An Uncommon Grace Page #4

trust me, right,

no matter how long I'm gone?

And you go and dowhatever

you need to do,

but wheneveryou're ready to

talk, honey, I'm here, okay?

Okay.

( Sighs )

- Aunt Rose!- Levi.

Levi, hello!

Come, sit down.

Your lunch is ready.

I hope that you're hungry.

Thank you, Zillah.

How long will your parentsbe able

to do without youat home, Zillah?

Oh, my father told meto

stay for as long as I want.

Rose, my father told methat

there's no reasonfor you to stay.

He says that you mustgo back to

your own familyand your own church.

I return tomy family tomorrow.

My father says becauseyou

are not Swartzentruber,

we should not be

eating with you.

It was not a decisionmade

easily, Zillah.

Uh, yes, but my

fatherhas said that...

Perhaps you should notspeak so freely

on mattersyou do not understand.

Let us pray.

Hey, there. Is Claire around?

She is busywith the babe.

Yeah, that's why I came by.

I just wanted to seehow

the little guywas doing.

The babe is good.

I'm sorry, I don't thinkwe

got to properly meet.

You were at the funeral, right?

You're the bishop's daughter?

Yes, I am Zillah Weaver.

- I'm Grace.- Nice to meet you.

Your basket... where

did you get it?

Levi made it for me.

Isn't it nice?

I will carefor this family now.

You are not needed here.

( Door slams )

Levi?

Zillah.

So this is whereyou

come to hide.

No, I was...

Is something wrong?

Everyone is asleep.

I wanted toshow you something.

Show me what?

Well, when my father told

mel'd be living here,

my mother and I spent all day

sewing this beautifulnew

nightdress.

- Zillah.- It's pink. Look.

Zillah, please.

Do you not want to see?

You should go.

I have waitedso long for you.

I wish for usto be

husband and wife.

My father saysthat we can

be marriedright away.

You should notsay such things.

Why not?

I do not love you, Zillah.

But, Levi, I could

haveanyone in our church.

Any man would bevery

happy to be with me.

Then you shouldchoose another.

It's that Englisher.

You have feelings

for her, don't you?

There's nothing between us.

- Yes, you do.- No, please.

Please go.

What is this?

Such things arenot

allowed, Levi!

- They are only books.-

They are of the world!

Yes.

Yes, they are, and I read them

because they fill

mewith such ideas.

There are so

manydifferent places,

so many differentkinds

of people,

more than you couldever imagine.

Zillah, it would

takeyour breath away.

My father will

wantto know of this.

Do what you think is right.

Now, please go.

Go!

I thought the barnwas on fire.

I almost calledthe

fire department.

What are you doing?

You are an Englisher.

- You would not

understand.- You know what?

You say that a lot, like

it explains something.

A long time ago,

people used to look

upat the night sky.

They would see shapesof strange

creaturesand great men,

and they thoughtthey

lived up there.

What do you think, Grace?

Is that possible?

I think they were myths.

Because we know better now.

In my church, we

count our blessings.

Shouldn't knowledgebe

a blessing, too?

Yeah. Is that what... is

that what you believe?

I startedto read with

Elizabethafter my father died

and my mother remarried.

She opened my eyesto

a whole new world.

But for Abraham...

there could beno other world.

He was a good man...

Very strict.

And then Elizabethgave

me my first book.

I ran hometo show my mother.

When Abraham saw

it, he burned it.

He burned it?

- That's terrible.-

He was protecting me.

- You love these books,

Levi.- We have rules, Grace.

If I don't accept them,

I will bebanned by the church.

I will be shunned.

Levi, let me keepthe

books for you.

Give them to someonethat

will love them.

- There they are!- Nana! Levi!

It will be goodfor your kinder

to be home againwhere

they belong.

Claire:
And for you

to return to yours.

( Albert laughs )

Rose:
Henry tells

me that the cousins

played and worked well together.

- This is good.- Mm-hmm.

Who knowswhen they will

seeeach other again?

It's okay.

( No audible dialogue )

Zillah, what is this?

I want to go home, too.

Already?

We can drop youon our way.

I cannot go with you.

Levi, will you drive me?

Your motheris feeling better?

Much better. Thank you.

Her sister is gone, hmm?

And the Englisher?

You must seeto

your family, Levi,

and not look to outsiders.

Perhaps he does nothave enough

timeto take care of his family

because he's too

busyreading his books.

Is this true?

I have no booksexcept the Bible.

I have seen them, Father.

He has them ina secret

roomin the barn,

books and all sorts of things.

Levi, tell me the truth.

Did my daughtersee these things?

Yes, but I got rid of

themafter Zillah reminded me

how wrong it wasto

own such books.

You should knowright from wrong

without the helpof

my daughter, Levi.

I am very sorry, Bishop.

You have confessed your sin

and rid yourselfof

the evil things.

We will speak of it no more.

Thank you, Bishop.

Come along, Zillah. Your mother

will be gladof your help.

Levi!

Was ist das?

A telephone?

- Is this yours?- Yes.

What are you doingwith this

forbiddeninstrument on your person?

In case of an emergencylike the

day my stepfatherwas killed.

Do you have so little faith

you think Godis not able to

take careof such emergencies?

I prayed to Godthat day, Bishop.

I prayed for my mother.

All I know is thatwithout

Grace Conner,

I would have lost my

motherand baby brother, too.

No. No, this is too much.

You must repent!

I will expectyour confession

beforethe congregation on Sunday,

and you will destroythis

thing immediately.

( Cow lowing )

Excuse me? How did

you getover here?

All right, you know what?

We will feed a stray dog,

but you gotta go back.

- Sorry. Nothing

personal.- ( lows )

That's a good girl.

You're doing very good.

Why do you have Jacob?

Jacob?

- Sarah named her.- A-ha.

Well, Miss Jacob herewas

in my front yard.

I don't know, there must be a

breakin the fence somewhere.

( Rainfall )

Let's get herinto the barn.

Come on.

- You take good care of her.-

She is God's creature.

I hope she wasn'ttoo

much trouble.

You know, until

this man is caught,

you shouldn't be out alone.

Eh, I had a homesick

cowin my yard.

Since you don't havea telephone,

I didn'thave much of a choice.

( Thunder )

Grace?

Sorry. It was just the...

the thunder.

It's, uh... whew.

- Is this from the war?- Yeah.

You know, mostly I'm fine.

Sometimes somethinglike

that happens

or I'll have a

nightmareor something.

And you stillwant to go back?

I know you don't understand.

I miss my family, but I miss

my teamover there, too.

They really need me.

And you?

What do you need?

I save lives over there.

It turns outyou save

lives here, too.

We probably shouldn'tbe

like this, right?

Those are my words to say.

I guess.

( Gunshot )

That was a gunshot. Was

that from the house?

Levi:
Mom!

What happened? Are

you all right?

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