Gone with the Wind Page #13

RHETT:

Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie!

(Bonnie died. Like her grandfather, she falls over

from the horse to the ground. With her, she takes

many things......)

Chapter 12 Tara, Land of Hope

(Melanie is seriously sick. She knows there is not

much time left for her, and begs to see Scarlett.)

SCARLETT:

It's me, Mellie.

MELANIE:

Promise me. Ashley...Ashley and you...

SCARLETT:

What about...Ashley, Mellie?

MELANIE:

Look after him for me. Just as you looked after me

for him.

SCARLETT:

I will, Mellie.

MELANIE:

Look after him. But never let him know.

SCARLETT:

Good night.

MELANIE:

Promise?

SCARLETT:

What else, Mellie?

MELANIE:

Captain Butler...be kind to him...he loves you so...

SCARLETT:

Yes, Mellie.

(Melanie passes away. Scarlett comforts the heart-

broken Ashley, neglecting the existence of Rhett

Butler, who couldn't bear to see the scene, leaves.

But suddenly Scarlett sees the fact, she doesn't love

Ashley anymore. So she goes to look for Rhett

everywhere.)

SCARLETT:

Rhett, wait for me! Rhett, wait for me! Rhett! Rhett!

(Outside the restroom.)

RHETT:

Come in.

SCARLETT:

Rhett!

RHETT:

Melanie, she's...well. God rest her. She was the only

completely kind person I ever knew. Great lady. A

very great lady. Though she's dead. That makes it

nice for you, doesn't it?

SCARLETT:

Oh, how can you say such things. You know how I loved

her really.

RHETT:

No, I don't know that I do. But at least it's to your

credit that you could appreciate her at the end.

SCARLETT:

Of course I appreciated her. She thought of everybody

except herself. Why her last words were about you.

RHETT:

What did she say?

SCARLETT:

She said, be kind to Captain Butler, he loves you so.

RHETT:

Did she say anything else?

MELANIE:

She said, she asked me to look after Ashley too.

RHETT It's convenient to have the first wife's

permission, isn't it?

SCARLETT:

What do you mean? What are you doing?

RHETT:

I'm leaving you, my dear. All you need now is a

divorce and your dreams of Ashley can come true.

SCARLETT:

No! No, you're wrong! Terribly wrong! I don't want a

divorce. Oh Rhett, when I knew tonight, when I knew I

loved you, I ran home to tell you, oh darling,

darling!

RHETT:

Please don't go on with this. Leave us some dignity

to remember out of our marriage. Spare us this last.

SCARLETT:

This last? Oh Rhett, do listen to me. I must have

loved you for years only I was such a stupid fool I

didn't know it. Please believe me. You must care!

Mellie said you did!

RHETT:

I believe you. But what about Ashley Wilkes?

SCARLETT:

I......I never really loved Ashley.

RHETT:

You certainly gave a good imitation of it up to this

morning. Oh, Scarlett, I tried everything. If you'd

only met me halfway, even when I came back from

London...

SCARLETT:

I was so glad to see you, I was Rhett, but, but you

were so nasty!

RHETT:

And then when you were sick. And it was all my fault.

I hoped and against hope that you'd call for me. But

you didn't.

SCARLETT:

I wanted you. I wanted you desperately, but I didn't

think you wanted me!

RHETT:

It seems we've been at crossed purposed, doesn't it.

But it's no use now. As long as there was Bonnie

there was a chance we might be happy. I like to think

that Bonnie was you. A little girl again. Before the

war and poverty had done things to you. She was so

like you. And I could pet her and spoil her as I

wanted to spoil you. But when she went, she took

everything.

SCARLETT:

Oh, Rhett, Rhett, please don't say that. I'm so

sorry. I'm so sorry for everything.

RHETT:

My darling, you're such a child. You think that by

saying I'm sorry, all the past can be corrected.

Here, take my handkerchief. Never in any crisis of

your life have I known you to have a handkerchief.

SCARLETT:

Rhett, Rhett where are you going?

RHETT:

I'm going to Charleston. Back where I belong.

SCARLETT:

Please, please take me with you.

RHETT:

No. I'm through with everything here. I want peace. I

want to see if somewhere if there is something left

in life with charm and grace. Do you know what I'm

talking about?

SCARLETT:

No. I only know that I love you.

RHETT:

That's your misfortune.

SCARLETT:

Rhett! If you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?

RHETT:

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

SCARLETT:

I can't let him go. I can't. There must be some way

to bring him back. Oh, I can't think about that now.

I'll go crazy if I do, I...I'll think about it

tomorrow. I must think about it. I must think about

it. What is there to do? What is there that matters?

(The words other father and Ashley thunder in her

ear.)

Mr. O'HARA

You mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O'Hara, that Tara

doesn't mean anything to you? That land is the only

thing that matters. It's the only thing that lasts.

ASHLEY:

Something you love better than me, though you may not

know it.

Mr. O'HARA

Tara, it's this from where you get your strength.

ASHLEY:

Tara, the red earth of Tara.

Mr. O'HARA

That land's the only thing that matters, it's the

only thing that lasts.

ASHLEY:

Something you love better than me, though you may not

know it, Tara.

Mr. O'HARA

...From which you get your strength...

ASHLEY:

... the red earth of Tara.

Mr. O'HARA

Lands the only thing that matters...

ASHLEY:

something you love better than me...

Mr. O'HARA plus ASHLEY

...the red earth of Tara...Tara!... Tara!... Tara!

SCARLETT:

Tara! Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way

to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day!

(The end)

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