Rambling Rose Page #6

For these reasons I am opposed

to removing the womb and other ovary.

As a rule. Do you follow me, sir?

I'm ahead of you.

I think we both know her.

Yes, we do.

I don't understand this bushy talk.

Mrs. Hillyer, this girl is sick,

in more ways than one.

She is an extreme psychoneurotic

with uncontrolled sexual impulses.

We can spare her the suffering

she causes herself...

...and others.

Therefore, I recommend,

as a theraputic measure,

removing her second ovary.

I feel

it is the medically proper decision.

And I suspect that your husband

agrees with me.

Reluctantly, I do. It would be

a kindness to her, and everyone else.

But the girl is oversexed.

And I say,

spay her.

Over my dead body!

Are you human beings?

Or some kind of male monsters?

Is there no limit to what you'll do to

keep your illusions about yourselves?

Illusions?

You'd go so far

as to mutilate a helpless girl,

with no means of defending herself?

I know what you just said.

Do you think I don't understand

the dreadful, revolting crime

you just conspired to commit?

I thought I knew you better.

I thought... in your heart...

you were a good and kind man.

A defenseless girl, trusting you

to protect her,

and you propose to destroy her?

Well, now...

I thought it sounded reasonable.

I thought she might be better off.

If I thought that you meant it,

I wouldn't want to live.

You look me in the eye.

Could you really take Rose's womanhood

from her, when it's all she has got?

May I say,

that I am against this as a rule,

but in the case

of near-nymphomania...

I must admit,

in Rose's case it would be cruel.

She's so attractive and pretty...

But...

...no... no.

It would be bad for any young woman,

whether it be Rose,

or our Doll Baby

growing up, or whoever.

I was wrong, and you're right.

And you are wrong.

I'm sorry, darling. Please forgive me.

I was dead wrong.

I will not cry like a woman.

Now you get this straight.

I don't have very much money any more,

but I can raise quite a few

thousand dollars if I have to.

And if you hurt that girl,

I'll hire lawyers,

and sue you from here to kingdom come.

I'll ruin you.

Just so.

Actually, I won't operate.

I don't do major surgery.

Dr. Hardy will operate,

and of course, he shall be

guided by your wishes, dear lady.

Let him be guided not by my wishes,

nor by Rose's wishes,

thought I'm sure they are identical.

Let him be guided

by the wishes

of the creative power of life itself,

because that is

what has spoken through me here today.

I thought I'd seen it all, but this is

the biggest epizootic she's ever had.

How is she?

- She's fine. Rose is fine.

You're looking chipper, Rose.

I feel perfect. Except for the scar,

I wouldn't know I was in the hospital.

Well, we know you been there.

We got the hospital bill

and it's pretty blood-curdling.

I'm going to pay you back.

- I didn't mean that. Forget about it.

I could take a job as a waitress.

Absolutely not, Rose.

You're not working

in any honky-tonk place. Just a touch.

Well, I have a hotel to run.

Bye, darling. - Have fun.

"Room and a bath

for a dollar and a half. "

I married a rich woman,

and now I'm running a jack-leg hotel.

Morning, ladies.

Buddy?

I'm going to have to leave here.

I have to go.

Why do you say that, Rose?

I got to, Buddy.

Why did you

get rid of all your rabbits?

I don't know.

I just got tired of them.

When I was a child,

we had more than 500 rabbits.

Five hundred rabbits?

At least.

We had them in orange crates.

Daddy thought we could sell them.

but only country folk eat rabbit.

And they ain't got mo money.

We had to eat them all our ownselves.

It took four years to eat them all.

The doctor said you got protein.

He was right.

Later on,

after Momma and Lunette died,

all Daddy was doing was killing

himself and chasing after me,

It would have beed good

to have had some rabbit stew.

That was when I run off to Birmingham.

That daddy of yours

must have been pretty awful.

Yeah, I guess he was.

How old were you when you ran away?

- Fourteen.

Fourteen? How did you live?

I looked a lot older,

so I worked as a waitress.

Your daddy killed himself?

He fell in the river drunk.

What was your momma like?

A saint. Just like your own.

What did she die of?

Same thing as Lunette, typhoid and TB.

Was Lunette like you?

- No, she was a lot nicer than me.

Lunette

was the sweetest girl who ever lived.

Mother says it's a miracle

you are like you are. - Like I am?

That your bad environment

didn't drag you down.

Buddy,

life ain't a picnic for nobody.

Don't you guess them millionaires

up there have troubles, too?

500 rabbits...

- Yeah.

Maybe it was eating all them

rabbits that made you so sexy.

Sex don't mean nothing to me.

It ain't nothing but a mosquito bite.

A mosquito bite?

Buddy, I'll tell you a secret.

Girls don't want sex.

Girls want love.

Mother says that. - Then it must be

true. When was your mum ever wrong?

I want to thank you

for a wonderful afternoon and evening.

Can I see you in the morning?

You sure can.

You'll never guess what happened.

I have met Mr. Right.

Who do you suppose he is?

The policeman whose thumb I bit.

He's Mr. Right.

I been with him.

Knowing the seriousness of marriage,

are you resolved to take your vows

before God and these people?

We are.

- Who gives this woman to be married?

You can sit down now.

Would you join your right hands?

David, repeat after me.

"I, David,

promise with God's help

to be your faithful husband,

to love and to serve you

as Christ commands,

as long as we both shall live. "

Rose?

"I, Rose,

promise with God's help

to be your faithful wife,

to love and to serve you

as Christ commands,

as long as we both shall live. "

Do I see a monkey?

You three want ice-cream?

Do you like picnics now? I love them!

It isn't a picnic, it's a barbecue.

A picnic doesn't involve roast meats.

At a barbecue

you have a lot of roast meats.

Well...

these kids still want ice-cream.

Come on.

We love you. We'll miss you.

- I love you guys.

We all love you.

Behave yourself, you hear?

I love you.

- I love you.

Did you give her a suitable goodbye?

Bye, Buddy.

I love you, Buddy.

I love you, too.

I'll miss you so much.

I love you all.

Thank God we're rid of her at last.

And she's happy,

that's the main thing.

Yes, she's happy.

Of course,

Dave doesn't have her life force.

Ain't much furniture in his house.

Her furniture comes out the windows.

Now, honey, he is Mr. Right.

Well, he adores her.

I hope she ain't too much for him.

What do you think, Brother?

He's crying, Mother.

Of course Dave wasn't Mr. Right.

He was Mr. Wrong.

It took her 4 husbands to find him.

They've been married for 25 years.

And I do believe

she has been a faithful wife.

Some people

might not believe it, but I think so.

I knew from the way

Daddy talked on the telephone...

...there was sad news about Rose.

Maybe that's why

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