Cold Mountain Page #8

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I need permission from you, Ruby,

if I reckon on livin' at Black Cove,

All right, then,

You stay on that horse,

And don't lose it,

Or sell it,

Gonna need it back on the farm,

All right, Daddy,

I don't wanna let you go,

I'll be with you by nightfall,

Ugh,

All right, then,

Hope that Georgia boy's

been tendin' to the animals,

- I knew you were thinkin' on him,

- I was not!

- I was thinkin' on swollen udders,

- Oh...!

- And before you say same difference...

- I'm sayin' nothin'!

Miss lovey-Dovey!

Miss lovey-Dovey!

Hey!

- That was a long funeral for your daddy,

- That was a wake,

That was Irish,

Now, your friend Georgia here...

we went down to visit you when

we heard you were harborin' deserters,

and he told us - after some persuasion -

you were up here,

we were up and down

this mountain,

Up and down,

There will be a reckoning,

when this war is over,

there will be a reckoning,

Did you make this coat?

Helpin' a deserter - that's treason,

Now, I know

it's half horse and half reverend,

A reckonin'?

The reckoning's for your world,

- It's not mine,

I'I be damned,

He's a hard bastard to kill,

- No!

- Ruby!

Inman!

-

- Captain Teague!

- Come down from there!

- No, sir, Here is fine,

I'll just shoot the horse out from under you,

- You ridin' Captain Teague's animal?

- I am,

- He dead?

- I hope so,

look, give me your gun and ride on home,

I'm done fightin', I'm sick of it!

I give you my gun,

you're gonna shoot me dead,

I will not shoot you,

but nor am I goin' down this mountain

lookin' over my shoulder for you,

That's what they call a conundrum,

- I'll tell you what I got on my side,

- what you got on your side?

The confidence of youth,

Inman!

No!

I...

came... back,

I love you,

Baby,

what we have lost

will never be returned to us.

The land will not heal.

Too much blood.

The heart will not heal.

All we can do is make peace with the past

and try to learn from it.

- what are you doing?

- He died in the night, love,

Bring him here,

- Don't kill him,

- I'm not gonna kill him,

we have to try somethin'

or else he's gonna die too,

- It's all right,

we're gonna try a little trick,

- Shh,

There are days now

when I manage not to think of you.

when the needs of the farm

call with more urgency than my heart.

This time of year

there's so much life everywhere.

I find you in all of it.

As if you were still walking home to me.

If you could see us now

this Easter day at Black Cove,

you would know

every step of your journey was worth it.

Grace Inman, nobody said Eat,

For good friends, good food, good family,

all our blessings, O lord, we thank thee,

- Amen,

- Amen,

- Amen,

- Amen,

- Amen!

- Sweetheart, there's no cider,

- That's for you,

Right, I'd best...

I'd best fetch it, I got my orders,

I looked once more down Sally's well,

and this time

there was nothin' there to haunt me.

Just clouds.

Clouds, and then... sun.

Just to lose him again?

Through musket fire

through death 's dark veil

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