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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,
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4. a journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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7. This road is the afterwards
of the civil war.
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8. It began at fort sumter,
south carolina,
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9. and ended at a place
called appomattox.
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10. It's littered with the residue
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11. of broken battles
and shattered dreams.
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12. Ma'am?
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13. Do... do you mind
if I have myself
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14. some of your
water, ma'am?
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15. Please.
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16. Thank you.
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17. Beautiful once, wasn't it?
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18. The tree I mean, ma'am.
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19. Once it was...
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20. very beautiful.
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21. War claims
a lot of victims...
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22. men, animals and...
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23. and god's own beauty.
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24. Ma'am, would you mind if
I sat here for a spell,
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25. and rested a bit?
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26. Not at all.
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27. Thank you.
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28. Oh, uh... you mind if
I strum a few chords
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29. on my guit' box here?
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30. Not at all.
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31. My husband used
to play the guitar.
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32. Ah, did he now?
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33. And he's, uh, now...
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34. where is he, ma'am?
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35. He was killed.
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36. Yellow tavern
with general stuart.
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37. I'm sorry.
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38. Brand-new gray...
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39. and gold braid...
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40. and a thousand flags.
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41. Trumpets
and drums.
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42. Nothing but trumpets and drums.
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43. Beat the yanks in a month,
that's what they said.
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44. Beat the yanks in a month.
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45. How wrong
they were.
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46. And we stood by
in our summer dresses
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47. and cheered them on
and threw flowers-
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48. felt so grand.
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49. Not many tears, just a few
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50. because we were so sure
they'd all be coming back
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51. just as they left.
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52. How wrong we were.
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53. Not feeling well, ma'am?
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54. I'm all right,
it's the fever...
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55. but I'm on the mend now.
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56. It's left me a little weak,
that's all.
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57. A little weak.
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58. Still they come...
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59. morning and night,
night and morning,
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60. they walk
down that road.
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61. The young ones
and the old ones.
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62. How worn they look.
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63. How tired.
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64. Are there hundreds of them
or thousands of them?
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65. Wouldn't you think...
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66. wouldn't you think
that with so many, my jud...
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67. my jud might be amongst them?
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68. Sergeant?
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69. Ma'am?
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70. Would you do
me a favor?
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71. If I can, ma'am.
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72. Would you play
your guitar real loud?
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73. I mean, real loud,
drown me out?
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74. Loud, ma'am?
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75. I'm so sick to death
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76. of hearing
my own crying
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77. and the sound of
footsteps on the road.
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78. Please play it loud
so I can hear music.
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79. Oh, ma'am...
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80. please, sergeant!
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81. As you wish, my lady.
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82. ? black is the color
of my true love's hair?
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83. ? her lips...?
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84. ? are something wondrous fair?
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85. ? the purest eyes...?
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86. In just a moment you will
enter a strange province
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87. that knows neither
north nor south-
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88. a place we call
the twilight zone.
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89. Charlie?
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90. Hmm?
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91. Charlie constable.
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92. Charlie!
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93. Charlie, it's lavinia.
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94. We thought you'd been killed-
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95. that's what everyone said.
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96. They said you'd been shot
in the head at gettysburg.
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97. Oh, I'm so glad
you've come back, charlie.
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98. I'm so glad
you're all right.
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99. Couldn't you stop
a minute, charlie?
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100. I'm almost
there, lavinia.
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101. Your wife will be
so glad to see you.
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102. So very, very glad.
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103. I won't need
all this weight.
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104. I'll leave it here.
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105. Oh, charlie.
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106. Leave it here.
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107. I got to keep moving.
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108. I got to keep going.
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109. Good-bye.
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110. Oh, charlie.
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111. Will you give
susan my best?
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112. And tell her when
you get settled,
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113. to please come over.
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114. Though I expect
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115. she'll want to keep
you to herself.
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116. I know if it
were jud...
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117. if it were jud
come home to me,
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118. I'd hold him
close, so close,
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119. I'd not let him
leave again.
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120. I'm sure, lavinia.
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121. That was
charlie constable.
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122. They said he had been
killed in gettysburg-
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123. shot through the head.
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124. Thank god,
they made a mistake.
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125. Thank god...
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126. what's wrong, ma'am?
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127. Why...
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128. there's... there's blood
on his cap.
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129. There's blood
on charlie's cap.
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130. You finished already?
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131. Yes, ma'am.
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132. I got a feeling for wood.
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133. You know,
whether it's chopping it,
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134. or carving it or...
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135. or wearing it.
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136. Yeah.
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137. Like my... my guit' box here.
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138. See this?
Oh.
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139. Made that myself.
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140. Of course, it's not as good
as the one I got at home.
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141. I had more time then,
you understand?
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142. I can remember my daddy
used to say to me,
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143. "you're going to wind up
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144. nothing but a good-for-
nothing troubadour."
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145. That daddy of mine...
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146. I can see him now, the way
he used to look at me,
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147. his face all squinted
up like a persimmon.
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148. He'd stick his finger
right in my...
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149. he'd say, "ebbie... ebbie,
you got nothing inside you
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150. "but soft mush
and sad ballads.
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151. Ain't you ever goin' grow
up and become a man?"
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152. Oh, he was a proud one,
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153. the day I
marched off to war.
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154. He was just as proud
an old rooster.
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155. You know, there was his son
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156. marching off to war
to become a man.
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157. I come back...
back half of me.
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158. But I did come back.
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159. You know that song of yours,
what is it?
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160. What is it?
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161. ? black is the color
of my true love's hair?
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162. That the one?
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163. ? her lips?
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164. ? are something
wondrous fair?
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165. ? the truest eyes?
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166. ? and the daintiest hands?
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167. ? I love...?
Jud, my husband,
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168. he... he used
to sing that song.
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169. Did he now?
Hmm.
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170. I wish you could
have met him.
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171. He was a very
gentle man.
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172. A very nice man.
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173. I can remember nights
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174. why, he'd sit here
on this very porch,
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175. and he'd play and sing.
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176. Even the crickets
would keep quiet.
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177. I bet you
they did, too.
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178. And the bullfrogs
down at the pond-
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179. it was just as if they
had stopped their noise
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180. so they could
hear the music.
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181. Then the yankees came...
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182. like blue locusts they had
to eat away at the trees...
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183. the land...
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184. and everything on it.
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185. I owe them for much.
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186. For our house...
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187. our land...
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188. our trees...
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189. for everything that was...
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190. including my husband's life.
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191. I owe them for much.
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192. Ma'am...
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193. hmm?
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194. Why don't you go
away from here?
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195. This place is
no good for you.
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196. Why, this place is all I have.
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197. Sergeant?
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198. Yes, ma'am.
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199. What do you suppose
happened to that yankee
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200. who... who killed my husband?
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201. Do you suppose he's marching
home to his own kin now?
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202. Do you suppose
he's laughing and singing
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203. and telling all his neighborhood
about the rebels he's killed?
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204. All the bullets and all
the heads he shot them through?
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205. No, ma'am,
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206. I don't reckon anything
like that at all.
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207. And you let that kind
of poison set on your mind,
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208. you'll die from it, ma'am.
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209. I got a gun inside.
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210. A gun?
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211. Uh-huh.
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212. It's an old shotgun.
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213. And I keep thinking
about how someday-
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214. some moment- a yankee
is going to come by here,
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215. and I'm going to
take out that gun,
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216. and I'm going
to aim it at him.
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217. I'm going to
aim it at him,
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218. but first I'm
going to tell him
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219. that he can
consider this
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220. the last shot
of the civil war;
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221. a bullet in exchange
for the one my husband took.
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222. No, ma'am, I don't want
to hear no more talk
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223. about butchery and bloodshed.
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224. There's hundreds and thousands
of our men and boys
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225. that were killed and maimed.
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226. And then mr. Lincoln...
murdered.
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227. No, I don't want to hear
no more about...
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228. who's that?
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229. Hello?
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230. Yes.
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231. I wonder if you
could tell me
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232. if there's any
water around here?
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233. There's some water
out here in the well.
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234. I'm sure the lady
of the house
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235. wouldn't mind if you
had some, lieutenant.
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236. You...
you traveling far?
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237. Just up the road.
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238. But I've been
on it a long time.
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239. You, too?
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240. Yes...
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241. yes, a long time.
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242. Oh... still, it seems
to me that I know you.
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243. We met somewhere, huh?
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244. That's possible.
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245. I don't know what it is
but I'm trying to remember.
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246. Go on,
what is it that you remember?
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247. I got it.
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248. I got it, I was laying
on the side of the road,
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249. a shell had just exploded,
tore off half my foot.
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250. You came by
with a patrol of yankees,
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251. and you stopped there
on the side of the road,
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252. and you bent over
and you took care of me.
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253. You stopped the bleeding.
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254. Don't you remember that,
lieutenant?
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255. Yes, I remember that.
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256. Sure, of course you do!
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257. I'd like you to meet
the lady of the house.
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258. Ma'am, this is... ma'am!
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259. You best pay heed to
the sergeant's gratitude
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260. because it's the last
gift you'll ever get
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261. this I promise you.
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262. Let me have
that gun, ma'am.
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263. This your pleasure, ma'am?
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264. And duty.
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265. A little of both perhaps.
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266. Then you'd best get on with it.
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267. Ma'am, lieutenant here
tried to save my life.
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268. You've thanked him.
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269. Now if you'll
step aside
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270. so I can thank him
for a few other services...
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271. I... I couldn't have missed you.
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272. I couldn't have
missed you.
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273. It doesn't make
any difference
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274. whether you did or
whether you didn't.
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275. Wait a minute...
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276. wait a minute,
now it's coming...
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277. now, I got- I remember they
got you that day, lieutenant.
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278. You were tending me
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279. and this shell exploded
in the trees over our head
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280. and this hot steel went
spraying all over the place.
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281. I remember you standing up
and clawing at your eyes
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282. and screaming, "I'm blind!"
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283. I remember thinking
they killed you.
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284. I remember... thinking
that you were dead.
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285. That doesn't make
any difference now either.
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286. That water
from the well...
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287. certainly, lieutenant.
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288. I wish you the best, ma'am.
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289. I do wish you
the best.
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290. And you, sir.
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291. Thank you.
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292. And this, too,
shall pass.
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293. This, too,
shall pass.
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294. Wait and see.
Wait and see.
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295. Miss godwin?
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296. Good morning, sergeant.
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297. Morning, ma'am.
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298. You come down for a mintue?
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299. Mm-hmm.
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300. You're leaving?
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301. Yes, ma'am, I'm leaving.
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302. I come to say good-bye
and to thank you.
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303. I got to get back on the road,
to wherever the road leads.
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304. Well, I can tell you
where that road leads.
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305. It leads past 50 miles
of places like this,
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306. burned-out houses and...
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307. yes, ma'am, but...
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308. you see, mrs. Godwin,
I was up most of the night
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309. and I was thinking
about a lot of things.
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310. I was thinking about
that blind lieutenant
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311. and your young friend,
charlie constable,
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312. with the blood
on his hat,
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313. and... and then sometime during
the night they stopped coming,
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314. and it got quiet on the road
there, it got real quiet.
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315. And in that quiet just before
dawn, it come to me...
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316. what did?
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317. I don't know just how
to explain it to you, ma'am,
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318. but it's got to do
with that road
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319. and those men
moving down.
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320. There was union soldiers,
too, ma'am.
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321. Some of them helping my boys,
some of my boys helping them
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322. but all of them, all of them
moving down that road together
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323. just as if...
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324. just as if what?
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325. I don't know, ma'am.
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326. But there's something down
the end of that road,
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327. and I got to find out
what it is.
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328. So, I'll just take
my leave, ma'am,
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329. and I wish you well.
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330. Sergeant, sergeant,
I'd be alone.
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331. Please don't go,
stay here.
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332. No, ma'am.
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333. There's nothing here that
could ever belong to me.
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334. What do you think you'll find
at the end of that road?
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335. A future? A new south, perhaps?
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336. A new confederacy
born out of the ashes?
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337. Please...
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338. ? black is the color
of my true love's hair...?
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339. Jud!
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340. How fares
my wife?
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341. Oh, jud, please...
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342. please, oh...
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343. I've been ill, jud.
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344. I've been very ill.
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345. But I'll be all right,
now you've come home.
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346. This was home,
lavinia.
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347. It isn't any longer.
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348. We can rebuild it all.
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349. We can paint
and we can plow the fields,
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350. and we can buy seed...
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351. what's the matter, jud?
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352. Sergeant?
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353. Captain.
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354. You know.
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355. I think I do.
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356. I'm not sure,
but I think I do.
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357. Mrs. Godwin,
I have no doubt...
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358. no doubt at all
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359. I'll be seeing
you again in time
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360. at the end
of that road.
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361. Jud, what's happened?
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362. Your life, lavinia-
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363. well, it's kind
of like a song.
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364. You play it
right to the end,
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365. and when the notes
are finished,
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366. and they die out,
there's only silence.
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367. And that's
when you move on.
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368. Jud?
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369. Are we...
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370. are we dead?
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371. Yes, like all those
men on the road.
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372. Mine came at yellow
tavern with a bullet,
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373. and yours came
here with a fever.
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374. No, jud, no.
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375. I am alive!
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376. And I don't want
to leave here
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377. because if I do,
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378. it means that I've
given up everything.
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379. But there's nothing
to give up.
Jud, don't leave me.
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380. I'm not leaving
you, my darling.
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381. I'll wait for you.
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382. I'll meet you at
the end of the road.
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383. Oh, jud.
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384. I'll wait for you.
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385. Jud, come back to me!
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386. Jud, come back!
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387. Jud...
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388. you're staying
behind, my dear?
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389. Maybe... maybe
it's not so wise.
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390. I'm afraid.
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391. Of course you are.
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392. And I am, too.
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393. "Of all the wonders
that I yet have heard
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394. "it seems to me
most strange
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395. "that men should
fear;
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396. "seeing that death,
a necessary end,
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397. will come
when it'll come."
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398. That's from shakespeare,
julius caesar.
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399. You see, my dear,
I'm dead, too.
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400. I guess you might say
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401. I'm the last casualty
of the civil war.
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402. No.
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403. And I'm the last
man on this road.
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404. No.
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405. Jud!
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406. Jud!
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407. Incident on a dirt road
during the month of april,
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408. the year 1865.
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409. As we've already pointed out,
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410. it's a road
that won't be found on a map,
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411. but it's one of many that lead
in and out of the twilight zone.
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412. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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413. will tell you
about next week's story
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414. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.
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415. And now, mr. Serling.
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416. Next week
we engage in a game of pool
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417. that's both an activity
and a title.
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418. A play written
by george clayton johnson
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419. and starring mr. Jack klugman
and mr. Jonathan winters.
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420. It's the story about
the best pool player living
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421. and the best pool player dead.
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422. And this one, we submit, will
stay with you for quite a while.
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423. Next week onthe twilight zone,
"a game of pool."
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424. You have no answer for her
except "yes."
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425. To help many people
in many ways,
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426. give the united way.
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