| RHETT |
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You can drop the moonlight and magnolia, Scarlett. So things have been
going well at Tara, have they? |
| SCARL |
Ye-es... |
| RHETT |
What have you been doing with your hands? |
| SCARL |
Just because I went riding last week, without my gloves.. |
| RHETT |
These don't belong to a lady! You've been working with them like a field
hand! Why did you lie to me, and what are you really up to? |
| SCARL |
Now, Rhett... |
| RHETT |
Another minute, I'd almost have believed you cared for something. |
| SCARL |
But I do care! |
| RHETT |
Suppose we get down to the truth. You want something from me! And you want
it badly enough to put on quite a show in your velvets! What is it? Money? |
| SCARL |
I want three hundred dollars to pay the taxes on Tara. Oh, Rhett, I did
lie to you when I said everything was all right. Things are just as bad
as they possibly could be! And you've got millions, Rhett. |
| RHETT |
What collateral are you offering ? |
| SCARL |
Oh, my earbobs. |
| RHETT |
Not interested. |
| SCARL |
Mortgage on Tara. |
| RHETT |
What would I do with a farm? |
| SCARL |
Aye, you wouldn't lose, I'd pay you back out of next year's cotton. |
| RHETT |
Not good enough. Have you nothing better? |
| SCARL |
You once said you love me. If you still love me, Rhett.... |
| RHETT |
You haven't forgotten I'm not a marrying man. |
| SCARL |
No, I haven't forgotten. |
| RHETT |
You're not worth three hundred dollars. You'll never mean anything but
misery to any man. |
| SCARL |
Go on! insult me! I don't care what you say! Only give me the money! I
won't let Tara go! I can't let it go while there's a breath left in my
body! Oh, Rhett, won't you please give me the money? |
| RHETT |
I couldn't give you the money if I wanted to. My funds are in Liverpool,
not in Atlanta. If I tried drawing a draft, the Yankees would be on me
like a duck on a June bug. So you see, my dear, you've abased yourself
to no purpose. |
| SCARL |
Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| RHETT |
Here! here, here! Stop it! You want the Yankees to see like this? |
| SCARL |
Take your hands off me, you skunk! You knew what I was going to say before
I started. You knew you wouldn't lend me the money and yet, you let me
go on. |
| RHETT |
I enjoyed hearing what you had to say. Cheer up. You can come to my hanging.
And I'll remember you in my will. |
| SCARL |
I'll come to your hanging. The only thing I'm afraid of is they won't hang you in time to pay the taxes on Tara. |