The Keeping Room Page #2

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but aint.

Learned to shoot a gun

'fore they learned to bed.

Learned to be men

instead 'uh a wife.

I'm hungry.

Did she say...

...hungry.

- What did you say?

- I'm hungry.

Say it again.

I'm hungry.

- She is hungry!

- She is hungry!

Im gonna cook you

somethin' so good, Louise.

Come-back-from-the-dead stew,

thats what.

Come-back-from-the-dead stew!

Best stew I ever made.

Fern.

Hey.

- Mad.

- What?

Shhh.

- Why you wake me just to be quiet?

- Listen, just-just listen.

Probably a ghost.

Come have a look with me?

Who's firing?

Show yourself!

Get inside!

Go, get inside now!

Louise, wake up!

- Louise, wake up!

- Whats goin' on?

We got men here.

They are soldiers. Yankees.

How you know that?

You shot this dog!

He was just a dog.

Same as you and me.

You went and shot him down.

Couldnt let him be.

And now theres no more drink.

And theres no more dog.

We only have this gun.

And Im through with my song.

We got any other guns?

Downstairs.

In one of the drawers.

I'm goin' to go get

it and come back.

- Lets get to the Keepin' Room.

- We aint leavin' this house.

-Too many doors and windows and rooms.

- We goin' to fight.

I don't wanna fight.

We can hide.

They dont know we here.

I just shot their dog,

they gonna come lookin'.

How you know what dog

belong to what Yankees?

'Cause they followed me.

Don't leave us.

We ain't goin' to wait all night.

Augusta.

- You want them here?

- No.

Then I gotta go down.

Girl.

Who else you got in there?

You got men?

Negros or cowards?

Girl!

Where are you?

No!

Moses!

Moses!

Help me!

Moses!

- Sorry.

- Here.

Shhhhh.

Why you naked?

There was a fire.

I had to put it out.

What?

Get over here.

This is your gun.

I gotta reload.

Watch me and do as I do.

Take the powder.

Take the powder, put it in.

Take the ball,

put it in.

Push it down.

Pull this back.

- You hold steady.

- All right.

And you pull this.

Yeah.

All right.

- You got it?

- Yeah, I got it.

- You sure.

- Yes. Yes.

Girl!

Girl!

You got ten to come out

or were coming in.

One!

Two!

Im gonna try n' draw 'em

away from the house.

No, don't.

No.

You bar this door behind me.

If a man comes through,

no matter what, you shoot.

Four!

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Eight!

Nine!

Ten!

Shhh.

Shhhh.

You followed me?

Yeah, I did.

Why didnt you kill me

with Caleb and that woman?

I wanted to keep

you for a while.

Damp powder.

Must be as old as this gun.

Something about you

makes me wanna..

sit down.

Then why you come

like you want a war?

I dont know how to stop.

Why don't you come on out?

I wanna see you.

Why dont we just

put down the guns?

We can get a lot closer

without them.

Well.

Maybe it's just you and me now.

If you don't stand still,

I just might have to shoot you.

Quiet!

Don't make me hurt you.

Go on.

At my second farm,

there was this one shed

we wasnt allowed at.

All the other buildings

had their jobs.

One for feed.

One for tools.

But there was this one shed

we was told never to go in.

Not to play near it.

Not to get curious.

We made up all sorts of stories.

Gold.

Ghosts.

God.

Then, one day when I was 'bout ten

the man told me to go to the shed.

I was goin' to the shed.

I would get to know.

I walked to the shed,

my heart comin' out my dress.

I was gonna get to know.

I was gonna get to know.

I was gonna be the one

to tell all the others.

I opened the door.

Only thing in there was

a low cot and no windows.

I stood there a minute

so unsure.

So sad.

Wonderin' why we wasnt

supposed to know for so long.

And then the man come in.

And he had me.

He was so big

and I was so small.

So small that I didnt even know

what was happenin'.

That was the first time.

And there were many more.

Some times they cut the baby out.

Other times, they keeps them.

I don't know where they are now.

There are many kinds of

monsters in this world,

you never know which one

goin' to be yours.

Dont know what happened to mine.

Probably died old and happy.

But yours...

You killed him.

- That right?

- Yes.

Your monster's dead.

You come back.

Yeah.

I just wanted to hear

that old voice again.

It's over.

- It's all over.

- What you mean?

You take shelter.

They comin'.

They...

Where is Augusta?

Mad?

Whats goin' on?

He come back.

I aint angry with you, Augusta.

I's angry 'cause I come close

to killin' him myself.

But we wanted him dead.

He'd never forgiven me

if Is the one done it.

When you gonna learn

what dont happen dont matter?

You just goes on.

Might be another man

out there want us dead.

Aint no time

to think on love.

There is another man out there.

We aint goin' to wait for him.

We goin' out there to hunt him.

And we aint come back

'til he ours.

This some fine moonshine.

Our daddy made it.

Your daddy made

some fine moonshine.

I've been waiting for you.

I've been looking for you.

You found me.

I like this room.

I like it too.

What's your name?

Moses.

Like the baby.

Yes, just like.

Why're you doin' this, Moses?

Me an' him are bummers.

We...

We're sent ahead to forage

the land for food and deserters

and survivors.

Whole army is behind us.

Already took Georgia.

Uncle Billy's coming.

Burning down every thing

in his path.

Rest assured,

itll be cruel.

And the crueler it is

the sooner itll be over.

We can hold 'em.

Girl, I believe you can.

You know how many

battles I fought in?

Dont seem like many,

easy as you went down.

No.

It don't.

But it was.

And yet, here I sit.

F***.

You are beautiful.

I'd like to know your name.

Augusta.

Augusta.

Augusta and Moses.

Things could have be different.

But they ain't.

I know that it's over.

Truth be told,

Im heartened.

Don't think I know

my way home from here.

Id appreciate it if youd

show me the way.

You 'bout finished with your drink?

Just about.

How strange he show up

here lookin' like a Yankee.

Maybe he was free.

And he came back.

I didnt know people looked the same

whether they was dead or alive.

He gone.

But he dont look so bad.

Like hes sleepin' maybe.

He look dead.

But he look good.

You sure you dont wanna

dig him another hole?

Ain't time.

Ain't strength.

Dont think he should go

in the same place as them.

Dont worry.

They aint goin' to the same place.

Augusta!

Looks like the skys on fire.

Looks like the whole worlds on fire.

They comin'.

This our home.

We gonna have to fight.

This our home.

We gonna defend it.

What if we didnt stay here?

What if we went?

Went?

Out there.

No.

All 'em Yankees walkin' right for us

we can't just walk right back.

They walkin' here on the way.

I don't see what a few bullets

is gonna do to keep them out.

We can keep it safe.

Keeping Rooms just walls, Augusta.

Aint nothin' safe.

Three women comin' 'gainst

the Union army dont mean nothin'.

What if we was men

instead 'uh women?

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