And, per been possible, so love ters gentle son before s, not only impossible, s meant s be married quickly.
INtERIOR. ChURCh. DAY
ar.
Joe, strained; fatoical.
Ministers hin-lipped, furious.
Ministers son and Annie-Belle, in simple ton wedding-dress, join hands.
MINIStER: Do you take this woman. . .
(Close up) Ministers sons o Annie-Belles finger.
INtERIOR. BARN. NIGht
Fiddle and banjo old-time music.
Vigorous square dance going on; bride and groom lead.
Fat table, glass in hand.
Jotle.
Bride and groom come toget end of dance; groom kisses brides cheek. She laughs.
(Close up) Annie-Belle looking s ters son.
ts taggers and faints.
Consternation.
Ministers son and Joowards her.
Jos her up in his arms, her head on his shoulder. Eyes opening.
Ministers son reac for s ake hold of her.
Ser Johe crowd.
Silence s ts on the marriage bed.
INtERIOR. MINIStERS
Annie-Belle in bed, in a we nigche pillow, weeping.
Ministers son, bare back, sitting on side of bed o camera, head in hands.
In ting into t and, in spite of ests, stripped Annie-Belle and subjected o a midion. S Annie-Belle tell t sure. too beurn of events to it; only, to ill loved ther mans child.
quot;Bitc; said ters ruck Annie-Belle a blo started her nose bleeding.
quot;Noop t, Mot; said tle son. quot;Cant you see s ;
terrible day dreo its end. t on treet, but ter, praying for guidance, found taken in adultery and meditated .
quot;Only tell me t; o Annie-Belle.
quot;Better you dont kno,quot; s; .quot;
quot;as it --?quot; naming one or two.
quot;You never kne.quot;
t out crying again, and ook her in his arms.
quot;It o; said t;t girl made a fool of you!quot;
Sable and t t table e of er t, seeing bread for Annie-Belle and lay it on e, my son is a saint. o fear for him.
quot;I do anyt,quot; er t out.
tratress uffed rustled beneaturned away from him.
INtERIOR. FARMC
Joside, looks at father asleep in rocking-chair.
Picks up some discarded garment of Annie-Belles from t.
Shoulders shake.
Opens cupboard, takes out bottle.
Uncorks eeth. Drinks.
Bottle in on porch.
EXtERIOR. PRAIRIE. NIGht
(Jo of vie, t;Landscape t; rises.
INtERIOR. MINIStERS SONS ROOM. NIGht
Annie-Belle and Ministers son in bed.
Moonligains.
Botle of mattress.
ANNIE-BELLE: You awake?
Ministers son moves away from her.
ANNIE-BELLE: Reckon I never properly knowed no young man before. . .
MINIStERS SON: about --
ANNIE-BELLE (sion off): Oh. . .
Ministers son moves towards her.
For s consider egory of quot;young menquot;; in one anot nig mig o be borne, it was already enougoo mucigerrible innocence.
It so muc s. Only, fearing t, it turned out t t , or, rat sance, a ne exist.
So ;It did not signify, my darling; I only did it oget sky t made us scared and so oget ; But s not say t, t t natural love of all precisely t not acknoo lie doranger o lie do silent. And ime, grow even more precious.
t nige of t, and ed to murder o get t for titute, but Annie-Belle served t on an apron, cut t, ty, sucitude t t , igrap, but s t for if t rocious gentleness of her menfolk. And. So.
Joo toers brier, c and still imagine it, t s do it . She did.
At tore, all gossip ceased o broreams omed to people. talked, go, out , still furt as far as tarts again, per some clerking job or ot. their children.
quot;Yes,quot; s;e s,quot; she said.
EXtERIOR. FARMhOUSE. DAY
Annie-Belle drives up in trap.
Jo on porc-sleeves, bottle in hand.
takes s get dorap.
ANNIE-BELLE: heres Daddy?
Joures tohe prairie.
ANNIE-BELLE (not looking at Jo someto tell him.
(Close up) Johnny.
JO you got noto tell me?
(Close up) Annie-Belle.
ANNIE-BELLE: Reckon I aint.
(Close up) Johnny.
JO do a .
(Close up) Annie-Belle.
ANNIE-BELLE: Cant ime.
(Close up) Johnny and Annie-Belle.
JO to scurry back, get your it?
ANNIE-BELLE: Jo you come to c married, Johnny?
Journs away.
EXtERIOR. FARMhOUSE. DAY
Annie-Belle gets dorap, follows Joowards farmhouse.
ANNIE-BELLE: Oh, Johnny, you knowed we did wrong.
Joowards farmhouse.
ANNIE-BELLE: I count myself fortunate to have found forgiveness.
JO are you going to tell Daddy?
ANNIE-BELLE: Im going out .
Giovanni: , cly lord
Found out a trick in nighan we
Could knoy? -- so?
Or does t come on you, to prove treacherous
to your past vohs?
Annabella:
At my calamity.
EXtERIOR. FARMhOUSE. DAY
JO ?
Annie-Belle nods,
JOhNNY: By yourself?
Annie-Belle shakes her head.
JOh him?
Annie-Belle nods.
Jos hand on porch rail, bends forward, hiding his face.
ANNIE-BELLE: It is for t.
Ss for ricates herself.
tle; contents of bottle run out on grass.
ANNIE-BELLE: It was wrong, w we did.
JO about . . .
ANNIE-BELLE: It s ever tle t never see it. Forget everything. Youll find yourself a woman, youll marry.
Jo and clasps o him.
quot;No,quot; s;never. No.quot; And foug and scratc;Never! Its s a sin.quot; But, , s;I dont to,quot; and s it, s not or else lay before simplicity of a cterly destroyed. So s free of o ty-split to toing the whip.
Accompanied by a black trunk like a coffin, ter and o a railen seen on telegraper-toickets. Autumn stuck; speak to ly but addressed remarks ter, by so a repentant sinner.
Sant virgin.
S go le. ig nigo say goodbye to take care of Jo come set tongues o set eyes on er in seems to explain titude. All knoerest in girls himself.
quot;Bless you, c; says ter. it troubling air of incipient sainttles runk and tucks a rug round dorack and tober mauve and broance, train ing sound, bloance, t underlines tance.
EXtERIOR. FARMhOUSE. DAY
Jos horse. Slings rifle over shoulder.
Kicks horses sides.
EXtERIOR. RAILROAD. DAY
train of smoke.
Engine pulling train across prairie.
EXtERIOR. PRAIRIE. DAY
Jorack.
EXtERIOR. RAILROAD. DAY
train wurning.
EXtERIOR. PRAIRIE. DAY
.
EXtERIOR. StAtION. DAY
MINIStERS IFE: Noake care of yourself, you s bring o say it).
MINIStER: Be sure to tell us about t comes.
(Close up) Annie-Belle smiling gratefully.
train wle.
And see tograp ting on a trunk, ing to be transported onwards, away, elsewure in her belly.
EXtERIOR. StAtION. DAY
Station master comes out of ticket-office.
StAtION MAStER: here she comes!
(Long s) Engine appearing round bend.
EXtERIOR. StAtION. DAY
Joethers his horse.
ANNIE-BELLE: o say goodbye after all!
(Close up) Joion.
JO here.
Giovanni: thus die, and die by me, and by my hand!
Revenge is mine; h love command!
Annabella: Oher, by your hand!
EXtERIOR. StAtION. DAY
ANNIE-BELLE: Dont s -- t --
MINIStERS SON: Oh, my God --
Bang, bang, bang.
to protect second, before t pierced o to a and passengers came tumbling off to see antics ood and stared and did not believe, did not believe.
Seeing some life left in er, Joo his knees beside her and her eyes opened up and, perhaps, she saw him, for she said:
Annabella: Brother, unkind, unkind. . .
So t Deatisfied, Jo to rigger.
EXtERIOR. StAtION. DAY
(Crane s) ter comforting rain in order to look at tastrophe.
t;Love t; rises over a pan of t sky, t of tinent, th, beloved, cruel, unkind.
NOtE:
t out Annabellas and carry it on stage; tage direction reads: Enter Giovanni, upon ing t is irresistibly reminiscent of tual tortures practised by the Indians who lived here before.