Woman in Hiding Page #2

and it's not the end of Clarksville.

I won't let it be.

I never let myself forget the Clarks

who built this town

or the Clarks who died for it.

General Selden Clark and

his men at Ridge Creek.

Fighting with pitchforks,

with rocks, with their bare hands,

because they just wouldn't give up.

And we mustn't give up either, Debbie.

Sure, the lumber that

made Clarksville is gone.

And I can't raise forests.

And the mill is dying.

But the mill can be brought back to life.

And it can bring Clarksville back to life.

Don't you see, Debbie?

We can do it, you and I.

You and I? Yes.

Clark House will be open again.

And you'll be mistress of it.

Oh, Selden, don't. I...

I'm asking you to marry me.

Not like this.

Not today.

That's how it'll be, Debbie.

It's got to be.

Your father said that

the world doesn't die.

Not now, Selden.

Please don't ask me now.

In the spring you'll be Mrs Selden Clark.

And then I'll show them what I can do.

I'm gonna make it mean something again.

To be a Clark of Clarksville.

Selden, I can't talk about it, I can't.

Not yet.

A marriage proposed the day

of the funeral.

Why didn't I see it?

All those months after father died.

All those months before we were married.

Why didn't that beginning as it did.

It had to end as it ended.

Things at the mill being what they are,

this isn't gonna be

the fanciest honeymoon in the world.

Don't worry, darling.

I take my honeymoons as they come.

I couldn't get you the biggest cabin of

the Smokies for a wedding present, but...

I did get you the one in

the highest mountain.

I love you.

There it is.

Does it look all right?

Oh, it's just so...

Darling.

I've used up all my words.

It was a wonderful wedding

and a wonderful ride...

Everything's so... so nice.

Well, what are you waiting for, Selden?

Aren't you going to carry the bride

over the threshold?

I drove up to be a reception committee.

You don't mind, do you?

Come on in, Mrs Clark.

He won't carry you.

He never was very gallant.

Selden, who is that?

Nobody you have to know.

Why, I'm Patricia Monahan,

of Raleigh.

You know. Where Selden goes

on all those little business trips.

Well, Mrs Clark, if you're not coming in,

I'll come out.

My shoes... isn't that a silly habit?

Taking off your shoes?

Of course, I'm very vain about my feet.

Selden always said I had

such pretty feet.

But that's not as good as having a mill,

is it, Selden?

Why you...

Oh, Selden... Stop it.

I'll kill you...

Selden, stop it.

Now get out.

It's been over a long time, Deb.

I told her we were finished.

You told me a lot of things.

You told me you were through

with her for good.

A year a go you told me.

Only her father died and it was

different again, wasn't it?

Wasn't it?

Phone for the police, Deborah.

You don't want her to hear that,

do you?

How her father hated you,

how he said he would throw you out of the

mill if you didn't stay away from her.

There's no reason

why we have to listen to this.

Stay away from that phone.

It's not that easy, Selden.

The world isn't being run just for you

even if old men who get in your way

die when you want them to.

Or is it when you push them?

Stay where you are!

Oh, I've thought of that, Selden.

Even if no one else has.

But that doesn't matter now

because you're not gonna have your precious

mill, or you precious bride or anything...

No, don't!

Here.

The key to this place.

I won't be using it anymore.

Deb, I...

I don't think I'll be using this either.

Oh, now, wait a minute, Deb.

I don't want to talk about it.

I just want to get away from here.

But you can't. You're my wife.

Your wife.

How long have I been in love with you?

Ever since I was a little girl.

Fifteen years, Deb.

Yes, that's too long

for a little girl to be in love.

It's time I grew up.

You're making too much of this.

In the morning...

I won't be here in the morning.

I'm going, now.

Listen to me, Deb.

She was drunk and she was lying.

Sure I had dates with her.

I had dates with lots of girls.

She has been up here, that's true.

I'm sorry about that. It was a rotten

beginning for our marriage.

I'm going to have the marriage annulled.

I won't let you do that.

Why:
Because you'd lose the mill?

Well, there's nothing you can do

to stop me.

I'll stop you.

You don't seem to understand, Deborah.

I've waited for that mill too long

and I've worked too hard.

I know what your father thought of me.

How he laughed at me.

But I took it because the mill is

all that's left of Clarksville.

Let me go.

No. I took the insults every day

and I stayed.

I kept the mill alive.

Your father was ruining it.

There was no one to stop him.

But I fought and I argued.

And I stopped him.

I've waited too long, Deborah.

You're my wife

and you're going to stay my wife.

What's happened here today

I'm sorry about that.

But you'll forget it.

We'll both forget it.

It's true, isn't it?

What are you talking about?

Everything she said.

It's true.

All of the...

Too much has happened, Deb.

You're tired, you're mixed up.

You're saying things you'll regret.

You killed him.

In the morning

after you've slept,

you'll see things as they are.

Not as she painted them for you.

We're tired now and hungry.

There's food in the car.

I'll bring it in.

That's my body they're looking for.

The body of Deborah Chandler Clark.

Those people, they think I'm dead.

I'll have to go down there.

I've got to tell them what happened.

That it was not suicide.

Not an accident, but he tried to kill me.

But who'd believe me?

Who'd believe Selden is a murderer?

Patricia Monahan.

She knows.

She'll help me.

C'mon, I found a way to get down there.

There's a path.

No, I think we'd better take this one.

Hope we get there

before they find the lady.

I never saw a dead woman before,

did you?

C'mon. Hurry up.

No one can see me. I've got to stay dead

until I can find Patricia.

Then I'll be safe from him.

I've got to stay dead.

Raleigh. We'll be here one half hour.

Attention, please.

Attention, please.

Bus n.28 has just arrived at Raleigh.

Passengers for Southhill, Petersburg, Augusta,

Statesville and Greensboro will take bus 28

which leaves in one half hour.

Attention, please.

Passengers for Southhill, Petersburg, Augusta,

Columbia, Statesville and Greensboro will take bus 28

which will leave in thirty minutes.

Excuse me, please. Oh, hello.

I'd like the evening papers.

They're right in front of you.

Pick em up.

We do very small business here,

we keep everything very simple.

You can just put the money down.

We trust everybody.

I'd like some change.

Oh, it's lying there. Pick it up.

Yes, but...

Holy money, pardon me.

Can I sell you anything else?

Yachting magazine, maybe.

No, thanks.

Wonderful thing, sailboats.

Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?

Please, I'm in a hurry.

Of course you are.

Everybody's in a hurry.

That's our big trouble.

Now, suppose, for the sake of argument,

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