Oh, Rhett! Please don't go! You can't leave me, please! I'll never forgive
you!
RHETT
I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot.
There's one thing that I do know. And that is that I love you, Scarlett.
In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around
us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and
shrewd, But able to look things in the eyes and call them by their right
names.
SCARL
Don't hold me like that!
RHETT
Scarett, look at me. I love you more than I've ever loved any woman. And
I've waited longer for you than I've ever waited for any woman.
SCARL
Let me alone!
RHETT
Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarett, wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry the memory of your kisses into battle with him. Never mind about loving me. You're a woman sending a soldier to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarett, kiss me, kiss me, once.
SCARL
you're low-down, cowardly,nasty thing, you! They were right. Everybody
was right,you-you aren't a gentleman!
RHETT
A minor point at such a moment. Here. If anyone lays a hand on that nag, shoot him. But don't make a mistake and shoot the nag.
SCARL
Oh,go on! I want you to go! I hope a cannonball lands slap on you! I hope you're blown into a million pieces! I......
RHETT
Never mind the rest. I follow your general idea. And when I'm dead on the
altar of my country, I hope your conscience hurts you. Goodbye, Scarlett.