Cold Mountain Page #6

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Aw, darlin', I'm fine, you know, And you just

say the word, I won't come back neither,

Don't wanna put you or your mistress here

in any bother,

I'm not Ruby's employer,

Oh, Beg pardon,

Nobody is,

Oh,

You know who really needs a coat, darlin'?

My partner, Fat boy name of Pangle,

we're hidin' up in a cave

with a singer from Georgia,

and Pangle, he feels the cold like

a thin man, but there ain't no coat'll fit him,

I love you, Ruby,

In case the sky falls on our head,

You always were a good girl,

Ooh! He's so full of manure, that man,

we could lay him in the dirt and...

grow another one just like him,

That's medicine, that's goat meat,

And you're sick of both,

I have a deal to thank you for,

That's just for show,

- Get on back where you came from!

- Thank you for my coat!

- Thanks for the food!

- Git!

- I love my coat!

My love for linton

is like the foliage in the woods.

Time will change it, I'm well aware,

as winter changes the trees.

My love for Heathcliff

resembles the eternal rocks beneath.

A source of little visible delight,

but necessary,

He's always...

always in my mind,

She ain't gonna marry linton, is she?

You can't say that about Heathcliff

and then marry linton,

we'll find out,

Tomorrow,

I'm not waitin' till tomorrow!

Ruby...

A source of... little visible delight,

but... necessary,

I like that,

I'm a Confederate soldier...

on furlough,

I need shelter... and food,

I've got a rifle!

Fair enough,

I have some beans and corn pone,

All I got,

- Thank you,

- I'm alone here,

as you can see, with my baby,

I need to believe you mean no harm,

No,

I don't want it,

If I had my way, they'd take metal

altogether out of this world,

Every blade, every gun,

It's all right,

You're burnin' up, little man,

Is your baby sick?

My man's dead, Took his wound

at Gettysburg and never saw his boy,

I'm sorry,

It's pretty much what you'll get

if you knock on any door of this war,

Man dead, woman left,

It's mean food, but it's hot,

There's been no huntin' on the road,

just cress and roots,

I need to try and feed this man,

- Shh, You gotta eat somethin', baby,

He won't feed,

I'm Inman, by the way,

That's my name,

I'm Sara,

My baby's Ethan,

Glad to know you both,

You look about his size,

He was another man straight up and down,

Thank you,

Everything fit?

These boots are good boots,

well, I'll say good night, then,

Good night,

Christmastime will soon be over

then we'll join the band

- She don't speak?

- Can't speak! I told you,

well, is she feeble, then?

No!

Never mind him,

will you come inside?

would you do somethin' for me?

Do you... think you could...

lie here next to me and not...

need to go further?

- I'll go, I'll go, shall I?

- No,

I don't want you to,

Thing is...

I love someone,

I love someone very much,

Try and sleep,

Over home

- Merry Christmas, Pangle,

- Night, ma'am,

Merry Christmas, Georgia,

Nice to meet you,

- Merry Christmas, Miss Ada,

- Merry Christmas,

- Merry Christmas, darlin',

- Don't sleep here,

- we won't,

- It's dangerous, Don't sleep here,

Oh, it's bitter,

They could stop one night,

They stop one night,

they're gonna wanna stop two,

I'll be all right,

This coat's warm,

what about next Sunday?

lt'll be New Year,

- Maybe,

- Gonna be a better one than 1864,

- This war's over in a month,

- That's what he said a month ago,

It started off bein' over in a month,

Night, Miss Sally,

Merry Christmas,

- Night, Miss Ruby,

- Night,

- Night, ma'am,

- Night,

You're stayin' with us tonight, Sally,

- That's my Ruby,

- She's an original,

- what kind of name's Georgia?

- It's where he's from, It's not his name,

well, I know it's meant to be

the ugliest state under the heavens,

why do you care what his name is?

Hey, what do you call

that cluster of stars right there?

Right there,

Uh... There? That's Orion,

And that's Gemini,

and that is Orion's big dog,

Canis Major,

listen to her, Sal,

She's turned into a regular highland girl,

Nah, I could always name the stars, Ruby,

That was never my problem,

I love you, darlin',

in case that big old sky falls on our heads,

Aw...

And I love you too, Sally,

I do,

- Get up!

Get up! Get out of here, quick!

The Yankees are coming!

The Yankees, they're here,

If they find you here,

things'll go bad on all of us,

- I can try and fight 'em,

- No, My baby, Please, no, Just...

Please, just git!

we're Union army!

we're lookin' for food!

Come on, open up! we're hungry!

- I got nothin'! I got nothin'!

- we'll see about that,

- There's a baby inside, Get it,

- Please, he's sick, Don't hurt him, please,

Please, I got nothin'!

That's right, Take the chickens,

Take the chickens, They're all I got,

Says she's only got chickens,

- You lyin' Southern trash,

we're hungry,

we got all day,

See, those birds

won't get you through the winter,

Please cover up my boy,

Just tell us where the food is,

we'll pick him up,

- Please, my baby's sick,

Please, just cover him up,

Please, I'm beggin' you!

Please! Have mercy!

- I got a hog!

I got a hog!

- He's hid out behind the house!

- Take a look,

Please!

Please, sir, Please,

He's just a baby!

- He's shaking!

Please, just cover him up,

what's wrong with you?

what's wrong with you?

I ain't got nothin' else, I swear,

- That ain't necessarily so,

- Yes,

Take me inside,

we'll do whatever you want,

Take my baby inside,

let's all go inside! Please!

Please! Please!

You take that hog!

I'm as good as dead!

Take that hog 'cause I'm as good as dead!

- Shut up!

No! Agh!

- You know, he's gettin' ready to take a fit,

- what do you care?

- Shh... Shh...

That's better, Shh, That's better,

Hey, come on,

leave some for the rest of us,

Move away from the baby!

Towards me!

Don't shoot,

we just wanted food,

Take off your boots,

Take off your pants,

Take off your shirt,

Don't shoot me, please,

we're starvin',

we haven't eaten in days,

- Come on,

- we're starving, we haven't eaten in days,

Come on!

Thanks, Thank you,

- Now you get runnin',

- I will,

- And keep runnin',

- Thank you,

- I love the snow,

- I hate the snow, I hate the cold,

- Come on!

- Fellas, what's the rush?

If Ruby finds out we've spent the night,

there'll be hell to pay,

My love, where are you?

with no hope of reaching you,

I write to you,

as I always do,

as I have always done.

You reckon we could eat this?

Hey,

well, you know, you cook somethin'

long enough, you can eat anything,

It's froze,

How long it been there for?

- You hungry?

- Yeah,

Not very long,

Good evenin',

Hope we didn't disturb you,

D'you mind if I warm myself by your fire?

Name's Teague,

- Do I know you?

- Stobrod Thewes,

- That your wife?

- That's a he,

Is he your wife?

we're musicians,

He picks a banjo, I got a fiddle,

Your sweetheart's got

a nice piece of flesh on him,

- He looks pretty romantic by the fire,

- It's a picture of love,

You gonna play that fiddle?

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