2:15:04
They say Abe Lincoln got
his start splitting rails.
2:15:08
Just think what heights I may
climb to, once I get the knack.
2:15:11
The Yankees want $300 more in taxes.
2:15:15
What shall we do?
2:15:18
Ashley, what"s to become of us?
2:15:20
What becomes of people
when their civilization breaks up?
2:15:24
Those with brains and courage
come through all right.
2:15:27
Those that haven"t are winnowed out.
2:15:28
For heaven"s sake...
2:15:30
...don"t talk nonsense when it"s
us being winnowed out!
2:15:33
You"re right, Scarlett. Here I am
talking tommyrot about civilization...
2:15:38
...while your Tara is in danger.
2:15:40
You"ve come to me for help,
and l"ve none to give.
2:15:45
l"m a coward.
2:15:47
You, Ashley? A coward?
2:15:50
What are you afraid of?
2:15:52
Mostly of life becoming
too real for me, I suppose.
2:15:56
Not that I mind splitting rails.
2:15:59
But I do mind very much losing
the beauty of that life I loved.
2:16:05
If the war hadn"t come, l"d have spent
my life happily buried at Twelve Oaks.
2:16:10
But the war did come.
2:16:12
I saw my boyhood friends blown to bits.
2:16:15
I saw men crumple up in agony
when I shot them.
2:16:18
And now I find myself in a world
which for me is worse than death.
2:16:23
A world in which there"s
no place for me.
2:16:27
I can"t make you understand.
You don"t know the meaning of fear.
2:16:31
You never mind facing realities.
2:16:34
You never want to escape
from them as I do.
2:16:39
Escape?
2:16:42
Ashley, you"re wrong.
I do want to escape too.
2:16:46
l"m so very tired of it all.
l"ve struggled for food and for money.
2:16:51
l"ve weeded, hoed and picked cotton
till I can"t stand it.
2:16:54
I tell you, the South is dead.
It"s dead!
2:16:57
The Yankees and Carpetbaggers
have it and left nothing for us.