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Every year, the entire city meets here.
The whole city?
In Boston, the war ended fifteen years ago.
You won it, Taylor. You can forget.
Excuse me.
Please!
What are you doing here?
I just wanted to... I thought that on a day like today...
Here you have nothing to do, especially today.
That's what I was saying.
What is that Yanky doing here on Confederate Day?
Measure your words. You do not love yourself here So go away.
Why, Colonel Isham?
Why?
I think it's better that we leave, Laurette.
No one has asked me to leave.
Is not that right, Josh?
You've heard what the Colonel said, right?
Will I see you tonight at the cabaret?
That's your business, Oscar. I will be there.
Dear friends...
In this year of grace 1880,
we, inhabitants of Bowden,
we meet here again, as a family,
to remember our children and our brothers.
Time soothes the pain of war and defeat,
but the betrayal and the massacre...
of twenty-seven young people...
should never be forgotten.
The unknown traitor continues to escape human justice,
but he will never be able to avoid divine punishment.
To you, soldiers, we swear...
that we will never forget the Judas who led the enemy...
hill down to your camp,
pointing to your stores murmured:
"Give me my thirty silver coins.
And now go and slaughter them."
Whats going on there?
The annual Bowden masquerade.
Once a year, our inhabitants disguise themselves as heroes.
They have a lot of fear.
I do not speak anything Greek, Dad.
It's a shame.
"Parents want their children since they are born..."
but the children only want them...
when they are gone...
"and have acquired knowledge."
Aristotle.
How does that Great World continue, Benjamin?
I was only there 24 hours.
That is not a long time.
You have made me come back.
Really? For what?
For pleasure.
Certainly! But how do I justify it?
I have to examine the books.
I would not let you touch my library.
The account books! The books in the store!
But why today?
I do not know, Dad.
I wish I had stayed in Mobile, I had some business.
But I made you come to check the books.
How could I do that?
There must be some reason.
What business did you have in Mobile?
I wanted to invest $ 2,000 in the coal bunkers in Birmingham.
One day they will give benefits.
And if they do not sell?
What if your borrowers do not sell?
I have the lands.
It would be nice to live in a plantation.
Like Lionett.
Would you like to live in a coal mine?
You all ways, I have not got the money.
You have not changed your mind about how to lend it to me?
Lionett was a beautiful house.
A very beautiful architecture. Very well conceived.
It can be again.
I keep my money for the day the Bagtry comes for a loan.
Well you will keep it a long time.
The Bagtry would prefer to die of hunger.
Forget the coal. It's bad business.
Is it a good business to have this store open today?
In Mobile, people want that coal.
They will do anything to have their share, to buy some shares.
The Horace Giddens bank has some reserved for me.
But I have to buy them before the end of the week.
Ask Horace Giddens for that loan ..
Giddens is a stranger, dad. If my own father refuses...
I thought Giddens liked you very much.
He loves my whole family. Especially my sister.
But unfortunately, she is not very interested.
You start being an annoyance, Ben.
Did not you meet any woman in Mobile?
No, I did not see any ladies.
It is a pity.
John!
You could see us, Regina.
I already know it.
Why did not you come last night?
I could not.
Why?
Did the plantation dance again?
I have not been to a dance since I was 16,
from the celebrations before leaving for the war.
I already know it. You told me about it.
Why could not you come?
I could not go because of Clara and Birdie.
They wanted to talk a little after dinner.
They forced you to stay.
They did not force me.
I would have preferred you to lie to me.
Why?
Because if not, not coming to see me because of those two mummies...
it's insulting.
I love you, Regina.
And they do not raise their voices on the day of the Confederates.
I do not want you to tell me the differences between your family and mine.
I just said that I had to stay with Clara and Birdie last night.
They are alone and worried. It is the least I can do.
After all, I have lived there since the end of the war.
I want to go to that damn plantation and tell them...
that the war is over,
and that they are too.
My father could buy Lionett...
with all your cotton and your women inside!
I will not tolerate anyone talking like that again.
I will not tolerate it.
Sorry honey. I apologize.
I was furious about last night because I had something to tell you.
I have a great plan that I have been thinking about for months.
And I already have almost ready dad.
I want you to meet him.
I know your father, from the store.
You have to come home. At home it is different.
I thought your father did not want to have people around.
He does not like it, but I'll fix it.
Will you come?
Say yes, honey! Please!
I always do it.
No matter what I think or want, I always do.
Miss Vinnie.
You already know you should not come here.
I waited until everyone had left before coming.
That is the same! Imagine that you discover how it happened two years ago.
I'm sure nobody has seen me.
How do you know? There may be someone observing it.
Let's go, Miss Vinnie.
Go ahead, I'll reach you.
You will be late for lunch, you will not want to be late today,
not on his birthday.
I thought that the first thing I would do in the morning would be to give me the money.
That he would come to my room to wish me happy birthday...
and I would give it to you.
- Have you forgotten? - No ma'am.
That we would build the hospital with that money?
Yes, a beautiful hospital.
He promised me, Coralee.
He promised me on my previous birthday.
Do not worry. I'm sure there's a huge envelope waiting for her...
on his napkin. A very large envelope.
Midday! Come on, Coralee. Hurry!
Coralee, where is the salt?
You have salt already, Mr. Hubbard.
Where is the salt?
I have forgotten it.
Go for it.
Sit down, Lavinia.
Why did you remove the salt from the table?
You already know, Marcus.
Do not.
It is the day of the Confederates. Mom never brings out the salt that day.
Thanks, Oscar.
If you continue with this nonsense, it's up to you,
but I want salt on my table today and every day.
Thanks Dad.
- Come out, Oscar? - Yes sir.
Pass it to your brother.
For me it's fine as it is, Papa.
Have you heard about the Bagtry?
Mr. Taylor from Boston has made a loan for Lionett.
When has that been?
Colonel Isham has introduced you to the ceremony.
The yanky this stretched! I was parading in front of the Memorial.
- Is that where you saw it? - Do not.
I heard them talking in the store.
Lying again, Oscar?
Poor Oscar, it's totally transparent.
You take care of your affairs.
Regina, please.
It seems that the Bagtry can keep the house...
without dying of hunger.
I'm glad. Clara Bagtry has had a very bad time.
And what does that concern you?
Well, the truth is that nothing, Marcus.
Where were you this morning, Lavinia?
This morning? I went to clean up, Marcus.
Where did you go?
- Just for a walk. - Where?
Miss Regina. There's Jake with his packages.
Jake! Wait!
Nice boxes What's inside?
The suits, idiot.
Leave that suitcase on the floor, Jake.
It is not right for a man to carry another man's suitcases.
Five boxes full of costumes!
And next week more arrive.
What are you going to do with all of them, honey?
Put them on.
Did you buy them with your money, Regina?
You are idiot? How could he do it?
They are beautiful, dad. You will see.
It's really beautiful, Regina.
I will help you prove them.
Dad and I were going for a walk after lunch.
It is not like this?
How much have they cost you?
I do not know, I did not even ask.
Have you gone totally crazy?
It is believed that it is Miss Van Biltmore or something like that!
I'll have to find out, to pay the bills.
Will you have to pay them?
The rich people of the North do not act that way.
They pay attention to money, and also to their parents.
And what do you know about them?
The people of Chicago give their daughter...
$ 50,000 to buy the trousseau.
The trousseau? Is that what you have in mind?
That makes me think, Regina...
I saw Horace Giddens in Mobile.
I was very upset because you had not answered his letter.
I invited him for tomorrow night.
You will not have dared!
You are twenty years old. You should establish yourself.
You have us worried.
- When frolicking... - Shut up!
Oscar is right.
No, mom?
What is this all about?
I do not know, dad. Not at all.
I've told you before, Oscar. Shut up.
Why do we always have to be arguing like this?
Why can not we have a little peace as if we were a family?
Why can not we?
And from every day, today.
Stop crying like a fool,
unless you want to run out of salt.
Happy Birthday.
Miss Vinnie.
Thanks, Coralee.
Happy Birthday.
Thanks, Jake.
- Happy Birthday. - Thanks, Belle.
- Congratulations, Lavinia. - Thanks, Marcus.
Cut it out, honey.
Mom, the candles! Would not it be better if you blow them?
Ben, you blow for me like you used to.
The next will be a wedding cake.
How is that?
It was just talking to talk.
As always saying stupid things.
Why? There is no wedding without cake.
Now you know. No cake and no trousseau.
I do not know what you are talking about. You're going to spoil dad's day.
We're going for a walk. Just the two of us.
We have not done it for a long time.
Yes, a long time ago.
Do you find something funny?
Do not.
Tell Horace Giddens that your sister will not see him tomorrow night.
Take advantage of what's left of the day by checking the books in the store.
I will bring my Aristotle.
You will read in English and I will follow you in Greek.
Bring your books. I will change my clothes.
Marcus!
Will not you go? In my birthday? You promised me.
What promise you?
You already know, Marcus. You promised me last year on my birthday.
I'm going out, Lavinia.
We have to start building the hospital right now.
We have waited too long.
Another day, honey.
That's what you said last year.
And the year before that, you were busy.
I'm still busy
Ben, bring the suitcase to your room.
You will never learn, Ben.
You've been living with Daddy for 31 years and you're never going to learn.
Learn what, honey?
Do you have a few dollars to leave me?
You want money? Tell dad that Ben does not want to leave you.
You will get it.
Do you believe?
To be someone who wants to go far, you're not very smart.
You should know that dad will...
whatever you tell him you do not want him to do.
Unless I tell him to do it.
You should give me a good lesson about dad.
Why is he so good to you, how did you do it and those things...
Now I'm busy, I have to walk.
No, not now.
We will wait for a winter night, sitting next to the fire.
I will sit in front of you. You will speak and I will listen.
And I will think about many things.
For example, how beautiful you used to be.
But after 40 years, your face and skin will go down.
Dad will stay here, and he will interrupt us like he does now.
And he will ask you to take him to bed.
You will get up and do it, wondering how the years go by.
Because he loves you so much,
will keep you here, with him, all his life.
No, Ben. I'm going to Chicago. And once there...
Did he consent to that trip?
It will pamper you when we have finished our walk.
You will never leave this house, unless you follow my advice.
Everything will be fine. I always get it.
Horace Giddens loves you.
He is of good family and rich. A discreet and solid wealth.
Do you want me to get married for money for you?
Of course I want you to marry for money.
Why do not you talk to dad?
I would not want to be home the day you do it.
Not the day when I hear comments about you...
and John Bagtry.
Shut up, Ben.
Or is it that Bagtry is also going to Chicago?
Look Ben, do not start anything, if you do, you'll have problems.
Very serious problems.
What's up, Oscar? Did you come for a book?
No, I had to guess. You do not like to read, do you?
Yes, dad, but Ben gives me so much work in the store...
You could do it outside the store, if you were not the most lazy guy in town.
Ben does not read either.
Should I be proud of having two uncultured children instead of one?
What I wanted to say, dad, is...
He is always sending me. Not only in the store.
It is always hanging around. It never lets me do what I want.
How can I avoid it?
I need five dollars. Five measly dollars.
Do you think he has left them to me?
I may not have them.
I have to go out tonight. It is a very important thing.
I have given my word of honor as a gentleman.
- Are you a gentleman, Oscar? - Yes sir.
I mean... Good...
Taylor has already given the Bagtry the money?
I do not think so, dad. I do not know.
Did not you see them at the ceremony?
I was not at the ceremony. I heard about the loan in the city.
You did not want me to go to the ceremony and there would not be...
They did not let me stay.
- But they did not object to Taylor's presence. - That's what I said.
You let them dishonor you in front of a Yanky.
I have not finished with him yet. I have not finished at all.
I'm looking forward to going home with a gun.
You are speaking like a true gentleman.
I'm a gentleman, dad, but I'm also a sudista.
And when I see that an opportunity comes,
I'm supposed to do something about it.
Do what you have to do.
Let Ben take care of the store this afternoon.
Thanks Dad.
When you see Taylor...
remind him that cowardice is not a characteristic of someone from the South.
Yes sir!
Are you going to the store, Oscar?
But you, yes.
I was going to help Coralee pick up the table.
It is OK son.
You made me very happy by returning for my birthday.
Yes mom.
Ben, do you think we could...? Only you and me...
You know how Belle values her cakes.
Okay, mom, but I have to go to the store.
It will be only a minute. Here is a cut piece.
Sit there, Ben.
I'll take another dish.
No salt, huh? You thought that he was not going to realize it.
I can not help it, Ben.
It is one thing that nobody can stop me from doing.
Because today?
For your birthday or because it's Confederate day?
I do not want to talk about that, Ben.
Dad made his fortune selling salt during the war.
It was my fault.
The people did not have salt.
He served by violating the blockade to produce it.
I did not think I was going to sell it for eight dollars a bag.
A small bag of only half a kilo.
He used the misery of others to enrich himself.
When I discovered it, I wanted to return to Piney Woods.
Leave him and go back to my house.
Why did not you do it?
Why do not you do it now?
There is nothing that you want more.
And then why not?
Marriage is an oath. A promise.
For the best and for the worst.
It is my duty as a Christian.
A woman has other duties.
It's true, with your conscience.
But her duty to her husband is sooner than the rest.
I'm ready, honey.
Did you have a good trip?
No, it was a failure.
I did not get the money, just like you.
But I'll get it, Ben. Your father promised it to me.
And when I have it, I will give you a part,
as you would do with me.
You would give me money for the hospital, would not you?
Of course, but dad does not want me to have money.
Not that you build that hospital.
That's not true, Ben, he wants to. He knows that I have to do it.
Before the end of the day, he will give me the money. You will see.
Yes mom.
Yes, it will come and it will.
And he will be very nice and polite to you.
Everything polite and pleasant that it can be.
He will tell you that you are going to Chicago with Regina.
Regina is going to Chicago?
Unless you refuse to go.
Chicago? It is very far.
There are very good doctors in Chicago.
Is Regina sick?
- Do not. - Then why?
If someone told a doctor that someone does strange things,
who is always afraid, who cries for no reason,
eccentricities like:
Not eating salt for a single day...
Do not go. Mom.
But I have my reasons, Ben. Good reasons.
And it's not just making money with salt.
I could tell the doctor...
What, mom? What could you tell the doctor?
Regina could also tell?
If you refuse, mom,
they can not force you.
Ben.
I wanted to show you what you paid.
How am I?
Radiant and bright...
like a new 25 cents coin.
Go, Regina, you're beautiful.
Marcus.
Let's go, honey.
Marcus!
"After having talked about virtues,"
of the forms of friendship and the varieties of pleasure,
it only remains to discuss the nature of happiness...
"because we affirm that such is the end of human nature."
You're thoughtful, dad.
Happiness, friendship...
I have not been very rich in friends,
or with the children.
The first: A greedy pickpocket.
The second: An illiterate fatuous.
It's strange, Regina.
You are in fact my only daughter.
One day I would like to take you to Greece.
We could even install there. Imagine it, Regina.
Read Aristotle in the shadow of the Parthenon.
Would not you like to go?
I do not know, dad.
I am afraid that I am nostalgic for my country.
Nostalgia for your country?
For a gang of brutes united by cotton...
and for a common defeat!
It is the only place I know. I have never gone beyond Mobile.
Mobile.
You prefer to be near Horace Giddens.
That's what you want to say, is not it?
You know very well no, dad.
That's what Ben wants you to believe.
And Oscar plays along as usual.
I'm not thinking about Giddens. I do not even like it.
Sorry honey.
You've spoiled our noon.
I said I was sorry.
Of course I could try it if you want.
Try what?
Take a trip. I might like it.
Maybe I'll forget this place.
Where would you like to go?
I did not say that I would like, I said I could try.
Mobile?
You're disgusting. You started the conversation.
I was not even thinking about making any trip.
Where would you like to go?
Answer me, Regina.
I do not want to go. I already told you that I prefer to stay here.
I want you to leave.
All right, dad, if you say so.
Where?
That is what you are going to tell me. Right now.
The truth is that I do not know.
Somewhere in the North?
Of course. You will love the North.
Philadelphia for music, New York for theater,
Boston for literature. Which one do you choose?
The one you say, dad.
Of course, in Chicago they make very beautiful costumes.
Where were we?
Oh yeah. Here.
"After having talked about virtues,"
of the forms of friendship and the varieties of pleasure,
it only remains to discuss the nature of happiness...
How gross you are!
That's because I love you, Laurette.
I can not live without you. I think of you at all times.
Do not go.
I have to work.
I do not want you to dance in front of a lot of people.
I want you for me. I want you to be my wife.
My love is deep and sincere.
That does not feed us.
I'm going to ask for a loan from my father.
We will go to New Orleans.
Will you marry me there?
You already asked me 20 times...
but not once have you asked for a loan from your father.
Hello, Charlie.
I'm so sorry.
Im sorry lady. It was my fault.
Do not worry, it's fine. But look at yourself!
It is nothing at all.
He is very friendly.
Laurette.
Tomorrow night you have rest.
Yes because?
At nine o'clock I will come with the money. Dad asked me...
I can not tell you more, but I give you my word as a gentleman...
See you later.
I 'wont be here. There is one thing that I have to do.
For us, for our future.
Taylor the "eight percent".
Look at him! A damn yanky.
Drink, guys.
Joe.
Help!
It's better to lie down, ma'am. He will not wait all day.
You think it will not come.
Go to bed, ma'am.
I'll be right away.
"Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah..."
sulfur and fire.
But de Loth's wife looked back...
and it was turned into a statue of salt.
"And Abraham got up early in the morning..."
Coralee, you were wrong. Ben has returned.
Go to bed. I will see you in the morning.
- Good evening, Mr. Hubbard. - Good evening, Coralee.
Good evening, Miss Vinnie.
I saw the light on and I came to wish you good night.
I was waiting for you.
Tomorrow morning you will go to buy a new dress.
Thanks, Marcus, but this one is still fine.
It's fine for Bowden, but not for a big city.
You will go to Chicago with Regina.
What? What do you say?
I send Regina to Chicago. You will accompany her.
Good evening, Lavinia.
Marcus, please! I do not want to go.
Let me go back to Piney Woods.
What's up? You've lost your mind?
I'm sorry I bothered you at lunch...
Enough is enough, Lavinia! Order the clothes in the morning.
I do not want Regina to be ashamed of you in Chicago.
Ben.
- Good morning, Coralee. - Good morning, Mr. Hubbard.
Good morning Dad.
Take care of collecting the money from the loans. I need liquid.
For me or for Regina's trip?
Did you talk about me? Good morning Dad.
Hi dear. It seems that the walk was a success.
Did you warn Giddens not to come tonight?
Do not.
I told you I did not want that man here.
I never invited him.
Go to the store.
Yes, Ben, he works very hard. I'm going to need a lot of money.
Colonel Isham is here, sir. Do I make him enter?
If then he is able to leave.
Where is Miss Lavinia?
He is still in bed. She is indisposed.
Regina.
Colonel Isham.
They asked me to come see him.
To talk about cotton?
Do not come so early to talk about cotton.
But yes of his son Oscar.
It will drink coffee.
No thanks...
Do not you drink coffee with people like me?
I already had my coffee. Well, Mr. Hubbard...
Well, come back when I have not taken it.
Thank you.
Mr. Hubbard, the city is very upset this morning.
I have come to speak with you for your own good.
I have never liked conversations for my own good.
Last night, Mr. Taylor was savagely beaten.
Eight witnesses have identified one of the night riders.
Your son Oscar.
Find Oscar and bring him here.
Oscar!
Dad is looking for you. What have you done?
You will find out.
Put on your clothes. He has company.
So he was right about the trip to Chicago.
I do not want to go, Ben.
It has been very smart to get sick at this time.
I do not know what you mean, Ben.
My knee hurts a lot, I can hardly move.
Sure, mom.
I hope you recover soon.
But not too soon.
He knows very well that everyone here...
would love to hang a Hubbard.
After the traitor who sold our children,
the Hubbards are the most hated in the country.
The Colonel just saved you from a lynching.
Should I thank him?
Yes Dad. Thank you very much, Colonel Isham.
A lynching? Colonel, what have I done?
Why would they want to lynch me?
I do not want to talk to you.
Who would want?
Samuel Taylor is a gentleman. This is an affront to the entire South.
If you still wear one of those suits...
to assault a man...
His son also trampled on a waiter, Jed Philips.
He is seriously injured and has no money for treatment.
He will not be able to work for a long time.
I've never been with the Klan riders!
I thought about it for a while, but I give you my word as a gentleman...
He could not be with them.
In fact, he was here with me all afternoon,
reading.
Will it contradict all the people who have recognized their brother?
Oscar has an aspect like any other.
Account 500 dollars for the colonel.
Go away, Oscar.
Give the money to the waiter.
Tell him that my other son wants to compensate him.
Ben is very charitable by nature.
We will take care of him.
They do not have the means to do so.
Know how to be poor. It is more dignified.
It does not take much, with $ 100 would be more appropriate.
Do not tell me what is most appropriate.
Good morning, Mr. Hubbard.
When I see Taylor...
Mr. Taylor has left and will not return.
Well when I write to you,
tell him that Marcus Hubbard warned him 15 years ago...
not to provide the Klan with weapons.
Are you afraid of being attacked?
Good morning, Colonel.
It's a shame for Taylor, is not it, dad?
Go to the store, Benjamin.
Now everyone will come to ask you for money.
500 dollars. It is not a bad investment.
I did not lie for Oscar's sake.
It's very tempting for someone with six dollars...
get out to Mobile.
Maybe you're a miser.
With a salary of 20 dollars a week I have no choice.
Is that all I pay you?
You'll be much better when...
When what, dad?
When I die.
But surely I will never die. Did not I had said?
- Goodbye, Miss Quinn. - Goodbye.
Look.
Why do not they leave?
Bring me the resin.
Yes sir.
For your violin, dad?
You will not go to leave, will you?
You do not want to talk with me?
Talk to you? Never.
The money you gave me yesterday, I put to good use.
You mean the salary advance I gave you?
A small advance before a small increase.
- How much do you earn? - 16 dollars.
You will be withheld $ 5 to reimburse me $ 500.
You will earn eleven dollars.
What 500 dollars?
The 500 I gave Isham...
and how kindly they have freed you from the rope.
But dad, you can not do that! Eleven dollars!
Stop complaining, Oscar. It will only be one hundred weeks.
Dad, you told me that...
101 weeks, Ben.
That includes the money I lent you yesterday.
Good morning gentlemen.
Dad is very hard with me. That's not normal.
A stranger might think that dad does not love me. To his own son.
Why did you give him the beating?
He was a dirty man.
Let's try it again. Why did you shake Taylor?
Did he ask you?
When?
Yesterday, in your library. He gave me five dollars.
And you let daddy tyrannize you?
When you have him by the neck.
What do you mean, Ben?
What did he say?
Well, he said that Taylor...
What did he say? Your exact words.
He said...
"A gentleman from the South should not know danger."
What else?
I do not know. That's it, I think.
Cretin!
Help me! I can not live with eleven dollars a week.
I want to marry.
I am deeply and sincerely in love.
Go and take a good dip of cold water.
Wow!
Good Morning.
Mr. Benjamin!
What can I do for you, Miss Birdie?
I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. Benjamin.
Only be a moment.
If mom and cousin John knew I'm here,
they would die.
Is not that so, Mr. Benjamin?
What do you want us to talk about?
Well, I came to see your father.
I'm glad you're the one here.
Mr. Taylor had said he would,
but he left and nobody wants cotton anymore.
I do not understand, I believed that people would always want cotton.
They will love you again, in 50 years.
Fifty years!
I guess we can not wait that long.
The truth is, Mr. Benjamin,
that we can neither pay nor support our people.
We can not.
Your father and you...
they could lend us the money.
Does he say that his mother does not know that he has come here?
No no. She would never forgive me.
Do you think that she would not have resorted to us?
I do not know, I did not mean that. Excuse me.
He has nothing to apologize.
I raise the question because Lionett belongs to his mother.
But you do not want your mother to know anything about the loan.
And then, who would sign?
I would do it.
Means...
that you can not sign for something that does not belong to you.
I see. Had not thought of that.
IM such a fool!
I'll have to go back and tell mom that Mr. Taylor has left.
He had made plans to pay his people...
and John's ticket.
The ticket?
He was going to leave.
To Chicago, maybe?
No, in Chicago there is no war.
How?
He wants to go back to war. Here he is very unhappy.
I understand.
And where can the captain find a war?
He says that something is happening in Brazil.
He has read it in the newspapers.
So there is a nice war in Brazil?
Yes, sir, I think so.
Forgive me for bothering you. I should not have done it.
Goodbye, Mr. Benjamin.
What loan amount was I thinking of, Miss Birdie?
Five thousand dollars.
I guess I'm an idiot...
Five thousand.
Maybe I could find some way to make it easier for you.
With a promise in writing.
Really, Mr. Benjamin? I would be willing to promise anything.
I must first convince my father.
This afternoon he rehearses with musicians from Mobile.
They accompany and flatter him.
And every day, after that, he's in a good mood.
Why do not you come, Miss Birdie?
And also invite Captain Bagtry.
It will be a pleasure. Thank you very much.
I will do what I can.
Oscar, do you want to accompany Miss Birdie to her house?
No, it's very kind of you. Thank you, Mr. Oscar.
What are you trying to do, Ben?
Accompany her, have you understood me?
You do it! I do not like it.
If everything goes well,
you will have that 500 dollars to return them to dad.
Come, join her. Be nice to her.
A kindness of 500 dollars.
Ms. Birdie!
Everything ready, dad?
I would be if they did not interrupt me.
I've invited...
to Miss Bagtry and the captain at your concert.
The Bagtry?
You will like to see quality people...
begging you a favor.
You're kidding me.
A while ago I saw Miss Birdie.
Now that Taylor has been forced to leave,
she needs a loan.
With Lionett as endorsement?
Your mother does not know and you should not find out.
What nonsense is that? The daughter is not the owner of the place.
But if he writes a paper, when his mother dies...
You are too interested in the death of people.
Forgive me. I forgot that that word displeases you very much.
It was what we expected, that the Bagtry came to ask you for a loan.
I'll wait for Mrs. Bagtry herself to come and ask for it.
A loan would make them happy and give us money.
It would make the Bagtry not grateful.
Obviously, I do not know anything about business, dad,
but this is a bit sad without any company.
A minimal loss, honey.
I would like to meet someone young, of my same age.
Like Miss Birdie Bagtry? You are not so desperate!
What's wrong with you, Regina?
It would be nice if people came to listen to the music.
Is that something so terrible?
The Bagtry in this house, begging?
How much is it?
- Seven thousand. - Why Lionett?
Seven thousand is very cheap.
That girl is an idiot.
Most girls are.
I await your opinion, gentlemen.
Judgments about music, like inspiration,
should be taken calmly so that they are sincere.
Do you want us to rehearse?
Of course! Where have I left my cello?
He is the only person I know who is capable of losing his cello.
Is there.
Dad, you will not start without the guests arriving, right?
And why not?
We do not want them to think that we are poorly educated.
For $ 7,000, you will find us very polite.
What's wrong dear?
Mom is sick the first time we have company!
As long as it is cured for your trip.
I swear, mom, I promised Laurette I would have the money.
He is waiting for me! What am I going to tell you, mom?
Tell him the truth If he loves you, he will not care.
You do not understand, mom!
How can I get married without money?
I did.
We were both very poor when we were in Piney Woods. Too poor.
And I remember that your grandparents,
they were among the poorest in the entire South.
But I do not think they cared. Not us.
Nine hours!
Mom, what do I do?
No no. A little more feeling, gentlemen.
Let's go back to the double part.
Dad, I have a problem. Can I speak to you?
There is a friend who is waiting for me. Miss Laurette Sincee.
You know, dad?
I'm in love. Sincerely and deeply.
But Ben does not stop humiliating me. He does not want me to be happy.
Your own brother. It is a shame!
She is a low class girl. She is a ballet dancer.
What dancer?
Of can-can. But I do not care about that.
I have always said that what counts is the person, not where it is born.
Have you always said it?
Some people are democrats by choice and others by necessity.
You are by necessity.
She is a wonderful girl. I would like you to meet her.
Can I make it come so you know it?
What do you think this is, a circus?
It is not much to ask after what I have done for you.
What have you done?
Nothing, dad, nothing.
But I could have fun if someone from the lower class...
will join the rich.
That could anger Ben.
Go for it.
I'll be right back. I'm going to find Laurette.
You can not bring that girl here!
Oh no? Well, tell Dad!
Stop him, Ben.
What do you want me to do, shoot him? That is not something of my age.
You can not bring her here.
The Bagtry will feel insulted.
If I'm sure.
What's wrong with dad?
One of these days you will learn how dad is.
Maybe tonight.
When I see you with John Bagtry.
If you dare to talk to dad about John...
Do not threaten me! I'm pissed...
I'm even sick of...
Do not do it, Ben. I'm in love with John.
But he does not love you. Horace Giddens does love you.
Why do not you marry yourself for money?
Nobody has asked me.
Any rich girl would be happy...
marry an accountant as good as you ..
Thanks, honey.
Your welcome honey.
What a charming image.
What were you whispering?
I do not understand how you let Oscar bring that girl here.
For an hour it can be fun.
No need to offend our guests.
Why do you worry so much about the Bagtry?
I do not care, it's just that...
And when you talk to dad, tell him how much you like music...
and stay to read at night.
And who do I tell?
Already! He loves Mozart. Talk to him about Mozart.
I can not do it. I do not even know who that Mozart is.
Well, Mozart...
Well, try to do what you can to please him.
We'll go to New Orleans, find work...
I know a girl there who has an embroidery shop.
Oscar, it's my dream, an embroidery shop.
Nothing of that.
Why? I like it.
My wife will not work. Point and end.
Wait a minute, Oscar.
How is it that your father has let you bring me here tonight?
Do not worry. Imagine that nobody knows you.
That you are any other person.
I can not. What do you want it to be, a Hubbard?
My father died in Vicksburg, it is not a shame for the country.
I did not mean it. You are better than others.
I'm not better, but just as good as...
Honey, I'm begging you.
Sometimes you take me out of my boxes.
You make me say nonsense.
I'll be very good tonight.
I would like to have a small house.
And of course you will have it, with me.
You love me, do not you, honey? Tell me you Love Me.
Oscar! This is neither the place nor the moment.
My apologies, John.
We do not always have these little scenes with our guests.
We were just... I was...
Very good, Oscar. Lead this Lady to the bottom.
Hi John.
Hello, Laurette.
Everything is ready, John.
I've convinced dad to let me go to Chicago.
You will come with me. We'll get married there.
When dad finds out, he will be furious.
Wait a minute, honey.
Do not you want to marry me?
You're not talking seriously.
Please answer me.
No, I do not want to.
I never told you what I wanted.
I do not like to say this,
but I do not want to lie either.
John, come with me to Chicago.
We will be alone.
I have never begged anything before in my life.
If you want I will.
Do not beg. I'm not good for you.
I only had courage in the war.
Some should never return from there.
Go there. By the time you come back,
you will be in love with another and I will be in Brazil.
I heard that there is a war going on there.
Birdie has made money, she has not told me how,
but he has money for Lionett and me.
I can go immediately.
Where did you get the money?
He does not want to tell me. But he has told me he will have $ 5,000 this week.
$ 5,000!
You should enter.
You do not come?
I'll go soon.
Talk tomorrow.
I love you Enters.
Sorry.
It's okay to dedicate an afternoon to music.
His father is a very cultivated gentleman.
Yes it is.
He agrees to the $ 5,000 loan.
That is wonderful.
Follow my advice. Do not talk to my father about the loan.
Everything is set.
He is a man of culture, as you said,
and talking about money disgusts him in his musical evening.
Of course.
We'll see each other tomorrow and talk about the details.
You will not have any problem with me, Mr. Ben.
I'm sure of it.
I do not like this punch, Oscar. It does not taste like anything.
Let him add cognac. So it will have a little more flavor.
My friend is here, do you want to meet her?
Of course.
This is Miss Sincee, dad.
Charmed.
Equally.
She is a music lover.
It is not like this?
Yes it's correct. I have a musician uncle. He taught me to love her.
Did he also play the violin as a dad?
- No, Oscar. - What instrument did he play?
I had a drum.
He loves Mozart. You told me, remember?
Yes, and so much.
Miss Sincee I like it.
His uncle played Mozart with a small drum.
Had I ever heard such a thing, Miss Bagtry?
No, never, although I'm sure there's some arrangement like that.
It is very kind of you.
Do you play an instrument?
The piano a little. I had a German teacher.
Where I study? In Berlin? In Vienna?
No, here in Bowden.
I have never traveled. But John, yes.
Throughout Europe.
I did not know, I did not know it.
Have you traveled in Europe?
No, but I intend to go.
With my daughter.
Maybe you could advise us?
My daughter and I are planning a trip.
I would love it, but I do not remember Europe anymore.
For some unpleasant reason?
No. I just forgot it.
As if I had never been there.
People remember happy moments, do not they?
I never reflected on that.
Well, think about it now.
What do you keep in your memory? Nothing at all?
War.
Then, he will have been happy in the war, has not he?
Yes, sir, I thought about victory.
Well, I never did it. Never!
From first imbecile speech until the last stupid day.
I am distressed. I speak the truth whenever I can.
John does not care.
What we had wrong is that we were seen as the vanquished.
A soldier is still carrying him badly.
Sees it? When you are a soldier, you are always a soldier.
John wants to go to Brazil.
The radicals there want to abolish slavery...
and ruin the country.
Plantation owners seek Confederate officials.
John will have the opportunity to fight for his ideals.
Why do not you choose the other side?
Everyone needs to win even once.
I do not like the way he says it.
I fight for a lifestyle.
The refreshments, Captain.
Come, gentlemen, serve yourselves.
Do you disapprove, Captain?
You have forced me to speak in this way.
Well, I disapprove.
You deserved to lose your war and your world.
It was a delayed world, it got in the way of history.
I'm sorry you have not noticed yet.
I have not brought John to insult you.
Have you brought him here? John?
Come, honey.
When I'm ready, dad.
I'm sorry, John.
Because you feel it? It's like you think too.
I await these evenings with impatience ..
Miss Lavinia is an exceptional hostess.
It's a pity he can not be with us tonight.
It's time to go, Birdie.
Not so fast, John. We can not.
Do not argue with him.
Do you like good wine?
Yes. Beware of sober people.
No thanks.
His father is a gifted musician.
I have no idea of music.
Why do people always look so proud without knowing anything about music?
Miss Sincee.
Laurette, no!
Do you have any reason not to be with us?
To agree with Ben's loan on Lionett?
Well of course. It's good for me and bad for them.
Ben has nothing to do with it.
How much did he tell you that Miss Birdie wanted?
$ 7,000.
Why are you so interested?
Do not do the loan, dad. I do not like that girl.
He has come to laugh at us.
That is not true. I do not think you think about it.
You lie to me, Regina. That hurts.
Why did you stay here with that man?
Why did you call him John?
Bagtry does not know where the money comes from.
But the girl said she would have $ 5,000 this week.
Five thousand, not seven.
I bet the remaining 2,000 will pay for coal shares.
You get old, dad. Are you tired...
and you're very negative about Ben.
Enough is enough, Regina!
Laurette, I'm begging you.
But it's fun, Oscar. Listen out.
No, Laurette.
Why? Your father likes music.
Is there any way to stop this?
I tell him a secret, Oscar wants to marry little Laurette.
And little Laurette that makes her happy?
Sometimes yes sometimes no.
This may sound very rude,
but I can not stand being caught.
The same happens to me.
Except if you warn me.
I have been told that he works to make a living.
That's fine. Oscar is not rich.
How would he be, with that salary of a slave that pays him?
Oscar says that you will help us.
Anyway, when he dies he will leave it. Why not now?
That's what Oscar says.
Oscar is a liar. And always has been.
And steal a little.
Not so much to take it into account.
That is not true.
If you love him, Miss Laurette, you can keep it.
Come on, Laurette. I'll fix this later.
The father talking about his own son!
No animal would talk like that about its own baby.
I've heard about you since the day I was born.
He got rich selling salt...
the poor people who were dying.
Because of him, several men died...
and you deprived your relatives.
Old con man!
Oscar, get this girl out of here and then come back. Quickly.
Does anyone want punch?
Do not?
Good evening, Miss Regina.
Goodnight Mr.
He came to beg a favor. And we have fun.
Beg a favor? From you?
Who would suffer such dishonor?
If it was not an old man...
There is no hero bigger than the one who fought on the losing side.
Get out and wait for me in the carriage.
I do not want you here, let's go.
I want to stay a moment. Please, come out.
I beg you.
Mr. Hubbard, I'm sorry.
I hoped that his family and ours could be friends.
Your mother has not greeted me for fifteen years.
Does she want to be my friend?
I did not come tonight just for the loan.
It was a joy for me to come.
I put on a dress for mom.
It's a shame all that, because I have bad news.
I have decided not to make the loan.
Why?
You already told me.
At the time I will explain it to you.
I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Come any other night, just for the music.
No other reason
I will do what it takes. We have very little money left...
Miss Birdie, let's save this.
I was thinking of buying molasses and sugar with this loan.
All this cotton, and we're starving.
Like all those who dedicate themselves to cotton.
He does not understand what I mean. I say die of hunger!
I'm sorry I told you all these things about us.
When one is poor, ways are lost.
Thanks, Mr. Ben. I know he acted like a good friend.
Shall we go back to music, Mr. Hubbard?
It has been all for today. They have been very mediocre. Goodnight.
Mediocre!
What do you know about music? Nothing.
We pretend otherwise just to earn a little money.
But I will not do it anymore, have you heard me?
He does not think it. Is tired.
We love coming here...
See you next month as usual?
It seems that a small rain will fall.
Goodnight.
You have insulted the Bagtry, and you have made them our enemies.
The Bagtry are my enemies for years.
Why does that bother you so suddenly?
It entertains you?
Yes, I have fun.
All right, have fun for a few minutes.
Are you trying to ruin my life?
You made him drink. You did it thoroughly!
Get out and fight like a man.
Shut up.
What are you laughing at? Laurette was here to infuriate Ben.
But he got her drunk and you got mad. That was what you wanted me to do.
He made a good play for you.
You continue with your stratagems,
like that loan for the Bagtry.
The girl takes a loan of $ 7,000.
And you stay with 2,000 believing that nobody will find out.
Bagtry told you, huh?
Your little games bother me.
You are an employee of my store and so you will continue.
And if you bother me again, there will be no work or you can be here.
- It has become clear? - Very clear.
Dad, you can not condemn a woman...
because he earns his life with the sweat of his brow.
When I was nine years old, I used to take water for 25 cents a week.
With my first dollar I paid a tab for the library.
When I was twelve, I worked in the fields.
In that same year I learned Latin and French.
At fourteen he worked with mules all day...
and almost all night.
That was the year in which I learned Greek and read the classics.
I was my own teacher.
Think about what types of children you would like to have.
And then think about the ones that I have.
If you want to go with that can-can dancer, what prevents you?
- Your permission. - You do not mean money?
A small loan and we will go to New Orleans.
How much?
With 10,000 could start, dad.
At six in the morning you'll have a thousand dollars on that table.
Get out on the first train.
Send a Christmas letter each year to your elderly father...
that now asks you to stop talking.
You better pack your suitcase, Oscar.
You have tyrannized me since I was born.
But before I leave, you're going to do what I tell you.
Tomorrow you will accompany me to the station and you will apologize to Laurette.
My God, what a thousand dollars can do!
If you do not come, I...
Put that away!
Go to your room.
I'll see you at the station.
You have always been afraid of weapons.
For some reason in particular?
My patience is over, Benjamin.
Why do not you both stop?
You can fight what you want when mom and I are in Chicago.
We would be very lonely here without you.
I do not know, maybe I should go with you.
- With me? - Do not you want?
Well, of course, only...
You did not have a Honeymoon of that kind planned.
Do not be surprised, dad. You saw our guest Bagtry.
I do not think he wants to get married. I do not want her anymore.
But he's a weak guy and Regina...
Do not listen to him, dad.
I saw John, I already told you. I liked it, it's true.
You know what Ben wants. Let me marry Giddens.
He's furious because I...
Dad, what's wrong with you? You look bad.
Yes, you look bad.
Go with him, Regina. Surround him with your arms.
Keep lying to him. Tell him you never loved John Bagtry.
Marcus!
Ben!
I will never forget this, as long as I live.
Pack your bags and get out.
And make sure you go far.
Find a modest job...
because wherever you are,
I'll make sure you do not get any better.
Ben, wait for me.
When it happened?
How could you?
Why do not you answer me?
A dead man.
An imbecile in a stupid world.
A man who loves nothing but war, whatever.
A man who does not believe in anything.
And that he will never believe in anything.
An empty man.
All that is true, I know.
But I love him and I want to marry him.
Come on, do not take it like that.
You let me go as planned.
John and I will return a day and live right here.
You've lost your mind? Do you think I would stay in this house if...?
If not, I would leave...
and you will never see me again.
I do not think you will endure it.
You must have known that I was going to get married one day, dad.
Before you know it, I'll be home and everything will be over.
Maybe next year we'll make that trip to Greece.
Only the two.
Everything is already fixed.
Give me a goodnight kiss, honey.
Benjamin!
Leave me, mom.
Oscar!
Are you asleep?
Do not you hear me, Oscar?
Go away, mom.
Regina, talk to your father. Do not let him do this.
Our trip to Chicago will be ahead of schedule, mom.
No, I do not want to go.
We will make all the preparations in the morning. Goodnight.
You can not dispatch Ben. He is your son.
Your oldest son.
A family must remain united.
Leave me alone, I do not feel well.
If you let Ben stay, I'll go to Chicago.
I will do what you say. I will go see a doctor.
I beg you, Lavinia. Stop chattering!
Marcus, I said I'm going to Chicago.
Of course you will go.
Will you let Ben stay?
It is not easy to live with you. It's not easy at all.
I already know it.
After a long time, living here...
it seems to me like I'm committing a sin.
You must purge your sins before you die. That hospital...
Stop talking like crazy, Lavinia!
I do not like that word, Marcus. It scares me and you know it.
I'll go to Chicago, but only if you let Ben stay.
Bye, Mom.
I will send for my things as soon as possible.
Where will you go? Do not go, Ben!
I got fired.
If you leave, I will too.
Marcus, tell Ben he can stay.
Tell your son that this is his house.
Marcus, it's a sin. A terrible sin.
The Lord will destroy this house.
With fire and with sulfur it will destroy it.
I have to leave this house.
Leave, mom, and do not look back...
or you will become a statue of salt, and you will sell it for 4 dollars a kilo.
I never looked back.
For 16 years I have forced myself not to look at it.
Look what, mom?
I promised myself not to do it.
And I never did it because I made some oaths when I got married...
and why me...
I've always been afraid of you, Marcus.
But you are not afraid of me.
Yes, I have also been afraid of you.
I have spent my life in fear.
And it's funny, because at the bottom of me...
I am a woman who was not made to be afraid.
What are people afraid of?
Like you, Marcus, they're afraid to die.
I'm not afraid to die.
And if you are not afraid of dying, you are not afraid of anything,
or to look face to face to the truth or to say it.
How true?
Do not make me look back, Marcus.
Will you let Ben stay?
Very good.
It was my birthday, Ben.
And your father had been out for three days looking for salt.
I had promised to return for my birthday but the day passed and...
I was afraid something had happened to him.
He knew he did not have a pass to cross enemy lines.
That night...
The night of the massacre, mom?
I put a shawl over my shoulders and headed towards the Memorial.
Come up, Lavinia.
But in those years there was no Memorial.
That's true. It was only a clearing in the forest.
- And a training camp. - Yes.
Did not the sentries stop you?
Lavinia, come up!
I did not see any sentinels.
Only soldiers going down the hill.
- Soldiers of the Union? - Yes.
Who else did you see?
Who went with them?
Who?
Get up here, Lavinia!
I do not know what I'm doing here listening to this nonsense?
I will tell you why you are there listening.
Because just like Mom said, you're very, very scared.
What should I be afraid of, Benjamin?
From an incompetent who was trying to steal $ 2,000 from me?
From a madwoman who thinks she saw anything...
sixteen years ago?
Go up to your room, Lavinia.
Yes mom. Put on a dress.
Prepare for a ride.
Colonel Isham's son was killed that night.
John Bagtry will also remember that his twin brother died that night.
And the oldest son of the Mercer...
and Sylvan's two children.
No need to go further. They will tell others,
those you mortgaged the land and the cotton.
It will be the largest lynching in Bowden County!
Lynching? I do not believe in lynching.
- Leave this to me. - Do not.
You're losing your witness, Ben.
What a fool you have turned out to be!
Stop with this nonsense and get out of here.
No, Marcus. Our son stays here.
You want your hospital, do not you, Lavinia?
Your hospital, Marcus. It's for your health.
To rescue all those guys...
dead on the country road to their Mobile homes.
A hospital here in Bowden...
I would have saved some of them.
I should have done it a long time ago.
Yes, you should have, Marcus. Without me asking you.
You're right. Let's go to the library and start making plans.
Very good, mom. Go and talk to dad.
I'll go talk to Colonel Isham.
He'll be happy to come and ask you if I'm telling the truth or not.
No, Ben, he does not want to have anything to do with a lynching.
Of course not. And less from your husband.
The one of no person.
Will you lie mom?
Do not bring them here, Ben.
Will you do it, mom?
Lies?
Answers.
There will be no lynching, Marcus.
I will beg you to leave you alive.
I also.
I will beg you with all my strength.
Better yet, I'll come back tomorrow and cut the tree rope to bury you...
with pain and respect.
How Greeks buried the murdered fathers. Tell me to do it.
Benjamin, do not talk like that.
You have given him that right.
You have caused this. You carry it on your conscience.
I know you are a religious woman. And religious women do not lie.
But you are subject to your dreams.
And sometimes your dreams mix with reality.
No, Marcus, I...
You've been acting in a very strange way for years.
But I'm sure if I take you to see a doctor...
You will not have time, dad.
All I want is for Ben to stay.
I'm even willing to go to Chicago and see a doctor.
What doctor?
The doctor Ben told me you wanted to send me.
Ben lies.
I never wanted to take you to see any doctor.
Marcus.
You are a very unpleasant man, Benjamin.
Are you ready yet?
For what?
To write on a paper that you sell the store for a dollar.
I will not do such a thing.
And when you finish that, you will write about another paper...
that you give me all your titles, your safe,
mortgages and the capital of society.
You will have your part in my will.
And maybe something else if you behave well.
You laugh at me again. That is dangerous now.
One more joke and... For already with that, for.
I'm serious and you know that's the way it is.
It's the last time I tell you.
All right, stay with the store.
Take half of everything else and leave the rest to me.
I will live as before. I will say that I wanted my oldest son...
You will not say anything.
Because you can not. And stop bargaining.
You are going to give me everything you have. Is it clear?
And now give me the keys to your desk.
Very good. Start writing those papers.
When you finish, you bring them to me.
Are you waiting for something?
In fact,
I'm looking for an exit.
An exit!
I consider you lucky. You will die in bed.
Will you leave me enough for a clean bed?
Of course, you are my father.
It would be possible to make a small bargain.
But I do not like small bargains.
And I do not like the chatter.
Jake!
Take this envelope to Lionett. Do not talk to anyone other than Birdie Bagtry.
Give him this and tell him to forget last night.
And tell him I wish Captain Bagtry the best of luck.
Go and fast.
First upload that to my room.
Coralee, my breakfast.
Good morning, Oscar.
It's me, Oscar, dad. I beg you!
My God, Oscar!
Where is dad? Laurette is waiting for me at the station.
I thought you had already left.
The thousand dollars that he promised me are not there.
I searched the entire house. Even under the table.
You may have to crawl a bit more.
Go, look at yourself! Sitting in dad's chair...
and having breakfast at your table.
Come down to breakfast with me.
Dad told you to leave.
Come, sit down, honey.
I'm leaving before the whip blows start.
Help me. The money is not there.
Money is not!
Dad, I beg you, answer me!
Were you looking for me?
I'm late. The money! You forgot to leave it.
A broken voice at your age, you may never recover.
The money is not there because I did not put it there.
Do you want to explain it to you...
or I do it?
I'm having breakfast.
An unpleasant event has happened.
I assure you that I am sad for many reasons.
And none of them has anything to do with you.
What does all this mean? That you do not give me the money?
Exactly.
And that dad has found a new system to delay...
the unpleasant task of doing those writings.
Go back in, dad.
Where do you prefer to have breakfast, at my desk or on the porch?
Wherever you want. My house is your house.
You know I like breakfast. I can continue?
Well of course.
But before taking that light breakfast,
I want you to finish those writings that I'm waiting for.
There's no chance I can catch that train...
without getting in the way?
Good morning Dad.
What's wrong with dad?
Has changed. Do you think it will be because of age?
Because you have not left?
I'm going to build a new house. This one I never liked.
What are you going to do what? Who do you think you are?
A man who thinks you did bad maneuvers.
It's a shame, Regina.
Bella, tender in appearance and intelligent.
You should have a brilliant life.
Instead, you're picking up crumbs.
I like crumbs. And now I'll pick up a few more.
You should pick them up here, if you can.
You do not go to Chicago.
What are you talking about?
Your father does not have money anymore. No money at all.
What have you done with your money?
He has given it to me.
To you? What makes you think you've done that?
I am the eldest son. Is not that how ancient kings did?
Maybe you can find some quote from Aristotle.
Go up to talk. I think he's waiting.
Dad, are you there?
Why did not you answer me?
What happened, dad?
There's nothing I can tell you. Ask your brother.
But Dad...
Come and have coffee with me, mom.
- I have to go, Ben. - For what?
I can not lie and I do not want any lynching.
The party has been canceled.
Dad has done an exercise of conscience and has repented.
What happened, Ben? Are you really going to stay?
He has decided to retire.
He has given me business.
It's a heavy burden, Benjamin.
It's badly acquired money, but if you give it a good use...
Well, of course, mom. Do not worry about it.
What have you done to dad?
Many things. Do you believe Me Now?
You will not be able to stop me.
Then do what you want.
Go and go your way, is not it, mom?
Yes, Regina, you must follow your own path.
Marry him. The lovers must be poor.
Tell me what happened.
It is not my secret.
I'll find out.
And when I do, I'll make you pay.
Oscar! What's up?
He has not waited for me. He has gone without me.
He had begged it!
Deep and sincerely.
Okay, laugh, Regina. I also laughed when I saw your sweetheart,
dressed as Napoleon, to go to war on the same train.
Did you do that. You can not let me live my own life.
Now it is OK! I can not stand any more talk about love, it makes me sick.
Go and follow your can-can dancer...
and get a job as a banana unloader.
And you, precocious flower,
go where you want and discover what it's like to live without dad's money.
Or you can stay both.
I'll choose a girl for you, Oscar. As for you, honey,
do not forget that here you are a scandal.
You and your great plan!
Only dad was not aware of yours with the "general."
Dad and Horace Giddens.
Oscar, give me a piece of paper. I have work for you.
You do not have to get married because he tells you.
I am your father. I will cover your needs.
We can go, Regina. You and I.
I can start from scratch again like I did the first time.
When you did what Ben told you,
did you think about what he did to me? You care about me?
I cared a lot.
And that in what changes nothing?
Here they are, Ben.
Thanks Dad.
The country lives great things. The railroad, the coal...
We are going to be part of it.
Give me a coffee, honey.
Are we going to be very rich, Ben?
It's possible.
Listen carefully, Oscar.
Take these 2,000 dollars to Giddens from me, with this note.
And invite him to dinner here for tomorrow night.
Ben, about the money for the hospital...
Not at the moment, mom.
But Ben, you said...
I'm busy, mom. Sit down.
Have your coffee, mom. Where are you going?
To my house, back to Piney Woods.
You're not serious, mom. How are we going to be without you?
I do not know, Ben.
And deep down in me,
I think I do not care. I do not care anymore.
For now, I think I'll go where I can breathe fresh air.
You're just upset, mom. You are very tired.
No, I'm not tired and I do not have any fear.
Now everything will be fine.
We will have a lot of money. Oscar, Regina, even dad.
I know what is best for all of us, and for you too.
One day I will build your hospital.
No, Ben. You will always be busy.
You have to be busy because you are a lonely man.
All your life you will be alone.
An empty man.
It is strange to say it. But...
I do not love you anymore.
I do not want any of my children.
I just feel sorry for them.
Do not take it too close, darling.
When you feel lonely, you can come to dinner with us.
If you ever need money,
I'll be happy to help you with Horace.
Vinnie, I...
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