equipment.
- Oh, yeah?

369
00:25:07,591 --> 00:25:09,885
We're fresh out
of inventory.

370
00:25:09,968 --> 00:25:12,387
- Including that old tractor?
- That's right.

371
00:25:12,471 --> 00:25:14,973
- The one that don't go uphill?
- Includin' that.

372
00:25:15,057 --> 00:25:16,975
Good.

373
00:25:17,059 --> 00:25:19,728
<i>I rented off that tenant farm
nobody 'round here would have.</i>

374
00:25:19,770 --> 00:25:23,482
And a fella come down here
from Boston, Massachusetts.

375
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:27,402
He bought a lot of land
and built this big fence around it...

376
00:25:27,486 --> 00:25:29,404
and started a goat ranch.

377
00:25:29,488 --> 00:25:32,115
Only he plumb ran out of goats...

378
00:25:32,199 --> 00:25:34,117
and it went bust.

379
00:25:34,201 --> 00:25:36,119
- "Yeah?"
- Yeah.

380
00:25:36,203 --> 00:25:40,165
<i>So, Papa, now you got 2,000 acres more
of good grassland.</i>

381
00:25:40,249 --> 00:25:45,087
Well, seems like you ain't been sittin'
on your spine altogether.

382
00:25:45,128 --> 00:25:48,173
- How'd you rent that farm off?
- On shares.

383
00:25:48,257 --> 00:25:51,760
- "Profitable?"
- I had a little trouble with the man.

384
00:25:51,844 --> 00:25:54,763
What's the name
of this poor unfortunate?

385
00:25:54,805 --> 00:25:56,932
A fellow name of Quick.

386
00:25:59,101 --> 00:26:02,479
Quick? Ben Quick?

387
00:26:02,563 --> 00:26:04,982
Yeah, yeah,
from out west.

388
00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:07,985
You knucklehead fool!

389
00:26:08,986 --> 00:26:10,946
You empty-headed yokel!

390
00:26:10,988 --> 00:26:14,366
- What are you calling me names for?
- "Quick.!"

391
00:26:14,449 --> 00:26:17,077
Don't you keep abreast
of anything except Eula?

392
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:21,206
Don't you know what Quick means
in this county? Hellfire!

393
00:26:21,290 --> 00:26:23,584
Ashes and char!

394
00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:27,004
Flame follows that man
around like a dog!

395
00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:29,339
He's a barn burner.

396
00:26:29,423 --> 00:26:32,926
- I never do anything right. Do I?
- Not to my immediate recollection!

397
00:26:32,968 --> 00:26:35,637
You want to hear something?
I sweat around you.

398
00:26:35,721 --> 00:26:38,974
All those months you were away
in the hospital, I was dry.

399
00:26:39,016 --> 00:26:40,976
Now I'm sweatin' again.

400
00:26:41,018 --> 00:26:43,729
I ain't got time
for your personal troubles.

401
00:26:43,812 --> 00:26:47,858
You started something with
Mr. Ben Quick, and I got to finish it...

402
00:26:47,941 --> 00:26:50,819
before this house of mine
goes up in smoke!

403
00:26:57,117 --> 00:26:59,620
[Tires Screech]

404
00:27:06,335 --> 00:27:08,295
I'm Varner.

405
00:27:08,337 --> 00:27:10,631
Yeah, I already met
one Varner.

406
00:27:10,672 --> 00:27:12,674
I'm the other.

407
00:27:12,716 --> 00:27:17,179
Just driving by. Thought I'd stop
and see if you got any plans.

408
00:27:17,262 --> 00:27:19,890
That cabin ain't fit for hogs...

409
00:27:19,973 --> 00:27:22,559
but I can get along with it.

410
00:27:22,643 --> 00:27:25,020
<i>Well, we can
talk that over.</i>

411
00:27:25,062 --> 00:27:29,066
Way I hear it, you're a boy that gets
into trouble with your landlords.

412
00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:32,110
The kind of trouble that might need
the help of the fire department.

413
00:27:32,194 --> 00:27:36,865
If you scared of me, mister, why don't
you just come right out and say so?

414
00:27:36,907 --> 00:27:38,867
Huh!

415
00:27:38,909 --> 00:27:41,578
Son, why should I
be scared of you?

416
00:27:43,622 --> 00:27:47,334
'Cause I got a reputation
for being a dangerous man.

417
00:27:48,544 --> 00:27:50,796
Hmm.

418
00:27:50,879 --> 00:27:53,590
You're a young,
dangerous man.

419
00:27:55,843 --> 00:27:57,970
I'm an old one.

420
00:27:58,053 --> 00:28:00,931
You don't know who I am.
I better introduce myself.

421
00:28:01,014 --> 00:28:04,810
I'm the big landowner
and chief moneylender in these parts.

422
00:28:04,893 --> 00:28:08,438
I'm commissioner of elections
and veterinarian.

423
00:28:08,522 --> 00:28:10,899
<i>I own the store
and the cotton gin...</i>

424
00:28:10,941 --> 00:28:13,235
<i>and the grist mill,
the blacksmith shop.</i>

425
00:28:13,277 --> 00:28:16,488
<i>It's considered unlucky for a man
to do his tradin'or gin his cotton...</i>

426
00:28:16,572 --> 00:28:20,576
or grind his meal or shoe his stock...
anywhere else.

427
00:28:20,659 --> 00:28:22,661
Now, that's who I am.

428
00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,872
You talk a lot.

429
00:28:24,955 --> 00:28:27,291
Yes, I do, son.

430
00:28:27,374 --> 00:28:29,459
But I'm done
talkin' to you...

431
00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:32,504
except for passing you on
this piece of information.

432
00:28:32,588 --> 00:28:36,175
I built me a new jail
in my courthouse this year...

433
00:28:36,258 --> 00:28:39,720
<i>and if during the course of your stay
here something, anything at all...</i>

434
00:28:39,803 --> 00:28:41,763
<i>should happen to catch fire...</i>

435
00:28:41,805 --> 00:28:45,350
I think you oughta know
that in my jail...

436
00:28:45,434 --> 00:28:49,354
we never heard of the words
"habeas corpus."

437
00:28:49,438 --> 00:28:51,440
You'd rot.

438
00:28:51,565 --> 00:28:56,612
Well, a smart man,
he'd give me a job.

439
00:28:56,695 --> 00:29:00,449
- You're already working for me.
- None of this weed-scratching.

440
00:29:00,532 --> 00:29:04,661
I'm talkin' about a job
that'll give me a white shirt...

441
00:29:04,745 --> 00:29:07,456
and a black tie
and three squares.

442
00:29:07,498 --> 00:29:11,376
You've got a place in your store
and several other spots
where you could use me.

443
00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:14,922
You'd be writing yourself a fire
insurance policy into the bargain.

444
00:29:15,005 --> 00:29:16,965
I'll give it some thought.

445
00:29:17,007 --> 00:29:19,676
Yes or no, mister.
Ain't no in-between.

446
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,472
- You're mighty bushy-tailed
for a beginner.
- "I'm in a hurry."

447
00:29:23,514 --> 00:29:27,643
You're wasting your time.
The job at the top's already taken.

448
00:29:27,726 --> 00:29:31,980
- But like you said, you're an old man.
- I am that.

449
00:29:32,064 --> 00:29:34,066
You bear that in mind.

450
00:29:34,149 --> 00:29:36,735
Be respectful.

451
00:29:36,818 --> 00:29:40,489
Yes, sir, Mr. Varner.
Now, just who do I have to kill?

452
00:29:40,531 --> 00:29:45,494
Well, we won't start
right off with murder.

453
00:29:45,536 --> 00:29:49,748
Happens I just got handed me
30 Texas horses on a foreclosure.

454
00:29:49,832 --> 00:29:52,417
You get rid of them for me
at a reasonable profit...

455
00:29:52,501 --> 00:29:54,461
and we're in business.

456
00:29:56,463 --> 00:29:59,967
[Engine Starts, Revs]

457
00:30:09,852 --> 00:30:12,271
Well, there's a cool breeze
from the river, Alan.

458
00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:14,982
Everything nice comes
with you, Clara...

459
00:30:15,023 --> 00:30:18,777
hot broth, cool breeze
from the river.

460
00:30:18,861 --> 00:30:20,779
How's your school?

461
00:30:20,863 --> 00:30:23,824
You mean that free-for-all
I run in town?

462
00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:27,452
Those 35 hellions who are making
their last stand against me?

463
00:30:27,536 --> 00:30:31,081
- [Laughs]
- I wouldn't say it was
a summer on the Riviera.

464
00:30:31,165 --> 00:30:33,959
Well, it's unnatural to keep kids
in school in the summertime.

465
00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:36,461
In the winter they gotta
help work on the crops.

466
00:30:36,545 --> 00:30:39,006
Somewhere along the line,
they gotta learn to read and write.

467
00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:41,008
Besides, who knows?

468
00:30:41,049 --> 00:30:45,888
I don't have much hope, but maybe I have
a young painter or poet cooped up there.

469
00:30:47,472 --> 00:30:50,809
Oh, Alan,
I love this place.

470
00:30:52,144 --> 00:30:55,564
Grace, dignity,
beautiful things left undisturbed.

471
00:30:55,647 --> 00:30:58,317
Just the way they were
a hundred years ago.

472
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,237
Most people say
I'm fighting the 20th century.

473
00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:04,781
I suppose I oughta
sell this place...

474
00:31:04,865 --> 00:31:07,701
put it to corn and cotton,
go get a job like everybody else...

475
00:31:07,743 --> 00:31:09,786
but I wouldn't be
any good at it.

476
00:31:09,870 --> 00:31:12,623
- I'd hate it and make a mess of it.
- Then don't do it.

477
00:31:12,706 --> 00:31:15,709
There are enough hustlers around here
as is. You stand for something.

478
00:31:15,751 --> 00:31:20,380
- You hold on to it.
- Your father refers to me
as decayed gentry.

479
00:31:20,464 --> 00:31:24,259
[Chuckling] That's because
he is pea green with envy.

480
00:31:24,301 --> 00:31:28,597
You listen here. He would
give anything to have what you have.

481
00:31:28,639 --> 00:31:31,683
Wouldn't he just love to have
your shine and polish?

482
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:35,812
He can put up all those billboards
and neon signs and fillin' stations...

483
00:31:35,896 --> 00:31:38,774
but quality is one thing
he can't buy, and he knows it.

484
00:31:38,815 --> 00:31:40,776
He has quality, Clara...

485
00:31:40,817 --> 00:31:42,778
in you.

486
00:31:45,072 --> 00:31:48,992
That's what I came through
this dusty summer day to hear.

487
00:31:49,076 --> 00:31:51,411
I want you to be hale
and hearty again.

488
00:31:51,453 --> 00:31:55,791
I want you to be your courtly, gallant
self again and come callin' on me.

489
00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:58,502
- Very soon, ma'am.
- Well, you better.

490
00:31:58,585 --> 00:32:01,588
Girls get all fidgety and looked at
sideways and talked about...

491
00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:04,591
- when they don't have
their gentlemen callers.
- [Chuckling]

492
00:32:04,633 --> 00:32:07,469
Besides, I've missed you.

493
00:32:09,638 --> 00:32:11,640
That boy's temperature
has been a-hoverin'...

494
00:32:11,682 --> 00:32:13,725
between 100 and 100 and two-tenths
for three days...

495
00:32:13,809 --> 00:32:16,603
so none of that now.

496
00:32:16,645 --> 00:32:19,690
- I just brought over
some of Lucius's broth.
- Oh!

497
00:32:19,773 --> 00:32:22,401
He won't eat a bite
I don't cook.

498
00:32:22,484 --> 00:32:26,905
I'm gonna hustle you right along,
'cause it's way past son's nap time.

499
00:32:28,323 --> 00:32:32,703
All right, Miss Stewart.
I'll give up the field for now.

500
00:32:32,786 --> 00:32:36,623
Good-bye.
Good-bye, Alan.

501
00:32:36,665 --> 00:32:38,625
Good-bye, Clara.

502
00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:43,881
[Radio: Big Band]

503
00:32:43,964 --> 00:32:45,632
[Horses Whinnying]

504
00:32:45,632 --> 00:32:47,968
[Horses Whinnying]

505
00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:55,475
- Why, you old crook, you.
- Hmm. [Chuckles]

506
00:32:55,517 --> 00:32:58,520
- Them's horses out of hell.
- That's right.

507
00:32:58,562 --> 00:33:02,107
Them ponies never had a rope on 'em.
You didn't tell me they was wild.

508
00:33:02,191 --> 00:33:04,318
Well, you knowin' that,
uh...

509
00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:07,821
kinda gives you the edge
over everybody else, huh?

510
00:33:08,864 --> 00:33:12,659
<i>[Whinnying Continues]</i>

511
00:33:24,755 --> 00:33:27,257
<i>Minnie Littlejohn...</i>

512
00:33:27,341 --> 00:33:30,010
I'm gettin' thirsty
again.

513
00:33:30,052 --> 00:33:32,930
Since when you been
in the horseflesh business?

514
00:33:33,013 --> 00:33:37,935
Ain't no kind of business.
What you're watching is
a plain old-fashioned swindle.

515
00:33:38,018 --> 00:33:41,396
So, of course,
I ain't involved in it directly.

516
00:33:41,438 --> 00:33:44,775
- You hired that boy to fleece 'em?
- I hired that boy...

517
00:33:44,858 --> 00:33:48,487
Tell you the truth, I don't know why
I hired him, but I aim to find out.

518
00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:51,156
Okay, come on now.
Let's gather 'round in here, folks.

519
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,660
Come on. Let's move in here.
John, come on now.

520
00:33:54,743 --> 00:33:57,246
<i>Bring your whole family down.
I don't wanna strain my tonsils.</i>

521
00:33:57,329 --> 00:33:59,331
<i>Let's go. We gonna get goin'.</i>

522
00:33:59,414 --> 00:34:02,084
Mr. Armistead, I heard what you
had to say about them horses.

523
00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:05,671
I wouldn't hesitate to put my own sister
on one of'em if I had a sister.

524
00:34:05,754 --> 00:34:07,673
You there.
Now, Miss Clara?

525
00:34:07,756 --> 00:34:11,927
<i>How'd you like to be the proud owner
of one of them handsome-lookin'horses?</i>

526
00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:15,013
I can see you've got "no" written
all over your face, but wait.

527
00:34:15,097 --> 00:34:17,599
You stop and think a minute.

528
00:34:17,683 --> 00:34:22,312
You can pack yourself a picnic basket
and follow some woodsy trail.

529
00:34:22,396 --> 00:34:26,608
<i>You can ride off steam and bad temper
if you happen to be afflicted that way.</i>

530
00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:29,611
If you see a young fellow along the way
who happens to take your eye...

531
00:34:29,653 --> 00:34:33,448
- you can put him behind you
and ride double.
- [Laughing]

532
00:34:33,532 --> 00:34:37,286
<i>Uh, what's your answer,
Miss Clara?</i>

533
00:34:37,327 --> 00:34:41,331
You were right the first time.
I got "no" written all over my face.

534
00:34:41,415 --> 00:34:44,293
- [Laughing]
- That don't bother me none at all.

535
00:34:44,334 --> 00:34:48,422
- A lot of women say "no"
when they mean "yes."
- That's for sure!

536
00:34:48,505 --> 00:34:50,465
I ain't foolin'
about these horses.

537
00:34:50,507 --> 00:34:54,553
The man that buys one of these
will get the best horseflesh
he ever drove for the money.

538
00:34:54,636 --> 00:34:58,140
Naturally they got spirit.
I ain't sellin' no crow bait.
Who's gonna start with a bid?

539
00:34:58,223 --> 00:35:02,227
Tell you what I'll do. I'll give you
ten dollars for that there fiddlehead.

540
00:35:02,311 --> 00:35:06,565
Ten dollars? You couldn't buy
that much dynamite for ten dollars!

541
00:35:06,648 --> 00:35:09,401
There isn't a horse in there
can't run a mile in three minutes.

542
00:35:09,484 --> 00:35:12,029
You put 'em out to pasture,
they're gonna board themselves.

543
00:35:12,112 --> 00:35:14,907
Work 'em all day long,
and every time you think about it.

544
00:35:14,990 --> 00:35:17,659
Pretty soon every one of them
gonna be so tame...

545
00:35:17,743 --> 00:35:20,746
you'll have to put 'em out of the house
at night like a cat.

546
00:35:20,829 --> 00:35:26,001
<i>- Buzz!
- "[Ben] Who's gonna"
start it off with a bid?</i>

547
00:35:27,044 --> 00:35:29,713
- Minnie, what are you doin'?
- Buzz!

548
00:35:29,838 --> 00:35:33,258
I got a hum in my blood,
and I feel as if I'd swallowed a bee.

549
00:35:33,342 --> 00:35:37,095
You swallowed five bottles of beer in
the hot sun. That's what you swallowed.

550
00:35:37,179 --> 00:35:40,682
- Who's gonna give me $40 for that horse?
- Ten dollars, take it or leave it.

551
00:35:40,766 --> 00:35:42,684
- Eleven.
- That's the way, Pa.

552
00:35:42,768 --> 00:35:44,686
- Shut up, son.
- "[Man] Thirteen."

553
00:35:44,770 --> 00:35:47,940
- Wait a minute. What are you doin'?
- Fifteen.

554
00:35:48,023 --> 00:35:51,401
Fifteen dollars. I got fifteen dollars
bid on that fiddlehead horse.

555
00:35:51,485 --> 00:35:53,403
Who's gonna make it 20?

556
00:35:53,487 --> 00:35:55,781
Kiss me, Will.

557
00:35:57,324 --> 00:35:59,618
I got a number
of friends...

558
00:35:59,701 --> 00:36:02,371
and, uh,
associates here.

559
00:36:02,412 --> 00:36:05,374
I'm your friend. I'm your associate.
I have been for ten years.

560
00:36:05,457 --> 00:36:07,376
Then what's the matter?

561
00:36:07,459 --> 00:36:10,921
Will, all this time,
this summer...

562
00:36:11,004 --> 00:36:14,758
all I've done is put up
22 jars of piccalilli...

563
00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:18,220
and I put down a corn beef
in a crock.

564
00:36:18,262 --> 00:36:20,347
And I say to myself...

565
00:36:20,389 --> 00:36:23,392
"Minnie, where is it all
gonna end?"

566
00:36:23,475 --> 00:36:27,563
It's gonna end with me eatin'
a corn beef. You know I'm partial to it.

567
00:36:27,646 --> 00:36:31,900
At midnight suppers after you've
come sneakin' up the back stairs.

568
00:36:31,984 --> 00:36:35,279
I want to serve it to you
right here at 6:00.

569
00:36:35,362 --> 00:36:37,573
- Minnie.
- "[Man] Forty dollars."

570
00:36:37,656 --> 00:36:40,075
What are you tryin'
to say?

571
00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:42,578
I made plans, Will.

572
00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:43,912
Matrimonial plans.

573
00:36:43,912 --> 00:36:45,706
Matrimonial plans.

574
00:36:45,747 --> 00:36:50,252
Now, you ain't ever heard me
say the word..."matrimony."

575
00:36:50,335 --> 00:36:53,213
<i>Now, I'm willin'
to overlook that.</i>

576
00:36:53,255 --> 00:36:56,091
- You know my married sister
in Tallahassee?
- "Uh-huh."

577
00:36:56,133 --> 00:36:59,428
Well, she's makin' me up
some hand-crocheted sheets.

578
00:36:59,511 --> 00:37:03,682
And I've sent away for some flatware
with the initial "V" on it.

579
00:37:04,808 --> 00:37:06,810
Minnie...

580
00:37:07,936 --> 00:37:10,564
I'm 61 years old.

581
00:37:10,647 --> 00:37:15,527
Look, honey, it's no good
you tryin' to tell me you're too old.

582
00:37:15,611 --> 00:37:19,031
I happen to be in a position
to deny it.

583
00:37:20,824 --> 00:37:22,784
Hmm.

584
00:37:22,826 --> 00:37:26,205
Just hand it over here. Thank you,
thank you. Twenty-two dollars from you.

585
00:37:26,288 --> 00:37:29,082
Twenty-five from you. Thirty-two
from you, and thirty from you.

586
00:37:29,124 --> 00:37:31,084
Thank you,
gentlemen.

587
00:37:31,126 --> 00:37:35,088
Don't forget 'bout bangin' them horses
over the head till they get used to you.

588
00:37:35,172 --> 00:37:38,133
- They won't give you any trouble.
- That's all there is to it?

589
00:37:38,217 --> 00:37:40,135
- That's it.
- They belong to us now?

590
00:37:40,219 --> 00:37:44,848
Yeah. Get yourself a rope
and go on in there and take the horse
that belongs to you.

591
00:37:44,932 --> 00:37:47,768
All right, we'll need some rope.
Come on, Joe.

592
00:37:52,689 --> 00:37:55,275
You're not much of a prospect,
Miss Clara.

593
00:37:55,317 --> 00:37:58,445
You don't need my money.
You've got everybody else's.

594
00:37:58,529 --> 00:38:00,906
Yeah, but it's the holdout
that challenges me.

595
00:38:00,989 --> 00:38:02,908
I'll tell you, Mr. Quick.

596
00:38:02,991 --> 00:38:06,578
The last time I parted with my money
to a pitchman, I was 12 years old.

597
00:38:06,662 --> 00:38:09,414
- And nobody's ever taken you since.
- Nope.

598
00:38:09,498 --> 00:38:11,416
Nobody ever will.

599
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:14,628
Well, life's very long
and full of salesmanship, Miss Clara.

600
00:38:14,711 --> 00:38:17,422
You might
buy somethin' yet.

601
00:38:24,304 --> 00:38:27,182
Here they come!
Look out!

602
00:38:27,224 --> 00:38:30,102
- [Whinnying]
- [Shouting]

603
00:38:33,730 --> 00:38:36,191
[All Shouting]

604
00:38:40,946 --> 00:38:43,407
- Oh!
- "[Piano Strings Sounding]"

605
00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:45,868
[Laughing]

606
00:38:45,909 --> 00:38:48,036
That's a musical horse.

607
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,164
<i>[Clattering]</i>

608
00:38:50,247 --> 00:38:53,500
Here, don't you bring
your filthy feet in here!

609
00:38:53,542 --> 00:38:56,712
- [Laughing]
- "[Men Shouting]"

610
00:38:56,837 --> 00:39:00,507
They'll go on all night
tryin' to catch them rabbits.

611
00:39:00,591 --> 00:39:03,051
<i>[Shouting Continues]</i>

612
00:39:03,135 --> 00:39:05,971
Boy, you got something
belongs to me.

613
00:39:06,054 --> 00:39:08,724
You ain't no better
than a crook.

614
00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:12,311
Well, you ain't nothin' better
than a con man.

615
00:39:12,394 --> 00:39:14,354
You sell
my crooked merchandise.

616
00:39:14,396 --> 00:39:17,858
Never mind the name-calling.
Now, where's my share?

617
00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:20,402
I got somethin'
for you, boy.

618
00:39:21,653 --> 00:39:23,655
Come on.

619
00:39:26,533 --> 00:39:30,037
- Whoa, you!
- Head 'em off! Head 'em off!

620
00:39:33,832 --> 00:39:35,751
Whoa!

621
00:39:35,834 --> 00:39:38,879
<i>Ah, you wild-eyed
stallion, you.!</i>

622
00:39:53,310 --> 00:39:57,773
The man that built this place,
his name's forgotten.

623
00:39:59,024 --> 00:40:02,778
This was his dream
and his pride.

624
00:40:02,861 --> 00:40:06,114
[Chuckles]
Now it's dust.

625
00:40:06,156 --> 00:40:08,450
Must be a moral
there somewhere.

626
00:40:08,492 --> 00:40:10,953
- Looks like that's about all there is.
- I don't know.

627
00:40:10,994 --> 00:40:12,955
They got a legend
about this place.

628
00:40:13,038 --> 00:40:15,958
They do say there's money buried
around here on the grounds...

629
00:40:15,999 --> 00:40:18,961
at the time Grant overrun the country
on the way to Vicksburg.

630
00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:21,964
- What's that got to do with me?
- I been watching you.

631
00:40:22,005 --> 00:40:24,800
I like your push.

632
00:40:24,883 --> 00:40:28,595
Yes, I like your style.
I like your brass.

633
00:40:28,679 --> 00:40:31,640
It ain't too dissimilar
from the way I operate.

634
00:40:31,682 --> 00:40:34,476
You've been here a few days,
you've gone up an inch.

635
00:40:34,518 --> 00:40:36,478
That's 'cause you
listen to me.

636
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,107
You go on listenin' to me, and someday,
in a wild burst of generosity...

637
00:40:40,148 --> 00:40:42,985
I might just make you a present
of this place.

638
00:40:43,026 --> 00:40:45,487
Thank you for nothing.
It's falling apart.

639
00:40:45,571 --> 00:40:48,490
You're a shrewd boy.

640
00:40:48,532 --> 00:40:51,326
You'll find a way
of gettin' some good out of it.

641
00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:55,581
Mister. You've been makin' me
a lot of promises.

642
00:40:55,664 --> 00:40:58,000
- One of these days
I'm gonna collect on 'em.
- Surely.

643
00:40:58,041 --> 00:41:00,502
I just ain't passin'
the time of day with you.

644
00:41:00,544 --> 00:41:03,088
I'm aware of that.

645
00:41:03,172 --> 00:41:05,132
[Chuckles]

646
00:41:06,425 --> 00:41:09,636
Come to supper with me, boy,
at the big house.

647
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,141
You ornery critter!

648
00:41:14,224 --> 00:41:16,768
<i>[Horse Galloping]</i>

649
00:41:16,852 --> 00:41:19,605
There goes another one
on the creek bridge.

650
00:41:19,688 --> 00:41:22,649
Could be, you know,
them poor unfortunates...

651
00:41:22,691 --> 00:41:25,402
could come out ahead
on the deal after all...

652
00:41:25,486 --> 00:41:28,113
get their money's worth
in health and outdoor exercise.

653
00:41:28,197 --> 00:41:32,534
A night like this is good for him.
It stimulates his liver.

654
00:41:32,618 --> 00:41:35,704
<i>[Alan] Oh, they'll catch
those horses, Mr. Varner.</i>

655
00:41:35,787 --> 00:41:38,248
They'll catch them and make
good work teams out of them.

656
00:41:38,332 --> 00:41:42,419
You figure you know them redneck farmers
better than me, huh?

657
00:41:42,503 --> 00:41:44,421
[Chuckles]

658
00:41:44,505 --> 00:41:48,091
Suppose that's 'cause
the, uh, Stewart family's...

659
00:41:48,175 --> 00:41:50,677
<i>been in these parts a little longer
than the Varners.</i>

660
00:41:50,761 --> 00:41:52,721
About 200 years.

661
00:41:52,763 --> 00:41:54,890
That's a long time
to live in one place.

662
00:41:54,973 --> 00:41:57,559
You don't believe
in living in one place, Mr. Quick?

663
00:41:57,643 --> 00:42:00,479
Well, my family moved.
Not that they wanted to.

664
00:42:00,562 --> 00:42:03,148
They was encouraged
by the local citizens.

665
00:42:03,232 --> 00:42:07,361
- You a hunted man or somethin'?
- Somethin', Miss Eula.

666
00:42:07,444 --> 00:42:10,823
I'd like to hear
a yes or no answer to that, boy.

667
00:42:10,906 --> 00:42:13,075
<i>[Will]
Well, ifhe's hunted...</i>

668
00:42:13,158 --> 00:42:15,077
<i>he ain't caught.</i>

669
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,747
Lucius, pass the drinks. Who's for
drinkin' some of my fine brandy, huh?

670
00:42:18,831 --> 00:42:21,375
Alan, you're partial
to my brandy.

671
00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:24,753
Let's see. How many years
you been drinkin' it now, huh?

672
00:42:24,837 --> 00:42:26,755
Five? Six?

673
00:42:26,839 --> 00:42:29,758
- I've enjoyed your hospitality
a long time, Mr. Varner.
- [Chuckles]

674
00:42:29,842 --> 00:42:33,387
I sometimes ask myself, do we get
the major part of your attention...

675
00:42:33,428 --> 00:42:36,807
or are you brightenin' up
other parlors around the county?

676
00:42:36,890 --> 00:42:39,893
That's Alan's
personal business, Papa.

677
00:42:39,977 --> 00:42:41,937
Don't get yourself fussed,
sister.

678
00:42:41,979 --> 00:42:44,982
Alan knows a friendly inquiry
when he hears it, don't you, Alan?

679
00:42:45,065 --> 00:42:47,693
- When I hear one.
- Sure, sure!

680
00:42:47,776 --> 00:42:50,904
A friendly inquiry
never bothered nobody.

681
00:42:50,988 --> 00:42:54,032
As I understand it,
when you ain't here with us...

682
00:42:54,116 --> 00:42:57,995
you keep pretty close to your house,
uh, with your mother.

683
00:42:58,078 --> 00:43:00,581
Papa, I can't stand this.

684
00:43:00,622 --> 00:43:03,625
<i>I think you've forgotten, Mr. Varner,
that my mother is a widow.</i>

685
00:43:03,667 --> 00:43:06,461
- She relies strongly on me.
- Widow?

686
00:43:06,545 --> 00:43:09,590
Your old man ain't dead.
He just disappeared.

687
00:43:09,673 --> 00:43:12,384
Just wandered off.

688
00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:15,262
- The end result is the same.
She's alone.
- No, she ain't, Alan.

689
00:43:15,304 --> 00:43:17,347
She's got you.

690
00:43:17,431 --> 00:43:19,516
She sure has you.

691
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,477
- I do my best.
- Not around here, you don't!

692
00:43:22,519 --> 00:43:24,521
<i>[Jody Laughing]</i>

693
00:43:24,605 --> 00:43:29,318
<i>Jody, you seem to enjoy
my conversation tonight.</i>

694
00:43:29,401 --> 00:43:31,987
- Guess I'll direct a little bit at you.
- "I didn't say nothin'."

695
00:43:32,070 --> 00:43:33,989
You see Ben Quick here?

696
00:43:34,072 --> 00:43:37,576
<i>He's goin'to work tomorrow in the store
as a clerk right alongside of you.</i>

697
00:43:37,659 --> 00:43:41,872
<i>He's going to receive the same
identical wages, the same benefits.</i>

698
00:43:43,165 --> 00:43:46,502
That don't seem to strike you
as quite so funny.

699
00:43:48,337 --> 00:43:50,255
It don't.

700
00:43:50,339 --> 00:43:53,133
What I mean to say is, Jody,
with Ben around...

701
00:43:53,175 --> 00:43:55,344
you can sleep late mornings.

702
00:43:55,427 --> 00:43:57,930
That is, as late as you figure
you can afford to.

703
00:44:01,558 --> 00:44:03,894
[Laughs]
Outside, everybody!

704
00:44:03,977 --> 00:44:06,939
Take the evenin' air.

705
00:44:22,746 --> 00:44:25,207
Alan, I apologize
for what we are.

706
00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:27,334
Don't, Clara.
It isn't necessary.

707
00:44:27,376 --> 00:44:29,920
I wouldn't blame you
if you left right now.

708
00:44:30,003 --> 00:44:32,422
Other young men have
with much less cause than this.

709
00:44:32,506 --> 00:44:35,968
My people have stood off Indians,
Yankees, carpetbaggers.

710
00:44:36,051 --> 00:44:40,305
The least they could expect of me
is to stand up to a Varner.

711
00:44:40,389 --> 00:44:44,017
All right then.
Let's go have some more.

712
00:44:45,519 --> 00:44:49,773
- "[Boy] Eula.! Eu-ooh-la.!"
- "[Boy Whistling]"

713
00:44:49,857 --> 00:44:51,775
Oh, listen to that.

714
00:44:51,859 --> 00:44:55,904
If those boys don't sound like
a bunch of tomcats yowling at the moon.

715
00:44:55,988 --> 00:44:58,657
<i>[Boys Whistling]
Eula.! Eula.!</i>

716
00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:01,785
Isn't it terrible the way they come
prowlin' around here every night?

717
00:45:01,869 --> 00:45:04,705
It's like that in town too.
They follow me wherever I go.

718
00:45:04,746 --> 00:45:07,666
- Don't go anywhere then. You stay put.
- Oh, now.

719
00:45:07,749 --> 00:45:10,169
- You stay right close to home.
- Jody, they're harmless.

720
00:45:10,252 --> 00:45:13,380
- They're only 16, 17 years old.
- You call that harmless?

721
00:45:13,463 --> 00:45:17,301
- "Eula.!"
- "Hey, Eula.!"

722
00:45:17,384 --> 00:45:20,846
You quit it out there,
or I'll pass among you with a shotgun!

723
00:45:20,929 --> 00:45:23,432
- [Chuckling]
- "Hey, Eula, come out.!"

724
00:45:23,515 --> 00:45:26,226
- "Eula.! Come on out.!"
- "Come on out, Eula.!"

725
00:45:26,268 --> 00:45:29,104
- Come on, Eula. Get out of the light!
- Oh!

726
00:45:29,146 --> 00:45:32,941
They don't have to see her.
They can smell her.

727
00:45:32,983 --> 00:45:35,277
- "Eula.!"
- "Eula.!"

728
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,197
Tom Shortly, V.K. Bookwright,
John Fischer!

729
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,616
Now, I know it's you out there!
Now, quit it!

730
00:45:40,657 --> 00:45:43,827
- "[Boys] Eula.!"
- Would somebody please make them stop?

731
00:45:43,911 --> 00:45:47,039
- Just wait. I'll stop 'em.
- "Eula.! Eula.!"

732
00:45:47,122 --> 00:45:49,041
It's a madhouse
around here.

733
00:45:49,124 --> 00:45:54,171
They're just young boys.
Healthy, young animals.

734
00:45:54,254 --> 00:45:57,716
How come they don't come
to anybody else's house,
hide in anybody else's garden?

735
00:45:57,799 --> 00:46:01,678
- It's just us that gets singled out.
- We're the ones that got Eula.

736
00:46:01,762 --> 00:46:04,014
It's not her fault.
It's yours.

737
00:46:04,097 --> 00:46:07,559
They come here 'cause they know
you're gonna laugh,
you're gonna think it's funny...

738
00:46:07,643 --> 00:46:09,978
no matter how crude
and how vulgar!

739
00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:13,106
I was young myself once.

740
00:46:13,148 --> 00:46:17,861
I used to hide in the greenery
and hoot and bellow.

741
00:46:17,945 --> 00:46:22,032
I'll bet you did. I'll bet you
stayed longest and yelled loudest.

742
00:46:22,115 --> 00:46:25,536
Your mama listened.

743
00:46:38,841 --> 00:46:40,759
Blackjack!

744
00:46:40,843 --> 00:46:43,887
[Chuckling]

745
00:46:43,971 --> 00:46:46,348
All right.

746
00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:49,351
Now let's deal 'em
off the top.

747
00:46:49,393 --> 00:46:51,562
Huh.

748
00:46:53,272 --> 00:46:57,192
Is that the way
you acquired your fortune?
The way you're acquiring mine?

749
00:47:07,035 --> 00:47:11,206
Those boys sure do make
their desires plain, don't they?

750
00:47:11,290 --> 00:47:15,878
Callin' and callin',
just like they thought Eula
was gonna get up and follow 'em.

751
00:47:15,961 --> 00:47:18,380
Wonder what would happen
if she did.

752
00:47:18,463 --> 00:47:20,883
I imagine there'd
be quite a romp.

753
00:47:20,966 --> 00:47:24,845
Now, why did I make
such a fuss about it?

754
00:47:24,887 --> 00:47:27,681
Because
it offended you?

755
00:47:27,723 --> 00:47:29,850
No, it didn't.

756
00:47:29,933 --> 00:47:32,895
Now that's the plain,
unvarnished truth at last.

757
00:47:32,936 --> 00:47:37,065
No, Alan, there's no sense in pretendin'
that girls don't think about sex.

758
00:47:37,149 --> 00:47:39,109
They do.

759
00:47:39,193 --> 00:47:42,070
You oughta hear some of the
conversations between Agnes and me.

760
00:47:42,112 --> 00:47:44,072
Uh, I'd like to.

761
00:47:44,114 --> 00:47:48,577
Well, there's nothing wrong
with being anxious about your love life.

762
00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:50,662
I am about mine.

763
00:47:53,290 --> 00:47:56,418
[Chuckles]

764
00:47:56,502 --> 00:48:00,923
This is certainly not the way I expected
this conversation to be going.

765
00:48:01,006 --> 00:48:04,885
I thought we were gonna sit here
on the front porch
and let the moon shine down on us...

766
00:48:04,927 --> 00:48:08,430
and, just like those boys in the bushes,
let nature take its course.

767
00:48:08,514 --> 00:48:11,683
Why, Clara, nature
is taking its course.

768
00:48:11,767 --> 00:48:16,313
You're not the kind of girl
to be howled at and dragged
off the porch into the bushes.

769
00:48:16,396 --> 00:48:19,274
You're a nice, quiet,
self-contained girl.

770
00:48:19,316 --> 00:48:23,278
You'll see. Everything you want's
gonna happen to you.

771
00:48:30,202 --> 00:48:32,204
Oh, evening, Alice.

772
00:48:32,287 --> 00:48:34,790
You want to see me?

773
00:48:34,873 --> 00:48:37,584
Miss Minnie Littlejohn
say, "Where are you?"

774
00:48:37,668 --> 00:48:39,628
Oh.

775
00:48:39,670 --> 00:48:41,964
- Where I am, huh?
- Yes, sir.

776
00:48:42,047 --> 00:48:46,093
She say if you're not there
in half an hour, the place'll
be triple locked against you.

777
00:48:46,176 --> 00:48:48,929
Triple locked, huh?

778
00:48:48,971 --> 00:48:52,307
You tell Miss Minnie Littlejohn
I'll be there...

779
00:48:52,391 --> 00:48:54,309
when I'm there.

780
00:48:54,393 --> 00:48:56,395
I'll tell her.

781
00:48:57,646 --> 00:49:00,983
It appears
I have a late date.

782
00:49:02,276 --> 00:49:05,195
Are you married?
You got a woman somewhere?

783
00:49:05,279 --> 00:49:07,906
I live single.

784
00:49:07,990 --> 00:49:09,950
Hmm.

785
00:49:10,033 --> 00:49:11,994
You've known a few
though, huh?

786
00:49:13,287 --> 00:49:15,455
Yeah. My fair share.

787
00:49:15,539 --> 00:49:17,541
- [Chuckles]
- Deal.

788
00:49:59,500 --> 00:50:03,504
Well, your friend left early,
without even firing a shot.

789
00:50:03,587 --> 00:50:05,923
I was kissed good night,
Mr. Quick.

790
00:50:06,006 --> 00:50:08,926
Kissed and left. That'd been me,
I'd have stayed till sunup.

791
00:50:09,009 --> 00:50:10,928
- Aren't you reckless.
- Aren't you?

792
00:50:11,011 --> 00:50:13,931
No, I'm just skittish, Mr. Quick.
Just plain skittish.

793
00:50:14,014 --> 00:50:15,933
I have an answer for that.

794
00:50:16,016 --> 00:50:19,645
Let's go get in that old Lincoln car
of yours and go plow up the countryside.

795
00:50:19,728 --> 00:50:22,105
Let's go holler off a bridge
good and loud.

796
00:50:22,189 --> 00:50:26,318
- There's been enough commotion tonight.
- You want quiet?

797
00:50:26,401 --> 00:50:28,779
Let's go find us
a needle in a haystack.

798
00:50:28,862 --> 00:50:31,281
Mr. Quick, those are all
lovely, colorful suggestions...

799
00:50:31,365 --> 00:50:33,867
but I'm afraid if I
started out to follow you...

800
00:50:33,909 --> 00:50:36,662
I would hear the starch
in my petticoat begin to rustle...

801
00:50:36,745 --> 00:50:38,664
and I'd know
I was out of character.

802
00:50:38,747 --> 00:50:41,083
Get out of character, lady.
Come on. Get way out.

803
00:50:41,166 --> 00:50:43,168
Sudden changes
are not in my line.

804
00:50:43,252 --> 00:50:45,170
You'll never know
till you try.

805
00:50:45,254 --> 00:50:48,799
There's a volume ofJane Austen
upstairs by my bed...

806
00:50:48,882 --> 00:50:51,260
and a glass of hot milk
that's getting cold.

807
00:50:51,301 --> 00:50:54,263
You mean your friend would not like it
if we went off together.

808
00:50:54,304 --> 00:50:56,974
The idea of you and me
just wouldn't go down, would it?

809
00:50:57,057 --> 00:51:00,018
- I don't wish to discuss him with you.
- Why not? I respect him.

810
00:51:00,102 --> 00:51:03,438
I admire his manners
and I admire the speeches he makes.

811
00:51:03,522 --> 00:51:06,150
And I admire
the big house he lives in.

812
00:51:06,233 --> 00:51:08,902
But if you're savin' it
all for him, honey...

813
00:51:08,986 --> 00:51:12,239
you've got your account
in the wrong bank.

814
00:51:12,281 --> 00:51:15,909
You can leave
any time now!

815
00:51:15,951 --> 00:51:18,287
Don't ask me twice.

816
00:51:27,462 --> 00:51:35,304
Sister?

817
00:51:35,345 --> 00:51:37,556
Oh, you are out here.
Alone, huh?

818
00:51:38,849 --> 00:51:41,226
When did Alan leave?

819
00:51:41,310 --> 00:51:43,937
- About 10:00.
- Early.

820
00:51:44,021 --> 00:51:45,981
Well, he's been ill.

821
00:51:46,023 --> 00:51:49,610
Yeah? You look
a little pale yourself.

822
00:51:49,693 --> 00:51:52,196
Well, it's hot.
I haven't been sleeping very well.

823
00:51:52,279 --> 00:51:54,281
How old are you,
sister?

824
00:51:54,364 --> 00:51:56,325
Don't you know?

825
00:51:56,408 --> 00:51:58,827
I keep a lot of figures
in my head.

826
00:51:58,869 --> 00:52:00,829
Well, add these.
I'm 23.

827
00:52:00,871 --> 00:52:03,165
[Exhales]
Huh.

828
00:52:03,207 --> 00:52:07,503
Your mama was 18 when I married her.
Just turned.

829
00:52:07,544 --> 00:52:10,631
- Papa, are we gonna talk
about that again?
- We are.

830
00:52:12,216 --> 00:52:14,760
You know,
you never look at me.

831
00:52:14,843 --> 00:52:18,597
My life comes and goes,
my birthdays come and go.

832
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,767
Do you know I'm really quite a lively,
intelligent girl?

833
00:52:21,850 --> 00:52:24,269
Sometimes I even
make people laugh.

834
00:52:24,353 --> 00:52:27,397
Yet you and I never seem to have
any other conversation but this one.

835
00:52:27,481 --> 00:52:30,734
- You're unmarried.
- You have pointed that out before.

836
00:52:30,818 --> 00:52:33,987
What do you do out here,
you and Alan, huh?

837
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:39,201
- We talk.
- What gets said? Anything important?

838
00:52:39,284 --> 00:52:43,539
He thinks I'm a nice, quiet,
self-contained girl.

839
00:52:43,664 --> 00:52:47,960
Well, that ain't
damn near enough!

840
00:52:48,043 --> 00:52:51,922
Thousands of acres out there, millions
of seeds put down in the ground.

841
00:52:52,005 --> 00:52:54,675
Every year
the seeds come up again.

842
00:52:54,758 --> 00:52:57,803
Life goes on.

843
00:52:57,886 --> 00:53:00,180
Where's "my" crop, huh?

844
00:53:00,222 --> 00:53:02,224
What follows me?

845
00:53:02,266 --> 00:53:04,476
<i>What happens
when I'm dead?</i>

846
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,980
You'll probably have the biggest funeral
in the state of Mississippi.

847
00:53:08,063 --> 00:53:11,191
That don't scare me, so long as
there's plenty of Varners to mourn me.

848
00:53:11,275 --> 00:53:13,235
Jody and I will be there.

849
00:53:13,277 --> 00:53:16,238
<i>You and Jody, and Jody's kids,
and yours, and their kids.!</i>

850
00:53:16,321 --> 00:53:18,240
My descendants, sister.
A line.

851
00:53:18,323 --> 00:53:21,994
A long line with my face stamped on 'em,
my blood flowing in their veins.

852
00:53:22,077 --> 00:53:25,122
All of that
from the two of us?

853
00:53:25,205 --> 00:53:27,875
You think I'm joking.

854
00:53:29,001 --> 00:53:32,045
You listen here to me,
sister.

855
00:53:32,129 --> 00:53:35,174
If your blood is so frail
and so delicate...

856
00:53:35,257 --> 00:53:38,260
that it just calls out
for Alan Stewart...

857
00:53:38,343 --> 00:53:40,762
amen, let it be him.

858
00:53:40,804 --> 00:53:44,016
I'll give you a big weddin'.
I'll build a house for you.

859
00:53:44,099 --> 00:53:47,478
I'll put money in Alan's account
atJefferson First Trust Bank.

860
00:53:47,561 --> 00:53:50,063
But it's gonna be "now,"
missy!

861
00:53:50,147 --> 00:53:52,608
No more pussyfootin',
no more holdin' hands...

862
00:53:52,691 --> 00:53:55,944
and squeakin' that front porch swing
back and forth.

863
00:53:56,028 --> 00:53:58,489
Six years that's all I've heard
is squeakin'.

864
00:53:58,572 --> 00:54:02,493
Well, you can go and tell his mama...
to let go.

865
00:54:02,576 --> 00:54:06,288
You tell her you're taking over
'cause your daddy said so.

866
00:54:06,371 --> 00:54:10,417
If you should get "no" for an answer,
let me tell you, sister...

867
00:54:10,459 --> 00:54:12,586
it's gonna be that other.

868
00:54:12,669 --> 00:54:14,630
Which other?

869
00:54:14,671 --> 00:54:17,841
That prize
blue-ribbon bull...

870
00:54:17,925 --> 00:54:22,012
that hand-grown, handpicked,
hand-selected-by-me fellow
name of Quick.

871
00:54:22,095 --> 00:54:24,181
- You can't mean "him."
- Can't I?

872
00:54:24,264 --> 00:54:27,100
Listen, I'm gonna get me
some men in the Varner family.

873
00:54:27,142 --> 00:54:29,186
Some good, strong,
strapping men.

874
00:54:29,269 --> 00:54:31,271
Varners!
That's what I want. Varners.

875
00:54:31,355 --> 00:54:33,440
And more Varners.
And more Varners still.

876
00:54:33,482 --> 00:54:35,943
Enough Varners
to infest the countryside.

877
00:54:35,984 --> 00:54:38,445
I'm gonna see that happen,
sister, before I die.

878
00:54:38,487 --> 00:54:40,781
I'm gonna accomplish that.
Yes, ma'am.

879
00:54:40,823 --> 00:54:45,536
By means of that Quick,
that big stud horse.

880
00:54:45,619 --> 00:54:48,163
You mean you'd sell me away
like that?

881
00:54:48,247 --> 00:54:50,165
- I'm not sellin' you.
- Yes, sell me!

882
00:54:50,249 --> 00:54:53,669
Without caring what I feel
or what I think or what I am!

883
00:54:53,710 --> 00:54:57,422
- I'm trying to save you.
- Is that what you call it?

884
00:54:57,506 --> 00:55:00,133
Sister...

885
00:55:00,175 --> 00:55:03,178
you're gonna
give me grandsons...

886
00:55:04,471 --> 00:55:07,432
by way of Alan...

887
00:55:07,516 --> 00:55:09,893
or Quick.

888
00:55:09,977 --> 00:55:13,856
But you're gonna do it,
Clara Ann Varner. Hear me now.

889
00:55:15,190 --> 00:55:18,110
You'll get that ring
on your finger.

890
00:55:23,699 --> 00:55:25,701
<i>[Switch Clicks]</i>

891
00:55:51,727 --> 00:55:53,687
Here comes Jody.

892
00:55:54,730 --> 00:55:56,815
[Chuckles]

893
00:55:59,485 --> 00:56:01,445
What's goin' on?
Huh?

894
00:56:01,528 --> 00:56:03,655
They ain't come
to do much buyin'.

895
00:56:03,739 --> 00:56:06,867
Penny worth of candy,
two cents worth of nails, maybe.

896
00:56:06,950 --> 00:56:09,161
Oh, they just come
to look.

897
00:56:09,244 --> 00:56:11,163
What at?

898
00:56:11,246 --> 00:56:13,332
We ain't runnin'
no sideshow.

899
00:56:13,415 --> 00:56:15,876
They come to look
at the new man.

900
00:56:15,918 --> 00:56:18,629
Three days ago,
never even knew his name.

901
00:56:18,712 --> 00:56:21,548
But from now on, they're gonna
have to be dealing with him...

902
00:56:21,590 --> 00:56:23,550
for all the necessaries
of livin'.

903
00:56:23,592 --> 00:56:26,929
Oh, no. They're gonna
deal with me...

904
00:56:27,012 --> 00:56:29,014
like always.

905
00:56:35,062 --> 00:56:37,064
Good morning, Jody.

906
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:44,238
Mr. Jody?

907
00:56:44,279 --> 00:56:46,406
Mr. Jody.

908
00:56:46,490 --> 00:56:50,327
My little chaps at home
never even had shoes last winter.

909
00:56:51,578 --> 00:56:54,248
We ain't got corn
to feed the stock.

910
00:56:54,289 --> 00:56:58,168
<i>Them $30 my husband paid
for that horse yesterday...</i>

911
00:56:58,252 --> 00:57:01,255
which he ain't even seen
since then...

912
00:57:01,338 --> 00:57:03,799
I earned myself...

913
00:57:03,882 --> 00:57:06,760
sewing at night
and baking cakes.

914
00:57:06,802 --> 00:57:12,349
If that ain't the limit.
You get greased and fleeced,
and then you lay it at my door?

915
00:57:12,432 --> 00:57:14,935
The trouble is
we got an outsider here!

916
00:57:17,855 --> 00:57:21,358
He don't know nothin', and he don't care
nothin' about you and your worries.

917
00:57:21,441 --> 00:57:23,360
No, sir.

918
00:57:23,443 --> 00:57:26,155
He don't care about anything
except advancin' himself.

919
00:57:28,115 --> 00:57:30,993
Lot of harsh things
being said about me.

920
00:57:31,076 --> 00:57:34,496
And if I was to answer
each and every one of'em...

921
00:57:34,538 --> 00:57:37,124
why, that'd take up
too much of your time.

922
00:57:37,207 --> 00:57:40,669
All I can say, missus, is you took
your complaint to the wrong department.

923
00:57:40,752 --> 00:57:44,798
Now, we're under new management.
You got a $30 problem?

924
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:47,259
[Bell Rings]

925
00:57:50,345 --> 00:57:52,347
It's solved.

926
00:57:58,228 --> 00:58:00,564
Goodwill. Ain't nothin'
in the world like it.

927
00:58:02,232 --> 00:58:05,360
<i>You think you got
a cozy nest here, don't ya?</i>

928
00:58:05,444 --> 00:58:07,779
Well, you ain't gonna
take over from me, boy!

929
00:58:07,863 --> 00:58:11,492
<i>- "[Car Door Closing]"
- "[Will] Off with the old,"
on with the new.</i>

930
00:58:11,575 --> 00:58:13,911
<i>Same old store,
same stand.</i>

931
00:58:13,994 --> 00:58:17,706
- "All we got is a new broom. Mornin'."
- "[Man] Hi, Will."

932
00:58:17,789 --> 00:58:21,210
You can't teach an old dog
new tricks. Mornin'.

933
00:58:21,293 --> 00:58:24,671
But you sure can teach a young
willin' puppy just about anything.

934
00:58:24,713 --> 00:58:27,674
Ben Quick,
fetch me a Coke!

935
00:58:27,716 --> 00:58:31,720
Give him time. A penny on the waters
pays interest when the flood turns.

936
00:58:31,803 --> 00:58:34,014
[Laughing]

937
00:58:37,643 --> 00:58:40,521
Thank you for your encouragement
and kind support.

938
00:58:45,943 --> 00:58:51,031
<i>[Blues On Stereo]</i>

939
00:58:51,114 --> 00:58:53,659
Jody, aren't you ever
goin' to work again?

940
00:58:53,742 --> 00:58:55,994
You always gonna be
hangin' round?

941
00:58:56,078 --> 00:59:00,457
I can't do my nails or fix my hair
without havin' you hangin' round.

942
00:59:00,541 --> 00:59:02,543
Now, you take
that Ben Quick.

943
00:59:02,584 --> 00:59:05,337
He's down at that store
workin', sweatin'.

944
00:59:05,420 --> 00:59:07,339
- [Groans]
- He's where you ought to be.

945
00:59:07,422 --> 00:59:09,550
Who are you
to tell me to work?

946
00:59:09,633 --> 00:59:12,386
You ain't never
outta a chair.

947
00:59:12,469 --> 00:59:14,638
[Chuckles]
Only time I seen you break cover...

948
00:59:14,721 --> 00:59:19,476
is when they're sweepin', cleanin' the
house, callin' you to the dinner table.

949
00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:22,479
Now, you got no call
to be insultin'.

950
00:59:22,563 --> 00:59:25,607
As your wife, I just don't wanna see you
get passed by that boy.

951
00:59:25,691 --> 00:59:28,902
<i>[Blues Continue
On Stereo]</i>

952
00:59:30,988 --> 00:59:32,948
[Chuckles]

953
00:59:34,408 --> 00:59:36,410
- Now, Jody.
- Come on.

954
00:59:36,493 --> 00:59:38,745
- No, Jody.
- Come on.

955
00:59:38,829 --> 00:59:42,457
I'm gonna... I'm gonna busy myself
elsewheres, that's what I'm gonna do.

956
00:59:42,541 --> 00:59:45,252
I'm gonna remove myself.
I know what I'll do.

957
00:59:45,294 --> 00:59:47,296
- I'll get me an education.
- Come on.

958
00:59:47,379 --> 00:59:51,425
Clara's been after me
for months and months,
sayin' it's never too late to learn.

959
00:59:51,508 --> 00:59:54,386
No, Jody. No!

960
00:59:54,469 --> 00:59:57,931
I sure do wish you'd find yourself
some other form of recreation.

961
00:59:58,015 --> 01:00:02,269
<i>[Continues]</i>

962
01:00:26,502 --> 01:00:28,462
[Sighs]

963
01:01:02,621 --> 01:01:06,667
[Whistling]

964
01:01:15,592 --> 01:01:18,554
Well, it's a little late
to be keepin' store, isn't it?

965
01:01:18,595 --> 01:01:21,932
No, I'm just, uh, movin' these
cotton dresses down in front...

966
01:01:22,015 --> 01:01:24,226
<i>so the ladies can see 'em
when they first come in.</i>

967
01:01:24,309 --> 01:01:26,228
You seem to know
a lot about women.

968
01:01:26,311 --> 01:01:28,814
<i>Well, I know what makes 'em
spend their money.</i>

969
01:01:30,482 --> 01:01:34,069
You come in to buy somethin',
Miss Clara, or you just shoppin' around?

970
01:01:34,153 --> 01:01:37,197
I was just passin'.

971
01:01:37,239 --> 01:01:40,409
Well, it's a warm night. I've been
drinkin' some beer. You want some?

972
01:01:40,492 --> 01:01:43,704
- No, thank you.
- You got a sweet tooth?

973
01:01:43,745 --> 01:01:47,666
I can offer you, uh, rock candy
and licorice whips.

974
01:01:47,749 --> 01:01:50,460
Jawbreakers.
Do a big business in jawbreakers.

975
01:01:52,129 --> 01:01:54,131
Outgrew 'em, huh?

976
01:01:58,677 --> 01:02:01,388
Well...
sunbonnets?

977
01:02:02,639 --> 01:02:05,684
Or hand lotion?
Lilac water? Freckle remover?

978
01:02:07,144 --> 01:02:09,188
Spotted dimity?

979
01:02:11,356 --> 01:02:13,484
Just can't sell you,
can I?

980
01:02:14,860 --> 01:02:17,488
Well, do you have an aspirin?
I have a headache.

981
01:02:17,571 --> 01:02:19,865
Oh, sure.

982
01:02:19,948 --> 01:02:23,452
We got all kinds
of nostrums and remedies.

983
01:02:23,535 --> 01:02:26,663
'Course, I don't
have headaches myself.

984
01:02:26,747 --> 01:02:30,834
- 'Cause I don't have any problems.
- Or scruples.

985
01:02:32,336 --> 01:02:34,296
Nope, not those either.

986
01:02:34,379 --> 01:02:37,090
Well, I have both.

987
01:02:41,136 --> 01:02:43,347
You got a thin skin
is what you got.

988
01:02:44,806 --> 01:02:47,226
But the world belongs
to the meat eaters, Miss Clara...

989
01:02:47,309 --> 01:02:50,437
and if you have to take it raw,
take it raw.

990
01:02:52,147 --> 01:02:54,441
I couldn't live
that way.

991
01:02:55,818 --> 01:02:59,029
Well, let's just examine
the way you do live, Miss Clara.

992
01:02:59,112 --> 01:03:03,075
You drive around in that old Lincoln
car of yours like it had wings...

993
01:03:03,158 --> 01:03:06,119
and you teach school,
and, uh...

994
01:03:06,203 --> 01:03:10,666
you sit on your front porch with your
skinny little friend drinkin' lemonade.

995
01:03:10,707 --> 01:03:13,335
Now, what is all that,
when you see the rest of the world...

996
01:03:13,418 --> 01:03:15,420
passing you by
paired up?

997
01:03:16,505 --> 01:03:19,007
You're, what, 23?

998
01:03:19,091 --> 01:03:21,802
Yeah, thems are
golden years...

999
01:03:21,885 --> 01:03:24,388
and you're bein' asked
to play a waitin' game.

1000
01:03:25,514 --> 01:03:27,474
Why wait?

1001
01:03:31,478 --> 01:03:33,480
Aw, school is out,
Miss Clara.

1002
01:03:35,315 --> 01:03:37,609
Them blinds are drawn,
night's fallen.

1003
01:03:38,819 --> 01:03:41,113
Nobody here to see
if you make a mistake.

1004
01:03:44,074 --> 01:03:47,161
You put them things down,
Miss Clara, 'cause I'm gonna kiss you.

1005
01:03:48,495 --> 01:03:51,373
I'm gonna show you
how simple it is.

1006
01:03:51,415 --> 01:03:53,500
You please me,
and I'll please you.

1007
01:03:57,087 --> 01:03:59,756
Oh, I know
what's troublin' you.

1008
01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:03,552
It's all those boys
hollerin' for Eula every night.

1009
01:04:03,635 --> 01:04:06,763
And Eula with her hair
hangin' down...

1010
01:04:06,847 --> 01:04:10,350
and Jody with his shirt off,
chasin' her.

1011
01:04:10,392 --> 01:04:12,853
And your old man
at 60...

1012
01:04:12,895 --> 01:04:15,147
and he's callin' on
his lady love.

1013
01:04:41,924 --> 01:04:44,551
All right. You proved it.
I'm human.

1014
01:04:44,635 --> 01:04:47,095
Yes, ma'am,
you're human all right.

1015
01:04:51,517 --> 01:04:53,435
Barn burner!

1016
01:04:58,774 --> 01:05:01,860
Well, you hit on it.

1017
01:05:01,944 --> 01:05:05,405
I can see my white shirt
and black tie and Sunday manners...

1018
01:05:05,447 --> 01:05:07,866
didn't fool you
for a minute.

1019
01:05:07,950 --> 01:05:11,495
Well, that's right, ma'am.
I'm a menace to the countryside.

1020
01:05:11,578 --> 01:05:16,500
All a man's gotta do is just look at me
sideways, and his house goes up in fire.

1021
01:05:16,583 --> 01:05:20,587
And here I am, livin' right here in the
middle of your peaceable little town.

1022
01:05:20,629 --> 01:05:23,257
Right in your backyard,
you might say.

1023
01:05:23,340 --> 01:05:26,468
<i>Guess that oughta
keep you awake at night.</i>

1024
01:05:40,482 --> 01:05:45,112
- "[Crashing]"
- Anything you break,
you gotta pay for. Heh.

1025
01:05:45,154 --> 01:05:47,531
- What are you doin' here?
- Takin' the air.

1026
01:05:47,614 --> 01:05:51,368
You hired me to tend your store.
Now, I'm tendin' it.
That don't need no supervision.

1027
01:05:51,451 --> 01:05:53,912
You and my daughter
had some words, huh?

1028
01:05:53,996 --> 01:05:56,915
- Yeah, a few.
- She don't cotton to you much,
does she?

1029
01:05:56,999 --> 01:06:02,588
- Ain't no love lost.
- That don't need to slow you down none.

1030
01:06:02,671 --> 01:06:05,132
I put you forth
as a candidate.

1031
01:06:05,215 --> 01:06:09,136
Oh, yeah? And just what office
you got me runnin' for?

1032
01:06:09,178 --> 01:06:13,307
I opened a lot of doors for you,
Ben Quick. Ever ask yourself why?

1033
01:06:13,348 --> 01:06:16,477
<i>Am I
a senile old man?</i>

1034
01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:19,021
Am I a sentimental old fool?

1035
01:06:20,355 --> 01:06:23,400
- I am not.
- So?

1036
01:06:23,484 --> 01:06:25,986
<i>I'm a man
with a purpose.</i>

1037
01:06:26,028 --> 01:06:28,655
Well, we all got
some mission in life.

1038
01:06:28,697 --> 01:06:31,492
Care to hear yours?

1039
01:06:33,202 --> 01:06:35,537
Just what do you think
you'd like me to do...

1040
01:06:35,621 --> 01:06:37,539
if you was able
to make me do it?

1041
01:06:37,623 --> 01:06:39,708
Get married.

1042
01:06:40,918 --> 01:06:43,378
Have sons.

1043
01:06:45,297 --> 01:06:48,425
- Well, I'll be damned.
- More than probable you will be...

1044
01:06:48,509 --> 01:06:51,512
but first you're goin' to church
and get married, ya hear?

1045
01:06:52,763 --> 01:06:55,140
To my daughter.

1046
01:07:06,652 --> 01:07:09,071
That's the one you
didn't figure, ain't it?

1047
01:07:10,405 --> 01:07:12,991
Yeah, that's the one.

1048
01:07:13,075 --> 01:07:15,035
Well?

1049
01:07:16,745 --> 01:07:18,747
What about it?

1050
01:07:19,957 --> 01:07:21,917
Well, I'd say it's
a mighty interestin' notion.

1051
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,253
"Notion"? Notion?

1052
01:07:24,336 --> 01:07:27,714
I'm talkin' about the survival
of my family name.

1053
01:07:27,756 --> 01:07:31,009
I'm talkin' about the establishment
of my immortality.

1054
01:07:32,386 --> 01:07:34,555
You, you wanna
put down roots?

1055
01:07:34,596 --> 01:07:38,600
Move to my house. Live with us.
Sleep under clean sheets.

1056
01:07:38,684 --> 01:07:40,894
Study that skinny gal.

1057
01:07:44,314 --> 01:07:46,275
Well, now,
what's in it for me?

1058
01:07:47,818 --> 01:07:50,028
Well, there's lands
and moneys...

1059
01:07:50,112 --> 01:07:52,156
on the day
of the weddin'.

1060
01:07:53,365 --> 01:07:56,285
- More to come.
- What lands...

1061
01:07:56,368 --> 01:07:58,954
what moneys,
and how much more?

1062
01:07:59,037 --> 01:08:02,958
We'll have a meetin' with my banker
and my lawyer. You'll see for yourself.

1063
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:06,086
I'll take that old Frenchman's ruin
for a starter.

1064
01:08:06,128 --> 01:08:10,841
- Well.
- Yeah. Right now. Tonight.

1065
01:08:10,924 --> 01:08:14,845
- I'll give it to you in writin'.
- Yeah, you do that.

1066
01:08:14,928 --> 01:08:18,348
[Guffaws]
Who says I picked the wrong man?

1067
01:08:18,432 --> 01:08:20,976
You and me
got a deal, Ben Quick.

1068
01:08:21,059 --> 01:08:23,896
And who says marriages
are made in heaven?

1069
01:08:23,979 --> 01:08:26,190
All of hell wouldn't
have this one!

1070
01:08:26,273 --> 01:08:28,192
Now, make no mistake
about that gal.

1071
01:08:28,275 --> 01:08:32,696
She's, uh, delicate, but in other ways
she's smart, like her mother before her.

1072
01:08:32,779 --> 01:08:36,033
She has quality. Quality.

1073
01:08:37,493 --> 01:08:40,120
It's as close as you and me
will ever get to it.

1074
01:08:44,875 --> 01:08:46,960
<i>[Animal Bleating]</i>

1075
01:08:52,966 --> 01:08:54,968
<i>[Bleating]</i>

1076
01:08:56,261 --> 01:08:58,680
- Move right in, boy. It's all yours.
- [Bleating]

1077
01:08:58,764 --> 01:09:00,808
I'm movin' up
in the world.

1078
01:09:15,864 --> 01:09:17,991
Miss Clara's room is in
the back of the house.

1079
01:09:19,868 --> 01:09:22,329
Mr. Jody
and Miss Eula.

1080
01:09:22,371 --> 01:09:25,499
- And here's your room.
- And the old man?

1081
01:09:25,541 --> 01:09:28,210
Never know where he is.
Don't sleep so good no more.

1082
01:09:28,293 --> 01:09:31,630
Just roves around from room to room,
sometimes three in a night.

1083
01:09:42,182 --> 01:09:45,060
[Sighs]

1084
01:09:45,102 --> 01:09:49,314
I had five sisters
and a brother...

1085
01:09:49,398 --> 01:09:51,692
and a mother and a father
and an old maid aunt.

1086
01:09:53,068 --> 01:09:56,029
And all together,
we slept in a room about...

1087
01:09:56,071 --> 01:09:58,073
half this size.

1088
01:09:58,115 --> 01:10:00,367
Same as my family.

1089
01:10:00,409 --> 01:10:02,369
And look at us now,
Lucius.

1090
01:10:02,411 --> 01:10:05,789
Big rooms, small rooms...
all the same size to the Lord.

1091
01:10:05,873 --> 01:10:07,875
Bathroom's
end of the hall.

1092
01:10:37,404 --> 01:10:39,823
Well, just so we don't
crowd each other...

1093
01:10:39,907 --> 01:10:42,034
I shave nights
and shower mornings.

1094
01:11:18,654 --> 01:11:21,532
You bringin' him here?
Into the house?

1095
01:11:21,615 --> 01:11:23,951
Big house.
Room for one more.

1096
01:11:23,992 --> 01:11:27,120
But he don't belong here.
He's hired help.

1097
01:11:28,372 --> 01:11:32,292
- He's more than that.
- How much more than that?

1098
01:11:32,334 --> 01:11:35,379
Well, he's gonna be
kind of brotherly, Jody.

1099
01:11:35,462 --> 01:11:38,298
[Chuckles]
I brought you home a big brother.

1100
01:11:38,340 --> 01:11:40,551
So look out for him.
Boy's clever.

1101
01:11:40,634 --> 01:11:43,512
He'll be up when you're sleepin',
and he's gonna be where you ain't.

1102
01:11:43,554 --> 01:11:48,684
Look alive, Jody. You're a couple
of racehorses startin' out even.

1103
01:11:48,767 --> 01:11:51,979
Well, we'll see who is the fastest
and who is the smartest.

1104
01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:55,941
It's not exactly even,
considerin' I'm your blood son!

1105
01:11:56,024 --> 01:11:59,111
- Don't open that can of beans.
- Well, I am openin' it!

1106
01:12:01,196 --> 01:12:04,074
Well, then eat
what you got.

1107
01:12:04,158 --> 01:12:06,118
Exactly nothin'.

1108
01:12:15,544 --> 01:12:17,713
Am I your son...

1109
01:12:17,796 --> 01:12:19,840
or ain't I your son?

1110
01:12:21,091 --> 01:12:24,052
You was born to me.

1111
01:12:24,094 --> 01:12:27,347
Ain't you got any affection for me...
or regard for me?

1112
01:12:27,389 --> 01:12:30,976
- Just tell me that.
- You're just tryin' to
make yourself miserable.

1113
01:12:31,059 --> 01:12:34,563
"Miserable"? Seems like I walked
around in misery all my life.

1114
01:12:34,646 --> 01:12:37,399
You ain't never
been a papa.

1115
01:12:37,483 --> 01:12:40,861
No! 'Cept to tell me
to stand up straight.

1116
01:12:40,903 --> 01:12:43,739
You push, reach,
stretch yourself.

1117
01:12:43,822 --> 01:12:46,200
I put down
a big footprint.

1118
01:12:47,951 --> 01:12:51,914
I said, "Here.
Step in. Fill it."

1119
01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:54,958
- You never did.
- Well, I tried.

1120
01:12:55,042 --> 01:12:58,378
I tried to be what you wanted,
but I ain't got it in me.

1121
01:12:58,420 --> 01:13:01,215
Where do ya go lookin' for it
if you ain't got it in you?

1122
01:13:01,298 --> 01:13:03,800
You find a way,
or you don't.

1123
01:13:06,261 --> 01:13:08,597
Papa, please.

1124
01:13:12,518 --> 01:13:15,312
You have Lucius dig you up
some worms, Jody.

1125
01:13:18,857 --> 01:13:20,984
You go fishin', boy.

1126
01:14:03,819 --> 01:14:05,863
Jody?

1127
01:14:08,949 --> 01:14:11,827
Don't you lie there with your face
in the pillow, Jody Varner.

1128
01:14:11,910 --> 01:14:14,121
That's exactly what
he expects you to be doing.

1129
01:14:16,331 --> 01:14:20,294
Jody.
You had spunk once.

1130
01:14:20,335 --> 01:14:23,172
Remember, you used to throw
brown paper bags full of water...

1131
01:14:23,255 --> 01:14:25,507
on his head
from this very window.

1132
01:14:25,591 --> 01:14:28,218
Remember? I'd fill 'em up,
and you'd throw 'em?

1133
01:14:28,302 --> 01:14:30,762
You were only seven years old then,
and you were wonderful.

1134
01:14:30,846 --> 01:14:32,848
You weren't
afraid then.

1135
01:14:33,932 --> 01:14:35,934
Jody?

1136
01:14:36,018 --> 01:14:38,520
Jody, you remember
John Wesley Pritchard?

1137
01:14:38,562 --> 01:14:40,689
You remember how he stood out
in the school yard...

1138
01:14:40,772 --> 01:14:43,525
and said, "Clara Varner
has front teeth like a horse,"

1139
01:14:43,609 --> 01:14:46,695
and I cried and said, "I'm gonna get
my big brotherJody Varner...

1140
01:14:46,778 --> 01:14:49,323
<i>to punch you in the nose, "
and you did?</i>

1141
01:14:51,742 --> 01:14:53,827
Jody?

1142
01:14:53,869 --> 01:14:58,123
I wouldn't have gotten
through my girlhood alive
if it hadn't been for you.

1143
01:14:58,207 --> 01:15:00,125
All of which makes you
very dear to me...

1144
01:15:00,209 --> 01:15:03,629
and I don't care what he did
or said to you downstairs.

1145
01:15:12,721 --> 01:15:14,681
<i>[Door Closes]</i>

1146
01:15:27,486 --> 01:15:29,488
[Sobbing]

1147
01:15:47,589 --> 01:15:50,092
You look mighty pretty
with them readin' glasses on.

1148
01:15:53,053 --> 01:15:55,139
You look pretty
with them off.

1149
01:15:57,349 --> 01:15:59,351
You look mighty young there,
Miss Clara...

1150
01:15:59,434 --> 01:16:01,353
all curled up
in your bed...

1151
01:16:01,436 --> 01:16:03,605
like you just washed your hands
and brushed your teeth...

1152
01:16:03,689 --> 01:16:05,607
and said your prayers
like a little girl.

1153
01:16:05,691 --> 01:16:08,861
<i>I'll bet you was
a mighty appealin'little girl.</i>

1154
01:16:08,944 --> 01:16:11,655
<i>I'll bet your hair hung
in a tangle down your back.</i>

1155
01:16:11,738 --> 01:16:15,784
I'll bet you knew where to look
for robins' eggs and blackberries.

1156
01:16:17,578 --> 01:16:20,789
I'll bet you had
a doll with no head on it.

1157
01:16:20,873 --> 01:16:23,375
There's a church bazaar
comin' up next week.

1158
01:16:24,793 --> 01:16:27,212
Now, you wear a white dress
and a ribbon in your hair...

1159
01:16:27,296 --> 01:16:29,590
and I'll waltz you
around under the moon.

1160
01:16:35,554 --> 01:16:38,056
Clara?

1161
01:16:41,477 --> 01:16:43,437
Clara.

1162
01:16:45,814 --> 01:16:49,026
Clara

1163
01:16:54,531 --> 01:16:57,576
<i>- "[Agnes Singing]"
Beautiful dreamer
- "[Auctioneer Speaking]"</i>

1164
01:16:57,659 --> 01:17:01,079
<i>Wake unto me</i>

1165
01:17:01,163 --> 01:17:06,627
<i>Starlight and dewdrops
are waiting for thee</i>

1166
01:17:06,710 --> 01:17:09,046
<i>[Auctioneer] Okay, folks,
"this is the old-fashioned"...</i>

1167
01:17:09,129 --> 01:17:12,508
Sounds of the rude world

1168
01:17:12,591 --> 01:17:15,344
Heard in the day

1169
01:17:15,427 --> 01:17:19,223
Lulled by the moonlight

1170
01:17:19,306 --> 01:17:23,685
Have all passed away

1171
01:17:24,937 --> 01:17:28,982
<i>[Off-key]
Beautiful dreamer</i>

1172
01:17:29,066 --> 01:17:32,694
<i>Queen of my song</i>

1173
01:17:32,778 --> 01:17:36,824
- "List while I woo thee"
- "[Auctioneer Continues]"

1174
01:17:38,867 --> 01:17:41,203
- Hi, Will.
- Hi, Sam.

1175
01:17:41,286 --> 01:17:44,289
- [Laughing]
- [Chattering]

1176
01:17:48,585 --> 01:17:52,047
<i>[People Chattering]</i>

1177
01:17:52,089 --> 01:17:55,926
<i>[Man] Come on over.
I'll give you a whole grocery
store for a dime over here.</i>

1178
01:17:59,805 --> 01:18:03,016
That Ben Quick,
he sure is a comer.

1179
01:18:03,100 --> 01:18:06,186
Yep. Name suits him,
all right.

1180
01:18:06,228 --> 01:18:09,231
First into that farm,
then into the store...

1181
01:18:09,273 --> 01:18:11,233
now in the house.

1182
01:18:11,316 --> 01:18:14,069
And all he started with
was a book of matches.

1183
01:18:14,153 --> 01:18:16,738
I wish I was
Ben Quick.

1184
01:18:16,822 --> 01:18:20,701
He's got this here whole state
of Mississippi to graze on.

1185
01:18:20,742 --> 01:18:24,746
Yeah, but if you should happen to go out
to see him on business, go out naked.

1186
01:18:24,830 --> 01:18:26,874
That way you won't feel
the cold comin' back.

1187
01:18:26,957 --> 01:18:30,586
- "[Children Laughing]"
- "[Auctioneer] It's ten cents"...

1188
01:18:30,669 --> 01:18:33,463
- Hi, Jody.
- Hi.

1189
01:18:33,547 --> 01:18:36,383
- Can I sell you somethin'?
- Uh, yeah. Wedge of pie.

1190
01:18:36,425 --> 01:18:38,385
- Apple pie?
- All right.

1191
01:18:38,427 --> 01:18:40,471
Fifteen cents.

1192
01:18:42,055 --> 01:18:44,016
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1193
01:18:48,812 --> 01:18:52,065
<i>[Children Shouting,
Laughing]</i>

1194
01:18:53,942 --> 01:18:55,569
Jody?

1195
01:18:55,611 --> 01:18:57,905
- You got a pencil, Will?
- What for?

1196
01:18:57,988 --> 01:19:00,073
- I want you to write somethin' down.
- What?

1197
01:19:00,157 --> 01:19:02,534
- September 30. That's the day.
- What day?

1198
01:19:02,618 --> 01:19:05,370
A six-layer vanilla cake
is comin' from Mayville...

1199
01:19:05,454 --> 01:19:08,081
suitably decorated
in boiled white frostin'.

1200
01:19:08,165 --> 01:19:12,002
A hundred and four handwritten
invitations have gone out.
No children under six years.

1201
01:19:12,085 --> 01:19:15,047
Women have got to take care
of themselves. That's what I done.

1202
01:19:15,130 --> 01:19:18,300
- What have you done, Minnie Littlejohn?
- It's all arranged.

1203
01:19:18,383 --> 01:19:21,136
All but the license and the blood
tests... and the weddin' rings.

1204
01:19:21,220 --> 01:19:24,765
Weddin'? Minnie.

1205
01:19:24,807 --> 01:19:28,519
You take that six-layer,
white boiled frostin' vanilla cake...

1206
01:19:28,602 --> 01:19:30,521
and you cut it up
in 104 pieces...

1207
01:19:30,604 --> 01:19:33,023
and you send it out
with your regrets.

1208
01:19:33,106 --> 01:19:35,776
All right, Will.

1209
01:19:35,818 --> 01:19:38,070
Well, now,
Minnie, honey...

1210
01:19:39,738 --> 01:19:41,740
how'd you like a...

1211
01:19:42,866 --> 01:19:45,994
yellow Thunderbird
automobile, huh?

1212
01:19:46,078 --> 01:19:48,872
No, thank you, Will.

1213
01:19:48,956 --> 01:19:51,416
Well, how'd you like
a brand-new super sewin' machine...

1214
01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:54,586
- with all them fancy attachments?
- No, thank you, Will.

1215
01:20:01,677 --> 01:20:03,637
Well...

1216
01:20:05,472 --> 01:20:08,809
how'd you like a...
plain gold ring?

1217
01:20:14,565 --> 01:20:16,900
<i>Folks? Folks, can I
have your attention?</i>

1218
01:20:16,984 --> 01:20:19,570
Y'all come on
and gather round, ya hear?

1219
01:20:19,653 --> 01:20:22,739
'Cause this is the moment all you
young fellas have been waitin' for.

1220
01:20:22,823 --> 01:20:24,992
Each of these
young ladies here...

1221
01:20:25,033 --> 01:20:27,077
has packed
two boxed suppers...

1222
01:20:27,161 --> 01:20:30,706
and the high bidder wins
not only the delicious vittles...

1223
01:20:30,789 --> 01:20:32,875
but also the privilege
of eatin' 'em...

1224
01:20:32,958 --> 01:20:35,460
with the fair young maiden
who prepared 'em...

1225
01:20:35,544 --> 01:20:37,838
with her own
lily-white hands.

1226
01:20:37,921 --> 01:20:43,260
Now, I'm gonna start this off
with the daughter of one
of our first citizens...

1227
01:20:43,343 --> 01:20:45,262
Miss Clara Varner!

1228
01:20:45,345 --> 01:20:48,098
Hooray!

1229
01:20:48,182 --> 01:20:51,935
All right now, folks. What am I offered
for Miss Clara Varner's boxed supper?

1230
01:20:52,019 --> 01:20:53,979
- Ten dollars.
- Ten dollars is bid.

1231
01:20:54,062 --> 01:20:56,023
Come on, folks.
Anybody gonna hike that sum?

1232
01:20:56,064 --> 01:20:58,025
I'll make it 11.

1233
01:20:58,066 --> 01:21:00,611
Well, now, Mr. Quick
is interested in competin'.

1234
01:21:00,694 --> 01:21:03,530
It's now eleven, folks.
Eleven dollars.

1235
01:21:03,614 --> 01:21:06,200
- "Any advance on $ 11?"
- Twelve dollars.

1236
01:21:06,283 --> 01:21:08,368
- Thirteen.
- Fourteen.

1237
01:21:08,410 --> 01:21:10,704
- Fifteen.
- Fifteen dollars.

1238
01:21:10,787 --> 01:21:13,040
Any advance on 15?
Do I hear 16 anywhere?

1239
01:21:13,081 --> 01:21:15,375
You hear $16.

1240
01:21:15,417 --> 01:21:18,045
- [Whispering] Alan...
- Okay.

1241
01:21:18,086 --> 01:21:21,548
Mr. Stewart has bid $16.
Any advance on 16, folks?

1242
01:21:21,632 --> 01:21:24,384
- Fifty.
- [Murmuring]

1243
01:21:24,426 --> 01:21:28,263
- Fifty dollars.
- In a very fine cause.

1244
01:21:28,347 --> 01:21:30,766
<i>Mr. Quick bids $50.
You hear that, folks?</i>

1245
01:21:30,808 --> 01:21:32,768
<i>Fifty dollars once.</i>

1246
01:21:32,810 --> 01:21:34,978
Fifty dollars twice.

1247
01:21:35,062 --> 01:21:38,398
Sold to Mr. Ben Quick
for $50.

1248
01:21:41,151 --> 01:21:44,613
This is gonna be about the most
expensive chicken supper
you ever et, boy...

1249
01:21:44,655 --> 01:21:46,615
but worth
every cent of it...

1250
01:21:46,657 --> 01:21:49,660
considerin' the charmin' company
you're gonna be eatin' it in.

1251
01:21:49,743 --> 01:21:54,248
I, uh... I hope you're gonna give him
dessert for that price, Clara?

1252
01:21:54,331 --> 01:21:56,792
He'll get his just desserts,
all right.

1253
01:21:58,669 --> 01:22:03,173
All right, folks. Now, I know
this young lady's a good cook...

1254
01:22:03,257 --> 01:22:05,259
'cause I'm her daddy.

1255
01:22:05,342 --> 01:22:08,220
What'll I get for drumsticks
and chocolate brownies?

1256
01:22:08,303 --> 01:22:12,724
- This all right?
- Nope. I like my picnics in the woods.

1257
01:22:12,808 --> 01:22:15,227
- [Man #1] Two dollars.
- [Man #2] Three dollars.

1258
01:22:44,506 --> 01:22:46,467
Well, come on now.

1259
01:22:46,508 --> 01:22:48,594
Either we eat it,
or the ants will.

1260
01:22:51,847 --> 01:22:53,849
That was quite a gesture
you made back there.

1261
01:22:53,932 --> 01:22:56,685
What do you expect to live on
for the rest of the month?

1262
01:22:56,768 --> 01:22:59,271
I have prospects.

1263
01:22:59,354 --> 01:23:02,941
Well, now.
Look what we have here.

1264
01:23:04,193 --> 01:23:06,278
Uh, little
fancy napkins.

1265
01:23:08,572 --> 01:23:10,616
Little frosted cakes.

1266
01:23:12,951 --> 01:23:15,537
And little dainty sandwiches
with the crusts cut off.

1267
01:23:15,621 --> 01:23:17,956
You got a bigger appetite
than that, haven't you?

1268
01:23:18,040 --> 01:23:21,084
- Hogwash.
- Well, well.

1269
01:23:21,168 --> 01:23:23,086
You heard me.
I said, "Hogwash."

1270
01:23:23,170 --> 01:23:25,380
That's strong language,
Miss Clara.

1271
01:23:25,464 --> 01:23:27,925
You got some foolish ideas
about me, Mr. Quick.

1272
01:23:28,008 --> 01:23:31,053
I am no tremblin' little rabbit full
of smolderin', unsatisfied desires.

1273
01:23:31,136 --> 01:23:33,096
- Is that so?
- Yes, that's so.

1274
01:23:33,180 --> 01:23:35,140
I'm a woman, full-grown,
very smart...

1275
01:23:35,224 --> 01:23:37,184
- and not at all bad to look at.
- Amen.

1276
01:23:37,226 --> 01:23:39,686
I expect to live at the top of my bent
with no help from you.

1277
01:23:39,728 --> 01:23:41,730
You're a real fire-eater,
you are.

1278
01:23:41,814 --> 01:23:43,732
You are barkin' up the wrong girl,
Mr. Quick...

1279
01:23:43,816 --> 01:23:45,818
because it will
never be you.

1280
01:23:48,403 --> 01:23:50,781
Never say never.

1281
01:23:50,864 --> 01:23:54,243
I don't know what arrangement
you think you have with my father...

1282
01:23:54,326 --> 01:23:56,495
but you'll find you have
no bargain with me.

1283
01:23:56,578 --> 01:23:59,164
Now, we gonna be married,
Miss Clara. Haven't you heard?

1284
01:23:59,248 --> 01:24:01,208
You have been hoodwinked,
Mr. Quick.

1285
01:24:01,291 --> 01:24:03,460
For once in your crafty life,
you have been had.

1286
01:24:03,544 --> 01:24:07,464
You mean you're turnin' me down,
refusin' my hand and my heart?

1287
01:24:07,548 --> 01:24:11,760
You're too much like my father to
suit me, and I'm an authority on him.

1288
01:24:11,844 --> 01:24:15,139
- He's a wonderful old man.
- One wolf recognizes another.

1289
01:24:15,222 --> 01:24:17,683
- Tame us.
Make pets out of us. You could.
- I'm not interested.

1290
01:24:17,766 --> 01:24:19,768
<i>I gave up on him
when I was nine...</i>

1291
01:24:19,852 --> 01:24:24,022
and I gave up on you the first time
I ever looked into those cold blue eyes.

1292
01:24:24,106 --> 01:24:27,401
- You got the color right.
- I've got everything right, Mr. Quick.

1293
01:24:27,484 --> 01:24:31,029
Well, I can see you don't like me,
but you're gonna have me.

1294
01:24:31,113 --> 01:24:33,574
It's gonna be you and me.

1295
01:24:33,615 --> 01:24:36,952
- Not the longest day I live.
- "Yes, sir."

1296
01:24:37,035 --> 01:24:39,621
They're gonna say, "There goes
that poor old Clara Varner...

1297
01:24:39,705 --> 01:24:42,666
"whose father married her off
to a dirt-scratchin', shiftless...

1298
01:24:42,749 --> 01:24:44,793
no-good farmer
who just happened by."

1299
01:24:44,877 --> 01:24:47,129
Well, let 'em talk.
I'll tell you one thing.

1300
01:24:47,212 --> 01:24:49,465
You gonna wake up
in the mornin' smilin'.

1301
01:24:49,548 --> 01:24:52,009
<i>That's not enough.
Do you understand me?</i>

1302
01:24:52,092 --> 01:24:55,345
That is not nearly enough.

1303
01:24:55,429 --> 01:24:59,641
Mr. Quick, I am a human being.
Do you know what that means?

1304
01:24:59,725 --> 01:25:03,645
It means I set a price on myself,
a high, high price.

1305
01:25:04,730 --> 01:25:06,648
You may be surprised
to know it...

1306
01:25:06,732 --> 01:25:08,734
but I've got
quite a lot to give.

1307
01:25:08,817 --> 01:25:11,945
I've got things I have been
savin' up my whole life...

1308
01:25:11,987 --> 01:25:14,698
things like love
and understanding and...

1309
01:25:14,781 --> 01:25:18,535
and jokes and good times
and good cooking.

1310
01:25:18,619 --> 01:25:21,580
I'm prepared to be the queen
of Sheba for some lucky man...

1311
01:25:21,663 --> 01:25:25,584
or at the very least, the best wife
that any man could hope for.

1312
01:25:25,667 --> 01:25:27,711
Now, that's my human history...

1313
01:25:27,794 --> 01:25:29,713
and it's not gonna be
bought and sold...

1314
01:25:29,796 --> 01:25:33,300
and it's certainly not gonna be
given away to any passin' stranger.

1315
01:25:33,383 --> 01:25:37,179
All right. Then run, lady.
And you keep on runnin'!

1316
01:25:37,262 --> 01:25:39,223
Buy yourself a bus ticket
and disappear.

1317
01:25:39,306 --> 01:25:41,558
Change your name,
dye your hair, get lost!

1318
01:25:41,642 --> 01:25:45,562
And then maybe... just maybe...
you're gonna be safe from me.

1319
01:25:45,646 --> 01:25:47,898
Clara?

1320
01:25:47,981 --> 01:25:51,777
You, uh,
finished here, Clara?

1321
01:25:51,860 --> 01:25:54,363
- Yes. Thank you, Alan.
- Well, now, I'll walk you back.

1322
01:25:55,447 --> 01:25:57,658
With your permission,
Mr. Quick.

1323
01:26:13,715 --> 01:26:15,843
- Do I look very flustered?
- Nope.

1324
01:26:17,010 --> 01:26:19,972
Well, I am.
Alan, let's stop a minute.

1325
01:26:23,851 --> 01:26:25,894
Well, uh,
what's wrong, Clara?

1326
01:26:27,062 --> 01:26:29,148
Wanna tell me?

1327
01:26:31,233 --> 01:26:34,903
Alan, this is the hardest thing
I ever had to do in my life.

1328
01:26:34,987 --> 01:26:38,198
Well, tell me about it, and we'll
see if we can make it easier.

1329
01:26:40,159 --> 01:26:45,706
Alan, I have told people you love me,
and I have told myself you love me.

1330
01:26:45,747 --> 01:26:48,750
Now, I've done this
for five years...

1331
01:26:48,834 --> 01:26:51,295
but I have never
heard you say it.

1332
01:26:52,504 --> 01:26:54,923
And now I've gotta know.

1333
01:26:55,007 --> 01:26:59,595
Well, I guess I'd better say it then,
Clara. I do love you.

1334
01:26:59,678 --> 01:27:03,724
But do you want me
the way a man wants a woman?

1335
01:27:03,807 --> 01:27:06,727
What I want
is to help you, Clara.

1336
01:27:06,768 --> 01:27:11,231
But, Alan, that's such
a pitiful answer.

1337
01:27:12,524 --> 01:27:16,069
That's such a good,
kind, pitiful answer.

1338
01:27:16,153 --> 01:27:19,156
It's the only kind of answer
I can make you, Clara.

1339
01:27:20,949 --> 01:27:23,452
I didn't mean to waste
your young years like this...

1340
01:27:23,535 --> 01:27:27,706
but... you're so sweet,
so graceful, so intelligent...

1341
01:27:27,789 --> 01:27:29,750
and you never made
any demands.

1342
01:27:29,833 --> 01:27:31,877
Well, I wanted to.

1343
01:27:33,795 --> 01:27:37,049
Oh, I came very close
a couple of times.

1344
01:27:37,132 --> 01:27:41,929
There were all sorts of feminine wiles
I was gonna try out on you.

1345
01:27:41,970 --> 01:27:45,098
'Course, I don't guess
it would've done me any good.

1346
01:27:45,182 --> 01:27:47,351
Your mama has
a long head start on me...

1347
01:27:47,434 --> 01:27:50,354
and I don't think anybody's
gonna overtake her.

1348
01:27:53,398 --> 01:27:55,984
How... awful
that must have been for you.

1349
01:27:57,778 --> 01:28:01,740
All those Friday evenings
with my dreadful father
snippin' at your heels...

1350
01:28:01,824 --> 01:28:05,369
and me moonin'
and dreamin' over you.

1351
01:28:05,452 --> 01:28:07,412
Must've been very embarrassin'.

1352
01:28:12,459 --> 01:28:16,296
I'm so ashamed.
I'm so...

1353
01:28:22,261 --> 01:28:24,763
[Trigger Cocks]

1354
01:28:24,847 --> 01:28:27,224
What are you doin'?
You lookin' for me, Jody?

1355
01:28:27,307 --> 01:28:30,769
I'm lookin' for ya.
I found ya.

1356
01:28:32,229 --> 01:28:34,815
Well, all right now.
We got that much clear. What next?

1357
01:28:34,898 --> 01:28:37,151
From the minute
you strayed in here...

1358
01:28:37,192 --> 01:28:39,194
everything's gone wrong
in my life.

1359
01:28:39,278 --> 01:28:41,280
I been cut down
to nothin'.

1360
01:28:41,363 --> 01:28:43,782
I lost me my store,
my wife's respect...

1361
01:28:43,866 --> 01:28:48,620
and my old man,
he hates me, worse than ever.

1362
01:28:48,704 --> 01:28:51,623
All that's over now, boy. They're gonna
find you downstream tomorrow.

1363
01:28:51,707 --> 01:28:55,043
And I'm gonna have my place
back in the world. Do you hear me?

1364
01:28:55,127 --> 01:28:58,046
Oh, Jody, you aimin'
to kill me?

1365
01:28:58,088 --> 01:29:02,050
Yeah, that's right.
What, do you think I'm jokin'? Huh?

1366
01:29:04,470 --> 01:29:06,638
Now, w-wait a minute.
Wait a minute, Jody.

1367
01:29:07,723 --> 01:29:10,267
Now, I'll tell you
what I'll do.

1368
01:29:10,350 --> 01:29:14,396
I'll make it up to you.
Yeah, I'll pay you back for everything
you think I've taken.

1369
01:29:14,480 --> 01:29:16,773
I don't wanna
hear about it!

1370
01:29:16,857 --> 01:29:19,443
Now, wait a minute.
Now, look at that, Jody.

1371
01:29:22,446 --> 01:29:25,032
Yeah? So you got
five dollars.

1372
01:29:25,115 --> 01:29:28,869
- Who cares, boy?
- No, sir. Not no ordinary five dollars.

1373
01:29:28,911 --> 01:29:31,872
Now, this ain't wages, Jody.
It ain't spendin' money.

1374
01:29:31,914 --> 01:29:33,999
Jody,
this is treasure.

1375
01:29:35,417 --> 01:29:38,837
- From where?
- From right outta my front lawn.

1376
01:29:39,922 --> 01:29:41,882
- You kiddin' me? Huh?
- No, sir.

1377
01:29:41,924 --> 01:29:44,009
That old Frenchman's place
your daddy give me?

1378
01:29:45,761 --> 01:29:48,263
Hey, look, boy.
That's nothin' but a heap o' bricks.

1379
01:29:48,305 --> 01:29:51,225
- An old haunted house now.
- That's what it appears to be.

1380
01:29:52,267 --> 01:29:54,311
[Chuckles]
Now look, boy.

1381
01:29:55,854 --> 01:29:57,856
I ain't the kind
to be taken in...

1382
01:29:57,940 --> 01:29:59,900
by a bunch
of hokey stories...

1383
01:29:59,942 --> 01:30:02,945
old men tell while they sit around
the shed spittin' tobacco juice.

1384
01:30:03,028 --> 01:30:05,280
Jody, I'll tell you,
I felt the same way too.

1385
01:30:05,364 --> 01:30:07,407
That is till
idle curiosity...

1386
01:30:07,491 --> 01:30:10,911
led me to do a little pokin' around,
and I'll tell ya...

1387
01:30:10,953 --> 01:30:14,581
when this turned up,
I was struck dumb.

1388
01:30:14,623 --> 01:30:19,253
But there it is, Jody, just like people
have said it was for a hundred years.

1389
01:30:25,801 --> 01:30:28,011
Boy, you-you-you...
you tryin' to gull me?

1390
01:30:28,095 --> 01:30:30,180
Jody, you just put
your mind at ease.

1391
01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:34,351
Look, I know better than
to try to trade you blind...

1392
01:30:34,434 --> 01:30:36,979
especially when it's my life
I'm dickerin' for.

1393
01:30:37,062 --> 01:30:39,189
It's your life,
all right.

1394
01:30:40,274 --> 01:30:42,734
Show me.

1395
01:30:42,818 --> 01:30:44,820
<i>Come on.</i>

1396
01:31:08,093 --> 01:31:09,803
[Grunts]

1397
01:31:36,663 --> 01:31:38,916
You and
your treasure.

1398
01:31:38,999 --> 01:31:42,169
We've been workin' an hour.
Now, where is it?

1399
01:31:42,252 --> 01:31:45,005
- Huh?
- Well, you never can tell.

1400
01:31:48,383 --> 01:31:50,469
It might be in
the next shovel load.

1401
01:32:17,579 --> 01:32:19,873
[MetalJingling]

1402
01:32:19,957 --> 01:32:22,125
[Chuckles]

1403
01:32:22,209 --> 01:32:24,753
[Stammering]
We got it!

1404
01:32:28,340 --> 01:32:30,384
Yeah.

1405
01:32:30,467 --> 01:32:32,427
[Jody Speaks,
Indistinct]

1406
01:32:32,511 --> 01:32:34,596
I got it, Pa!

1407
01:32:41,436 --> 01:32:45,941
<i>[Vehicle
Approaching]</i>

1408
01:32:49,778 --> 01:32:52,239
- "[Engine Stops]"
- "[Door Closing]"

1409
01:33:00,372 --> 01:33:02,916
<i>Jody. What are you
doin'out here?</i>

1410
01:33:05,210 --> 01:33:08,255
- Have you gone out of your mind, boy?
- Get away from me.

1411
01:33:08,338 --> 01:33:12,468
Your wife's gettin'
kind of anxious about you, boy.

1412
01:33:12,551 --> 01:33:15,220
- "[Shovel Bangs Dirt]"
- "[Jody Grunts]"

1413
01:33:15,304 --> 01:33:18,140
Get outta that hole.
Come on home with me.

1414
01:33:18,223 --> 01:33:20,684
I said get away from me.

1415
01:33:20,767 --> 01:33:23,103
Jody, I ain't goin'
without ya.

1416
01:33:23,145 --> 01:33:25,272
[Laughing]

1417
01:33:29,735 --> 01:33:32,446
Go on. Go on.

1418
01:33:32,488 --> 01:33:35,115
You keep on thinkin'
I'm crazy.

1419
01:33:35,199 --> 01:33:37,159
I'm about as crazy
as a fox.

1420
01:33:37,201 --> 01:33:39,703
<i>I'm out from under
your thumb, Papa.</i>

1421
01:33:39,786 --> 01:33:41,955
<i>I paid that Ben Quick
friend of yours...</i>

1422
01:33:42,039 --> 01:33:44,666
<i>one thousand dollars
for the rights to this land...</i>

1423
01:33:44,750 --> 01:33:46,793
and everything
I find here is mine!

1424
01:33:46,877 --> 01:33:48,837
[Laughing]

1425
01:33:48,879 --> 01:33:53,467
<i>Who knows? I may be openin'a store
right across the street from yours.</i>

1426
01:33:53,509 --> 01:33:56,094
- "Who knows?"
- Boy...

1427
01:33:56,178 --> 01:33:58,639
just what you think
you're gonna find out here?

1428
01:34:04,269 --> 01:34:07,147
More of that.
"Buckets" of that.

1429
01:34:11,193 --> 01:34:14,780
Yeah, bite on it.
It's real, all right.

1430
01:34:18,408 --> 01:34:22,412
Is this the money that the folks hid
when they thought Grant was comin'?

1431
01:34:26,458 --> 01:34:29,878
Is this the money that's supposed
to have been layin' out here
all these years...

1432
01:34:29,962 --> 01:34:32,339
since the War
Between the States?

1433
01:34:32,381 --> 01:34:33,882
That's right.

1434
01:34:37,136 --> 01:34:40,180
This piece
was minted in 1910.

1435
01:34:42,099 --> 01:34:44,101
[Nervous Chuckle]

1436
01:34:45,894 --> 01:34:48,730
Ben Quick.

1437
01:34:48,814 --> 01:34:51,608
<i>He salted this place.</i>

1438
01:34:56,363 --> 01:34:59,408
<i>Just took a couple of
hatfuls of silver dollars...</i>

1439
01:34:59,491 --> 01:35:02,870
buried out here one night
in an old canvas bag...

1440
01:35:02,953 --> 01:35:05,122
<i>to catch
a sucker like you.</i>

1441
01:35:20,596 --> 01:35:24,933
[Whimpering, Sobbing]

1442
01:35:29,229 --> 01:35:33,275
Someday I'll kill ya.
I'll kill ya! I'll kill ya!

1443
01:35:34,943 --> 01:35:37,029
Jody.

1444
01:35:55,964 --> 01:35:57,966
Good night.

1445
01:36:05,140 --> 01:36:07,309
Sister...

1446
01:36:07,392 --> 01:36:09,394
come and have
a nightcap with me.

1447
01:36:24,910 --> 01:36:28,914
Everything settled
with Alan? Huh?

1448
01:36:30,249 --> 01:36:32,876
[Sighs]
Yes, it's all settled.

1449
01:36:35,504 --> 01:36:37,840
<i>You mean that?</i>

1450
01:36:37,923 --> 01:36:40,884
Well, I'll drink to that!

1451
01:36:40,968 --> 01:36:43,387
To your weddin'.
It's gonna be a great big one.

1452
01:36:43,470 --> 01:36:47,349
<i>I kinda thought it might be Ben,
but Stewart's more your dish.</i>

1453
01:36:47,432 --> 01:36:51,311
Oh, well. Good name.
Good old family.

1454
01:36:51,353 --> 01:36:55,482
He's kinda weak, though.
We'll bolster him up, though.

1455
01:36:55,566 --> 01:36:57,860
Papa, I'm tired.
I wanna go to bed.

1456
01:36:57,943 --> 01:36:59,987
Oh, no. Not just yet.

1457
01:37:00,070 --> 01:37:04,533
This is a time for father and daughter
to have a little... little talk.

1458
01:37:05,868 --> 01:37:09,121
Finally?

1459
01:37:09,204 --> 01:37:12,249
I know.

1460
01:37:13,750 --> 01:37:15,711
I know.

1461
01:37:15,752 --> 01:37:20,257
There's been a long,
hard silence between us.

1462
01:37:23,510 --> 01:37:25,679
Now's a time
for openin' our hearts.

1463
01:37:28,765 --> 01:37:31,852
I got one, ya know.

1464
01:37:31,935 --> 01:37:35,439
<i>- Have you, Papa?
- "Honey, I've been eatin'"
the bread of sorrow.</i>

1465
01:37:35,522 --> 01:37:38,233
You made me happy
tonight, but...

1466
01:37:38,317 --> 01:37:42,529
I walked around with a bitterness
chokin' me.

1467
01:37:45,407 --> 01:37:48,202
Parents and children.

1468
01:37:48,285 --> 01:37:53,540
I asked myself, "What are children for?
Why do we have 'em?"

1469
01:37:53,624 --> 01:37:55,667
[Chuckles]
Well, tonight I know.

1470
01:37:56,877 --> 01:37:59,421
- Now I know.
- Do ya?

1471
01:38:00,714 --> 01:38:03,258
Oh, I know
I been hard on ya...

1472
01:38:03,342 --> 01:38:08,263
but... don't feel
you been pushed.

1473
01:38:08,347 --> 01:38:11,266
You're goin'
in the right direction.

1474
01:38:11,350 --> 01:38:14,812
Woman's only half a thing
without a man.

1475
01:38:16,271 --> 01:38:19,691
What do you know
about women, Papa?

1476
01:38:21,944 --> 01:38:23,946
I had the best.

1477
01:38:26,907 --> 01:38:29,451
Your mother and I
were just...

1478
01:38:29,535 --> 01:38:32,246
about as close as...

1479
01:38:32,287 --> 01:38:34,414
two people
ever get together.

1480
01:38:38,335 --> 01:38:41,004
I wanted to be with that woman
all the time...

1481
01:38:42,756 --> 01:38:44,883
look at her,
listen to her...

1482
01:38:46,468 --> 01:38:48,470
touch her.

1483
01:38:51,014 --> 01:38:53,350
She lit up
the whole world for me.

1484
01:38:55,894 --> 01:38:57,980
I'll tell you
somethin' remarkable.

1485
01:38:58,063 --> 01:39:02,234
That woman loved me.
She did, Clara.

1486
01:39:02,317 --> 01:39:04,778
You find that hard
to believe about me?

1487
01:39:06,363 --> 01:39:09,575
A ugly, fat
old redneck like me?

1488
01:39:13,912 --> 01:39:15,914
Now, tell me, baby.

1489
01:39:17,833 --> 01:39:20,294
Have I done wrong
with you?

1490
01:39:20,335 --> 01:39:23,172
I mean...

1491
01:39:23,255 --> 01:39:26,633
imposin' my will on you...

1492
01:39:26,675 --> 01:39:29,261
shovin' you
this way and the other?

1493
01:39:31,680 --> 01:39:34,892
Sometimes the strong
just roll over the weak.

1494
01:39:38,187 --> 01:39:40,522
Sometimes, Papa.

1495
01:40:11,261 --> 01:40:13,847
Good mornin', Will Varner.
What brings you our way?

1496
01:40:13,889 --> 01:40:16,683
- Ahh!
- What's come over you, you old fool?

1497
01:40:16,725 --> 01:40:18,727
Don't let it trouble you,
Elizabeth Stewart.

1498
01:40:18,769 --> 01:40:21,772
Give me some coffee, Alan.
It's all in the family, Mother.

1499
01:40:21,855 --> 01:40:23,774
Make it
a half a cup.

1500
01:40:23,857 --> 01:40:27,110
We gotta get an early start if I'm
gonna show you all you're gonna get.

1501
01:40:27,194 --> 01:40:29,530
- That's gonna take us most of the day.
- All I'm gonna get?

1502
01:40:29,571 --> 01:40:32,908
Sure. You don't think I'm gonna send
Clara to you without a stitch, huh?

1503
01:40:32,991 --> 01:40:37,120
I take care of my own.
I'm gonna see to it that you got
the means to take care of Clara.

1504
01:40:37,204 --> 01:40:40,666
- Mr. Varner. You're makin' a mistake.
- Hmm?

1505
01:40:43,502 --> 01:40:46,380
- A mistake?
- Yes, sir. A mistake.

1506
01:40:49,967 --> 01:40:52,761
You mean...

1507
01:40:52,845 --> 01:40:55,305
there ain't no engagement
between you two?

1508
01:40:55,389 --> 01:40:57,558
None at all.

1509
01:40:57,599 --> 01:41:01,145
That girl lied!
She lied!

1510
01:41:01,228 --> 01:41:03,564
- Have you lost your mind?
- Will you shut up!

1511
01:41:03,647 --> 01:41:07,109
- I'm talkin' to your sissy son!
- If you'll just quiet down a minute...

1512
01:41:07,192 --> 01:41:09,194
<i>I'll tell ya
somethin'.</i>

1513
01:41:09,278 --> 01:41:12,990
<i>I'm no good for your daughter.
I never was. I never will be.</i>

1514
01:41:13,073 --> 01:41:16,827
My boy doesn't need any to do
with your family, Will Varner.

1515
01:41:16,910 --> 01:41:19,163
He never wanted it.
Your girl pushed it on him.

1516
01:41:19,246 --> 01:41:21,623
That's not true.
You just keep out of this.

1517
01:41:21,707 --> 01:41:23,792
You shut up!

1518
01:41:26,920 --> 01:41:29,089
I don't want the whole county
to find out that...

1519
01:41:29,173 --> 01:41:31,508
my daughter was jilted
by anybody like you!

1520
01:41:32,593 --> 01:41:35,387
We're not given
to gossip!

1521
01:41:35,471 --> 01:41:37,556
You keep a tight lip, boy...

1522
01:41:37,639 --> 01:41:40,058
or I'll come after you
with my bare hands!

1523
01:41:40,142 --> 01:41:42,227
Hear?

1524
01:41:48,066 --> 01:41:52,154
<i>- "[Engine Starts]"
- "[Mrs. Stewart] Are you"
going to be home all day, son?</i>

1525
01:42:16,553 --> 01:42:18,639
<i>[Will]
Ben Quick.!</i>

1526
01:42:21,642 --> 01:42:23,602
I'll be back
in a minute.

1527
01:42:27,523 --> 01:42:30,984
You got yourself a blue suit?
Get it cleaned!

1528
01:42:31,068 --> 01:42:33,195
You got some black shoes?
Have 'em polished?

1529
01:42:33,278 --> 01:42:36,490
Get yourself a haircut!
You're gonna be married!

1530
01:42:36,615 --> 01:42:40,494
<i>[Gears Shifting,
Engine Revving]</i>

1531
01:42:44,748 --> 01:42:46,708
[Will]
You'll find him at the store, sister!

1532
01:42:47,876 --> 01:42:50,504
<i>Get yourself
down there. Now.</i>

1533
01:42:50,546 --> 01:42:53,048
Just say one word: Yes.

1534
01:42:57,010 --> 01:42:59,054
<i>[Door Slams]</i>

1535
01:43:14,820 --> 01:43:17,114
- "[Lucius] Mr. Will.! Mr. Will.!"
- Yeah?

1536
01:43:17,197 --> 01:43:20,242
- The mare foaled.
- "What? When?"

1537
01:43:20,325 --> 01:43:24,288
'Bout half hour ago,
and he is a beauty.

1538
01:43:24,371 --> 01:43:26,331
Well, I better
go have a look.

1539
01:43:42,848 --> 01:43:45,767
I'm glad somethin' around here
is gettin' born.

1540
01:44:11,627 --> 01:44:13,420
Jody?

1541
01:44:24,515 --> 01:44:26,767
- Well, now, Jody.
- [Whinnying]

1542
01:44:26,850 --> 01:44:28,811
I know that's you out there.

1543
01:44:30,229 --> 01:44:31,939
Jody!

1544
01:44:31,980 --> 01:44:33,941
I'm not sorry.

1545
01:44:33,982 --> 01:44:37,528
- I'm not sorry! I'm not sorry!
- "[Horses Whinnying]"

1546
01:44:37,611 --> 01:44:40,572
Jody, at least
let the horses out!

1547
01:44:40,656 --> 01:44:43,325
- I'm not sorry!
- "Jody.!"

1548
01:44:43,408 --> 01:44:45,786
- Jody!
- "[Horses Whinnying]"

1549
01:44:53,377 --> 01:44:55,879
- "Jody.! Jody.!"
- "[Horses Whinnying]"

1550
01:45:01,176 --> 01:45:03,095
- Are you all right, Papa?
- [Coughing]

1551
01:45:03,178 --> 01:45:07,099
Are you hurt any, Papa?
Papa, are you hurt any? [Whimpering]

1552
01:45:07,182 --> 01:45:11,895
- "[Horses Whinnying]"
- You got hellfire and damnation
in you, Jody Varner.

1553
01:45:13,522 --> 01:45:15,482
But you got
redemption too.

1554
01:45:15,566 --> 01:45:17,818
[Sobbing]

1555
01:45:17,901 --> 01:45:21,905
When I think of the hate that put me
in there and locked the door...

1556
01:45:24,283 --> 01:45:26,243
and set fire to it...

1557
01:45:26,326 --> 01:45:29,496
When I think of the love
that wouldn't let me go...

1558
01:45:29,538 --> 01:45:32,040
[Laughing]
I got me a son again!

1559
01:45:32,082 --> 01:45:35,043
I got me
a good right arm...

1560
01:45:36,336 --> 01:45:39,506
- and a left!
- "[Bell Ringing]"

1561
01:45:42,301 --> 01:45:46,305
<i>[Bell Ringing]</i>

1562
01:46:04,072 --> 01:46:08,869
Wait a minute. Only one man in this town
settles his accounts by fire.

1563
01:46:08,911 --> 01:46:10,871
You see this rope?

1564
01:46:10,913 --> 01:46:15,709
I was supposed to catch me a horse with
this rope... a horse I never seen since.

1565
01:46:15,751 --> 01:46:18,253
Maybe I got
a better use for it now.

1566
01:46:18,295 --> 01:46:20,297
Story of my life.

1567
01:46:21,757 --> 01:46:24,718
Why doesn't anyone ever want
to consult with me peaceable?

1568
01:46:24,802 --> 01:46:27,888
I wouldn't fool with them folks, boy.
I'd light out.

1569
01:46:29,097 --> 01:46:31,391
I'm just not in
a runnin' mood.

1570
01:46:31,475 --> 01:46:35,562
<i>[Bell Ringing]</i>

1571
01:46:48,951 --> 01:46:51,119
Get in.

1572
01:46:51,203 --> 01:46:54,581
What's it to you whether I do
or whether I don't, Miss Clara?

1573
01:46:54,623 --> 01:46:56,416
Get in.

1574
01:47:13,934 --> 01:47:15,894
[Shouting]

1575
01:47:15,978 --> 01:47:18,105
[Will Shouting,
Indistinct]

1576
01:47:31,618 --> 01:47:34,329
[People Shouting]

1577
01:47:34,413 --> 01:47:36,331
That's it.
When you got it, use it!

1578
01:47:36,415 --> 01:47:39,626
- Papa, are you all right?
- 'Course. Now, don't you fuss, honey.

1579
01:47:39,668 --> 01:47:42,880
- I was scared you...
- We got the thing licked.

1580
01:47:42,963 --> 01:47:44,923
There. See?

1581
01:47:49,678 --> 01:47:52,556
Get on over there!
In the back!

1582
01:48:02,566 --> 01:48:04,151
Ben?

1583
01:48:04,193 --> 01:48:06,236
<i>Ben.</i>

1584
01:48:10,657 --> 01:48:12,826
I'm sick of that sight.

1585
01:48:13,911 --> 01:48:15,913
I seen about
50 fires like that...

1586
01:48:15,996 --> 01:48:18,665
or maybe
a hundred of'em.

1587
01:48:18,707 --> 01:48:20,709
I seen men
with their shirts on fire...

1588
01:48:22,127 --> 01:48:24,213
smelled horses cookin'.

1589
01:48:26,423 --> 01:48:29,676
I was raised on that smell
of gasoline around me...

1590
01:48:29,718 --> 01:48:32,012
coal oil, kerosene,
anything that'd burn.

1591
01:48:33,222 --> 01:48:35,516
My old man used to
keep 'em around the house...

1592
01:48:35,557 --> 01:48:38,268
in case he had a grudge
he wanted to settle.

1593
01:48:38,352 --> 01:48:40,312
My old man.

1594
01:48:44,024 --> 01:48:46,276
My old man.

1595
01:48:47,528 --> 01:48:50,280
<i>Last time I seen him,
I was about 10 years old...</i>

1596
01:48:52,115 --> 01:48:54,660
lyin' in a ditch,
cryin' my eyes out...

1597
01:48:56,078 --> 01:48:58,372
just prayin' that God
would strike me dead.

1598
01:49:01,583 --> 01:49:05,963
That was the night that I run ahead
to tell on him, turn him in.

1599
01:49:06,046 --> 01:49:09,007
Warned this farmer that he
was comin' with his torch.

1600
01:49:12,177 --> 01:49:14,179
I remember...

1601
01:49:15,264 --> 01:49:18,016
just lyin' there...

1602
01:49:18,100 --> 01:49:20,102
chokin' on my own tears.

1603
01:49:23,188 --> 01:49:26,733
I remember that house burnin' and these
men on horseback and the sound of shots.

1604
01:49:26,775 --> 01:49:28,861
My old man was runnin'.

1605
01:49:32,072 --> 01:49:34,116
Maybe one of them shots
killed him.

1606
01:49:35,617 --> 01:49:38,495
Or maybe he died
in one of them fires he set.

1607
01:49:40,289 --> 01:49:42,332
<i>I don't know.</i>

1608
01:49:42,416 --> 01:49:44,376
<i>I never
seen him again.</i>

1609
01:49:45,586 --> 01:49:48,046
How terrible
that must have been.

1610
01:49:48,130 --> 01:49:51,133
No, it wasn't.
The terrible part come later.

1611
01:49:52,634 --> 01:49:55,095
Knockin' around
this whole countryside...

1612
01:49:55,137 --> 01:49:57,264
floatin' around
from town to town...

1613
01:49:58,807 --> 01:50:01,852
Iookin' in on other people's kitchen
windows from the outside.

1614
01:50:03,645 --> 01:50:06,023
Boy, that man sure left
his mark on me.

1615
01:50:06,106 --> 01:50:08,859
I got his name,
and I can't run away from that.

1616
01:50:08,942 --> 01:50:11,778
Yes, you can.

1617
01:50:11,862 --> 01:50:14,990
People are kinder than you think
if you just tell 'em.

1618
01:50:17,284 --> 01:50:19,703
Well, I wouldn't
give 'em that satisfaction.

1619
01:50:19,786 --> 01:50:21,747
I wouldn't tell 'em
anything anytime.

1620
01:50:21,830 --> 01:50:24,625
All right. Then change your name.
Get rid of it.

1621
01:50:24,708 --> 01:50:26,877
I'm a proud man,
Miss Clara.

1622
01:50:26,960 --> 01:50:29,797
My name is Quick,
no matter how much people hate it.

1623
01:50:32,716 --> 01:50:35,427
I was one of'em.
I hated it too.

1624
01:50:37,012 --> 01:50:39,014
No, you didn't.

1625
01:50:41,391 --> 01:50:43,393
You hated me.

1626
01:50:46,814 --> 01:50:48,982
I guess I did.

1627
01:50:51,735 --> 01:50:55,322
You're a hardheaded,
softhearted woman, Miss Clara...

1628
01:50:55,405 --> 01:50:57,366
and I like you a lot.

1629
01:50:57,407 --> 01:51:01,829
- You do, do you?
- Yes, I do. All of a sudden, I do.

1630
01:51:04,289 --> 01:51:09,878
And if you can save my life, I guess I
can return the favor. I can let you go.

1631
01:51:11,964 --> 01:51:13,882
Ain't nothin' to it.

1632
01:51:13,966 --> 01:51:17,344
All I gotta do is pack that old
straw suitcase of mine and...

1633
01:51:17,427 --> 01:51:19,555
say good-bye
to millions.

1634
01:51:19,638 --> 01:51:21,557
I won't even feel sorry
for myself...

1635
01:51:21,640 --> 01:51:24,768
till I get about one mile and a half
outta Frenchman's Bend.

1636
01:51:24,852 --> 01:51:27,771
- [Chuckling]
- Well...

1637
01:51:27,855 --> 01:51:31,733
you couldn't "tame" me,
but you "taught" me.

1638
01:51:33,569 --> 01:51:35,946
<i>[Footsteps
Approaching]</i>

1639
01:51:48,333 --> 01:51:51,420
[Jody Laughing]

1640
01:51:51,503 --> 01:51:54,214
[Jody Speaking,
Indistinct]

1641
01:51:57,301 --> 01:51:59,887
Now, hold it.

1642
01:51:59,970 --> 01:52:02,055
Now, hold on,
ya hear?

1643
01:52:02,097 --> 01:52:04,600
Will, we can't let that firebug
get away with this!

1644
01:52:04,641 --> 01:52:06,727
- We gotta catch him!
- The fire is out.

1645
01:52:06,768 --> 01:52:09,938
- Thanks to you-all.
- Yeah, well, what about Ben Quick?

1646
01:52:10,022 --> 01:52:12,316
- The fire's out.
- Yeah, but who started it?

1647
01:52:13,734 --> 01:52:16,195
Old jackass
name of Will Varner.

1648
01:52:16,278 --> 01:52:19,615
That's who started it.
I dropped my cigar in the hay.

1649
01:52:20,949 --> 01:52:24,328
- Ain't that right, Jody?
- That's right, Papa.

1650
01:52:24,411 --> 01:52:28,123
- What do you know?
- Well, I guess our work's done, men.

1651
01:52:28,207 --> 01:52:31,794
You-all come out here Sunday, and we'll
open some kegs of beer and have a party.

1652
01:52:31,877 --> 01:52:34,379
- You're gonna have company Sunday, Will!
- Thanks, Will!

1653
01:52:34,463 --> 01:52:38,050
Thank you. Man's got friends like you,
he ain't got no trouble!

1654
01:52:38,133 --> 01:52:40,552
Are you all right?
I heard you was in that barn!

1655
01:52:40,636 --> 01:52:43,514
Yeah, in and out.
Now, simmer down, Minnie.

1656
01:52:43,597 --> 01:52:45,557
You ain't
a rich widow yet.

1657
01:52:48,227 --> 01:52:51,313
If you got a minute, Will,
I'll be sayin' good-bye.

1658
01:52:51,396 --> 01:52:54,566
- You'll be doin' what?
- Yeah, I'm leavin', soon as I
get my things together.

1659
01:52:54,650 --> 01:52:56,276
Don't the room and
board here suit ya?

1660
01:52:56,360 --> 01:53:00,364
- No, I got no complaints about that.
- What is it then?

1661
01:53:00,447 --> 01:53:03,242
Will, you and me, we been in business
only a little while...

1662
01:53:03,325 --> 01:53:06,745
- just one hot summer.
- [Jody, Eula Laughing]

1663
01:53:06,829 --> 01:53:08,747
[Eula Sighs]

1664
01:53:08,831 --> 01:53:11,083
We started off on that horseflesh game,
remember?

1665
01:53:11,166 --> 01:53:14,002
- Get to the point.
- We sort of left off horses.

1666
01:53:14,086 --> 01:53:16,588
We got started on people.
Now, that's somethin' different.

1667
01:53:16,672 --> 01:53:19,133
- Which people you talkin' about?
- I'm talkin' about Clara...

1668
01:53:19,174 --> 01:53:21,135
that daughter
to Will Varner.

1669
01:53:21,176 --> 01:53:23,178
You wanna stay
and hear this?

1670
01:53:23,262 --> 01:53:28,058
Papa, wild horses wouldn't
drag me off this front porch.

1671
01:53:28,142 --> 01:53:31,061
Will, ya know, in all this schemin'
we been doin'...

1672
01:53:31,145 --> 01:53:33,063
we forgot somethin',
you and me.

1673
01:53:33,147 --> 01:53:35,274
- I get preached to on Sunday!
- Yeah, I know...

1674
01:53:35,357 --> 01:53:38,610
and you don't listen...
and neither did I.

1675
01:53:38,694 --> 01:53:40,612
I didn't take too easy
to the idea.

1676
01:53:40,696 --> 01:53:43,532
In fact, I've been a little long
comin' around to it, but...

1677
01:53:43,615 --> 01:53:45,617
Well, life's
a pretty valuable thing...

1678
01:53:45,701 --> 01:53:48,412
and it ought to be treated
with a certain amount of respect.

1679
01:53:48,495 --> 01:53:51,832
You're old enough to know that,
and I'm young enough to learn it.

1680
01:53:51,874 --> 01:53:54,334
Well, isn't that the truth.

1681
01:53:55,919 --> 01:53:57,880
So I'll be
seein' you around, Will.

1682
01:53:57,963 --> 01:54:00,883
First off, nobody give you permission to
call me by my front name!

1683
01:54:00,966 --> 01:54:02,885
Will, that shoutin'
ain't becomin' to you.

1684
01:54:02,968 --> 01:54:05,012
And second,
don't tell me what life is like!

1685
01:54:05,095 --> 01:54:07,347
Life around here
is what I say it is!

1686
01:54:07,431 --> 01:54:09,433
You can't always have it
your way, Will.

1687
01:54:09,516 --> 01:54:12,936
I got influence. I'll dog you
wherever you go. I'll break you.

1688
01:54:13,020 --> 01:54:16,773
No, you won't.
You'll miss me.

1689
01:54:21,403 --> 01:54:24,323
- What are you grinnin' about?
- [Laughing]

1690
01:54:24,406 --> 01:54:27,868
Huh? Now there's
your gratitude.

1691
01:54:27,951 --> 01:54:31,705
There's your thanks! I put
that boy where there was fast,
easy money just layin' there.

1692
01:54:31,789 --> 01:54:34,750
I put him in the Garden of Eden,
let him dip his bread in honey...

1693
01:54:34,792 --> 01:54:38,128
and he's got the all-out gall
to tell me no!

1694
01:54:38,212 --> 01:54:40,798
<i>[Laughing]</i>

1695
01:54:40,881 --> 01:54:43,175
I gotcha!

1696
01:54:43,258 --> 01:54:46,261
Mmm.
[Laughing]

1697
01:54:51,850 --> 01:54:55,604
So you run, and you
keep on runnin'...

1698
01:54:55,687 --> 01:54:59,316
and you buy yourself a bus ticket
and you disappear.

1699
01:54:59,399 --> 01:55:03,237
And you change your name
and you dye your hair...

1700
01:55:03,320 --> 01:55:07,241
and maybe...
just maybe...

1701
01:55:07,324 --> 01:55:09,409
you might be
safe from me.

1702
01:55:14,206 --> 01:55:16,917
[Laughing]

1703
01:55:17,042 --> 01:55:20,796
<i>[Clara Shrieks,
Laughs]</i>

1704
01:55:20,879 --> 01:55:23,674
Do I know
human nature, huh?

1705
01:55:23,757 --> 01:55:26,802
Didn't I say that fella Quick
was made for my Clara?

1706
01:55:28,428 --> 01:55:31,723
Am I gonna be a grandfather?
I am!

1707
01:55:33,392 --> 01:55:37,729
Oh, Minnie, it sure is good
to be alive this summer evenin'.

1708
01:55:37,813 --> 01:55:40,732
Yeah, alive with friends
and family...

1709
01:55:40,816 --> 01:55:43,360
and a big healthy woman
to love ya.

1710
01:55:43,443 --> 01:55:46,321
Oh, I "like" life,
Minnie.

1711
01:55:46,405 --> 01:55:49,408
Yeah. I like it
so much...

1712
01:55:50,826 --> 01:55:53,203
I might just
live forever.

1713
01:55:54,305 --> 01:56:00,872
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