Fackeln im Sturm - Folge 3 - Herren und Sklaven

> Priam, run-away slave

Location: flag stop at the rail track

At a small train flag stop, Orry sees Priam trying to climb on a freight train and catches him. By George's distinctive objection, he gets Orry to let Priam run. But Orry ultimatively forbids George any further intervention into the way of life in the South.

Orry............................. (pulls the flag) This will stop your train. (train whistles)

George........................ Is that it?

Orry............................. No, that's Charleston freight. It comes by every other day about this time. The passenger local will be here in about twenty minutes. (train passes by, Orry sees Priam trying to climb it) Priam! Stop! Priam! (catches Priam, pulls his gun) Oh, Priam.

George........................ Orry, NO!

Orry............................. This has nothing to do with you, George.

Priam........................... Please, Mr. Orry.

George........................ For God's sake!

Orry............................. Don't you see that if I take him back, he will wish he was dead? You don't know what they'll do to him.

George........................ Then let'em go.

Orry............................. I told you, he belongs to my father.

George........................ Please. If not for Priam, then do it for me.

Orry............................. It's not fair, George. You're taking advantage of our friendship.

George........................ Yes, I am.

Orry............................. Alright, Priam. Alright, run. Run, before I change my mind. Run! RUN! (Priam runs after the train, to George) Life for life, George. You saved mine. And I will still stand up with you if you want me. But you have to get it in your head: our lifes down here are different - they have to be. Don't ever interfere with us again, or ask me to go against my own kind. (rides off) (1)

(1) Director's error: Whe Orry catches Priam and then lets him run, his hair changes multiple times between being sweaty and wild and being well-laid.

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03.04 - George's Wedding

Start 6.54, Length 1.40

Participants:

> George Hazard (no text)

> Constance Flynn à Hazard

> katholischer Priester

> Maude Hazard (no text)

> Billy Hazard (no text)

> Statists: two ministra nts, one lady in the church

Location opening 1: Lehigh Station, in the streets

Location opening 2: Lehigh Station, church, outside

Location scene: Lehigh Station, church, inside

1848 George and Constance are being married, with besides George's family members the catholic church is nearly empty, as Isabel points out in disgust.

Priest........................... I, Constance, take thee, George for my lawful husband, -

Constance.................. I, Constance, take thee, George for my lawful husband, -

Priest........................... - to have and to hold from this day forward, -

Constance.................. - to have and to hold from this day forward, -

Priest........................... - for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, -

Constance.................. - for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, -

Priest........................... - until death do us part.

Constance.................. - until death do us part.

Priest........................... Ego con jungo vossi matrumonio...

Isabel.......................... To think I would ever be forced to a Catholic ceremony, it's a disgrace.

Stanley....................... Be quiet, Isabel.

Isabel.......................... At least they had a good sense to keep it private. As if anyone would have come anyway.

Stanley....................... (imploring) Please be quiet, Isabel.

Priest........................... ...et spiritu sankti. (to Orry) May have the ring, please. (to George and Constance) A tutorium nostrum in nomine domine. (George puts the ring on Constance's finger) By the authority vested in me by the Holy Mother Church and the Commenwealth of Pennsylvania, I now pronounce you: man and wife. - You may kiss the bride. (kiss)

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03.05 - Wedding Reception At Belvedere

Start 8.34, Length 2.56

Participants:

> Stanley Hazard (no text)

> Isabel Hazard (no text)

> Billy Hazard

> Statists: guests, servants

Location: Belvedere, outside

In the garden of the Hazard's estate Belvedere, they have a big celebration. Billy makes remarks to Orry as wanting to be a soldier himself. Soon after, Orry gets into conversation with friendly-mooded Virgilia.

Billy............................. (brings a drink to Orry) Here you are.

Orry............................. Thank you, Billy.

Billy............................. (looks around) Think, this'll go on forever?

Orry............................. It's not every day your big brother get's married, Billy.

Billy............................. I know, it isn't. I just wish I were somewhere else.

Orry............................. Where would you like to be?

Billy............................. Think they take me at West Point?

Orry............................. (drinks) Want to be a soldier?

Billy............................. I really envied you and George when you were fighting down in Mexico.

Orry............................. It was some hard times down there. You don't envy this leg, do you?

Billy............................. No. I'd just like to be a soldier, that's all.

Orry............................. May be, some day you will.

Maude........................ (to Constance and George) Constance, my dear, if my William had lived, I know that he would have been proud to welcome you to our family today.

Constance.................. Oh, thank you. Everyone has been so kind.

Maude........................ (laughes) We're all so fond of you already. (embraces her, to George) Now George, there's something very important I want to say to you and your brother. (to Constance) And I'd like you and Isabel to hear it as well.

George........................ You're being very mysterious, Mother.

Maude........................ Oh, not really. This is something I wanted to do for quite a while. So come along.

Orry............................. (occasionally meets Virgilia) Miss Hazard.

Virgilia........................ (puzzled) Mr. Main.

Orry............................. I thought, Constance has made a very beautiful bride.

Virgilia........................ Yes, she did. Do you admire beauty, Mr. Main?

Orry............................. As a matter of fact, I do.

Virgilia........................ What about a woman's mind, Mr. Main? Do you admire that also? Well, I just heard that Southern men aren't concerned about what women think.

Orry............................. Well, I can't speak for all Southern men, but for myself I admire a woman for all that she is, and that includes her ideas.

Virgilia........................ Is that so? Well, perhaps you'd like to hear a few more of mine. (walk on together)

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03.06 - Two Directors

Start 11.30, Length 1.13

Participants:

> George Hazard (no text)

Location: Belvedere, study

Maude announces to her sons and their wifes, that the control over Hazard Iron will now be - except the finances - devided equally between Stanley and George. Stanley quickly gives in, but Isabel is angered visibly.

Maude........................ It's a great joy to have my children near me now. And since George is home for good, married and settled at last, I feel that it is time for a change in the management of Hazard Iron.

Isabel.......................... A change, Mother?

Maude........................ Yes, dear. I've decided that George and Stanley should have equal responsibility of the foundry.

Isabel.......................... What?

Stanley....................... I thought it was understood that I, as the oldest son, would run Hazard Iron.

Maude........................ As the oldest you will retain financial control, of course. But George will have an equal voice in all other matters. I feel that George has earned this, Stanley, and I believe that it is fair to both of you.

Stanley....................... Of course, Mother.

Constance.................. (to George) Oh, George, I'm so happy for you.

Maude........................ And now I think we should all return to our guests.

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03.07 - How Honest Is Virgilia?

Start 12.43, Length 1.59

Participants:

> Constance Hazard (no text)

> Statists: guests, servants

Location: Belvedere, outside

Virgilia invites Orry to her first public address on the matter of slavery. Then Maude offers the Main family her invitation to Belvedere at summertime.

Orry............................. So what have you done with yourself the last few years?

Virgilia........................ I've been working very hard for the Antislavery Society. I'm giving my first address, a week from tonight in Philadelphia.

Orry............................. Really?

Virgilia........................ I was told that you'd be in that city then.

Orry............................. Yes.

Virgilia........................ On your way back to Dixie? (1)

Orry............................. That's right.

Virgilia........................ Well, since you're so enamored with women and their ideas, perhaps you would enjoy listening to one who actually ha s some. The meeting is public, and you're certainly welcome.

Orry............................. Well, believe it or not, Miss Hazard, since your brother and I became friends, I have taken a serious interest in the Northern point of view. I would consider it a pleasure to hear you speak.

Maude........................ (appeares) Oh, Orry, here you are. I have... that is, we have something we'd like to ask you. It's an invitation, really, for you and all your family to join us here at Belvedere next summer for a nice long visit. Our lake is really very lovely that time of the year.

Orry............................. Well, it sounds delightful, Ma'am. On behalf of all the Mains I accept with pleasure.

Virgilia........................ Oh, Mother, we need to notify the architects, so we can set up slave quarters in the back. (turns off)

Maude........................ (desperate) Aw, Virgilia. (to Orry) I'm so sorry.

George........................ Now, Mother, we all know that the best thing to do when Virgilia gets like this is to ignore her. So I think this is an excellent opportunity for the Best Man to propose a toast to the bride and groom.

Orry............................. It would be my very great pleasure.

(1) Historical: "Dixie" denote the South of the United States, explicitly those states south of the line drawn in 1767 by the geologists Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon along the southern border of Pennsylvania and the western border of Delaware, to defines the northern claims of Maryland. This line was popularily called "Mason-Dixon-Line", and the region south of it then als "Dixi -Land" or simply "Dixie". The later Southern hymn "Dixieland" also refers to this nomination. (Wikipedia)

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03.08 - Virgilia's Address

Start 14.42, Length 7.37

Participants:

> Constance Hazard (no text)

> Sam Greene, Congressman

> Gerrit Smith, Abolitionist

> Versammlungsleiter

> Frederick Douglass, former slave, now abolitionist

> Statists: audience, music band

Location: Philadelphia assembly hall

Orry and George visit the abolitionists gathering in the assembly hall of Philadelphia, where they meet with congressman Sam Greene. For the longer time, Orry restrains himself to be quiet. But when Virgilia compares Southern plantations to breeding farms in her speech, he hears enough and leaves.

(marching band walks in playing) (1)

Greene........................ (on the balcony) Good evening, Sir. Representative Sam Greene, Pennsylvania. This is one of the leading lights of our movement, Mr. Gerrit Smith. (2)

George........................ Delighted. George Hazard, this is my wife Constance...

Greene........................ Charmed.

George........................ And my friend Orry Main.

Smith........................... Hazard of Hazard Iron?

George........................ That's right.

Smith........................... Then you must be related to Miss Virgilia.

George........................ My sister. The gentleman are acquainted with her?

Smith........................... Why, man, she's the reason that we are here. You must be very proud of her.

George........................ Proud? Why, yes.

Smith........................... She's done wonders for our cause, Sir.

Greene........................ A hard worker with enormous energy, to match her remarkable beauty.

Smith........................... If she can manage to put into words in a public forum what does she feel so deeply in her heart, and the days of slavery are numbered just from this night.

Director...................... (at the lectern on the stage) Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome and good evening. I have the honor to introduce to you a man, whose personal sufferings and trials symbolize and personify the wicked and diabolical institution of slavery, which nature and all decent men abhor. A man, free at last by the grace of God, who has literally suffered the cruelties and the tortures of the damned at the hands of human monsters who held him in bondage. Mr. Frederick Douglass. (applause)

Douglass.................... Thank you, my friends. I am very glad to be here. I am very glad to mingle my voice with those with whom I have laboured for the purpouse of undoing the burdens of my brethren and hastening the day of their emancipation. (applause) My friends, slavery must be abolished. And the only way that can be done is by enforcing the great principles of justice. Vainly, you talk about voting it down. When you have cast your millions of ballots, you will not have reached the evil. It has fastened it's root deep into the heart of the nation, and nothing but God's truth and love can cleanse the land. (applause) I ask you - no, I beg you to look at the practical operation of the slave trade, the American slave trade, sustained by American politics and American religion. There you will see men and women reared like swine for the market. Driven so that they crowd the highways of the nation. Driven by men armed with pistol, whip and bowie knife. See, too, the young girl of thirteen wheeping - yes, wheeping - as she thinks of the mother from whome she has just been torn. Attend the slave auction and see men examined like horses, and women rudely and shockingly exposed to the gaze of American slave buyers. And never forget the sobs that arise from this group as they are sold and seperated forever. Tell me, dear citizens, where under God's sun, can you find a spectacle more fiendish and shocking than this? (applause, shouts) (3)

Director...................... It is now my singular pleasure to introduce a new and tireless member of our organization, who has fearlessly chosen the path of God's work. May I present Miss Virgilia Hazard. (applause)

Virgilia........................ My friends, there is one aspect of slavery, so foul, so utterly depraved, that even we on this platform have been loath to raise it's specter. I must admit to you my shame to stand before you with rising indignation, a decent Christian woman addressing an audience of her own kind, forced to address publically a sin, so vile, so vicious and degenerate. The South's hateful system depends on the prepetuation of it's free labour force. So where, Ladies and Gentlemen, do these new slaves come from, when the aged and infirmed are worked to death, beaten to death? Why, they come from slavery itself. For the true crop of a Southern plantation is a human crop. (murmur) Yes, my friends, the plantations of the South are nothing more than black breeding farms.

Woman in audience. (low) She's an offence to all the women in the abolitionist movement.

Virgilia........................ Giant bordellos, owned and operated by a degenerate aristocracy. Men who, in their lust force their animal passions on the defenseless bodies of the women and the children they hold prisoner. God in his heaven cries out against these crazed satyrs. And every upright human heart cries out in moral outrage No! No! (audience cuts in) No! No! ...

Orry............................. (on the balcony, rises)

George........................ Orry! You know she doesn't speak for all of us.

Orry............................. No no, not for you. But for everyone else here she does.

Greene........................ Here, Sir, you must not leave while Miss Virgilia is speaking.

Orry............................. I am afraid, Sir, I have a train to catch, to South Carolina. I have some blacks to breed. (leaves)

(1) Historical: The song "Clear The Track", as played by the music band, really was on of the most-used marching songs of the abolitionist movement.

(2) Historical: Gerrit Smith, 06.03.1797 - 28.12.1874, social reformer, abolitionist, politician, unsuccessful presidential candidate 1848, 1852 and 1856 (Wikipedia)

(3) Historical: Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey), 1818 - 20.02.1895, slave in Baltimore, MD, 03.09.1838 run off at third attempt, afterwords most prominent speaker of the anti-slavery movement around New York. This speech contains excerpts from Douglass' real public performances. (Wikipedia)

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03.09 - Greene's Courtesy

Start 22.19, Length 1.16

Participants:

> Sam Greene

> Statists: lady in talk with Virgilia, other guests

Location opening: Ford's Theatre, entrance

Location scene: Philadelphia, foyer to assembly hall

After the assembly ended, Sam Green pays Virgilia his respect and admiration and asks her for a rendezvous. But Virgilia declines on grounds of Green being a married man.

Greene........................ Miss Hazard. (to another woman) Pardon me. (to Virgilia) Dear lady, you were magnificent, you were beyond description.

Virgilia........................ Why, thank you, Mr. Greene. I only spoke what was in my heart.

Greene........................ You said things that had not been said, that cried out for the saying. The passion of your address, the physical presentation stirred me deeply.

Virgilia........................ You do me an honor to say so.

Greene........................ You've done us the honor. I wonder, might we share a late supper to further discuss my reaction? I've taken the liberty of requesting a small repast.

Virgilia........................ I'm most grateful for your approval, Sir. But I seem to remember that you are a married man.

Greene........................ My maritial status should present no obstacle to the cause of freedom.

Virgilia........................ Nor does it, Mr. Greene. But freedom must ever be coupled with responsibility, as our Founding Fathers so aptly put it. Perhaps another time, when you yourself are free. (turns off)

Greene........................ Miss Ha...

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03.10 - Justin Demansa A Son

Start 23.35, Length 2.05

Participants:

> Justin LaMotte

> Madeline LaMotte

> Statists: slaves at the horse and behind the entrance door

Location opening: Resolute, outside, hall, stairs

Location scene: Resolute, bedroom

Justin rants with his wife over her caring ways with the skaves, and he demands her to deliver him a son he wants.

Justin.......................... (rides up to the house, rushes inside) Madeline! (rushes upstairs) Madeline! (enters the bedroom) Madeline! Don't you answer when I call you?

Madeline.................... I'm sorry, Justin. I was taking a nap. I didn't hear.

Justin.......................... You hear well enough when your slave women holler, don't you? I heard about your latest errand of mercy.

Madeline.................... I just do what I can to help.

Justin.......................... Quite a reputation around here: Madeline, the merciful. Madeline, the pregnant nigger's angel.

Madeline.................... Justin, please!

Justin.......................... Damn it! I don't want my wife spending all her time playing midwife to my slaves.

Madeline.................... Well, perhaps you'd rather risk losing the cildren.

Justin.......................... You're worried about the cildren, are you, my dear? Well, I'm worried about children, too. My own, the ones you're not giving me. I want a son. I want a boy of my own, that's all. (grabs her) Damn it, woman, look at me when I'm talking to you. Until you give me the son I want, you stay away from those black sluts. You understand me? You better. I'll be watching you. Remember that. (leaves)

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03.11 - Love At The Chapel

Start 25.40, Length 4.06

Participants:

> Madeline LaMotte

Location: abandoned chapel

Desperate Madeline awaits Orry at the chapel. When he arrives, all restraints fall and they make intense love with each other.

Orry............................. (steps in) I've ridden by about a hundred times, hoping you'd be here.

Madeline.................... Oh, I tried to stay away, too, but I could't.

Orry............................. There hasn't been a day I haven't thought about you. (kiss) Madeline, leave Justin. We could run away. We could...

Madeline.................... You know...

Orry............................. I can't bear to be...

Madeline.................... We can't. We can't.

Orry............................. I will not let him stop us.

Madeline.................... You don't know him. He'd hunt us like slaves. We'd be fugitives, we'd have no legal or moral right on our side.

Orry............................. I don't care about right, I care about you. Divorce him, Madeline.

Madeline.................... I can't. If I even suggested, I think... - In my heart I'm married to you. I always will be. (kiss, gentle but intense sex)

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03.12 - Accident At Hazard Iron

Start 29.46, Length 2.01

Participants:

> Wiley, foreman

> wounded worker

> Supporting roles: other burning or wounded workers

> Statists: more workers

Location: Hazard Iron

The explosion of a boiler at the foundry claims dead and wounded. G eorge saves a worker from the flames. Then foreman Wiley informs him, that Stanley has canceled toe installation of enforcement bands at the boilers.

(explosion, coal hatches bursting out, burning workers staggering out through holes in the wall)

Worker....................... Get me out!

George........................ (puts off his jacket, helps erase burning clothes) Get away from the building! Wiley, get those men out of there! Set up a station for the wounded! (pulls men aside) Come on! What happened?

Worker....................... There's men in there dying.

George........................ I'll go and get them. Wiley, take care of those men. (turns to step inside)

Wiley.......................... Mr. Hazard, you can't go in there. It's an inferno!

Arbeiter...................... (inside) Aaahh! Help me! Help, I'm over there, help me! Help!

George........................ (lifts up a girder) Come on. (takes the worker on his shoulder, carries him out)

Wiley.......................... Are you alright, Mr. Hazard?

George........................ Wiley, run to town, get the doctors. Get all three of them if you can and get back here fast.

Wiley.......................... Yes, Sir. I already sent August, but I'll go myself, Sir. You sure, you're not hurt?

George........................ Wiley - why? Why did it blow?

Wiley.......................... Pressure, Sir.

George........................ The wrought-iron bands, the reinforcement bands, I ordered them installed.

Wiley.......................... Yes, Sir, but Mr. Stanley, Sir, he cancelled the order. (leaves)

(1) Übersetzungsfehler: Dieser Text wurde in der deutschen Fassung frei erfunden hinzugefügt.

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03.13 - George Confronts Stanley

Start 31.47, Length 2.30

Participants:

Location: Belvedere, study

George confronts his brother Stanley. Maude cuts in and transfers the financial control over Hazard Iron to George.

George........................ Why did you cancel my order, Stanley? (1)

Stanley....................... The shipments were off, we couldn't afford it.

George........................ We couldn't afford it? Do you think that we can afford those dead workmen? They have families that have depended on us, Stanley. Families who are now without husbands, their fathers. The bands will go on immediately, I re-issue the order.

Stanley....................... You can't. You don't have the authority.

George........................ The hell I haven't. The only place your name takes precedence over mine is on the bank drafts. We'll re-inforce those bands immediately, and we'll pay five-thousand dollars compensation - miserable comfort though it is - to the families of the men who died at Hazard Iron. (2)

Stanley....................... That's insane, I won't do it.

George........................ That is not insane! It's the only decent thing to do! And you will do it, Stanley! You will sign those bank drafts, or I'll come down here with a hundred mill workers and let them convince you.

Maude........................ (appeares) George. Stanley. I just come from the foundry. I was shocked by what I saw there.

George........................ (walks over to her) I know, Mother.

Stanley....................... This new system is not simply going to work. We can't have this division of authority.

Maude........................ I know that, Stanley. And I'm going to do something about it. Now I've learned a great deal about Hazard Iron since your father died. Not particularly because I wanted to, but because I was compelled to learn by my responsibility for the foundry.

Stanley....................... And that's an embarrassment to me, Mother, as if you don't have confidence in my ability.

Maude........................ I'm sorry if it seams so, dear.

Stanley....................... Mother...

Maude........................ By giving you financial cont rol of Hazard Iron, I've let you prevent George, time and again, from making improvements. You refused to burn coal instead of charcoal, even after George proved coal was more efficient. You refused to buy new equipment or... or repair the old. And now this... horrible explosion... dear God.

Stanley....................... That was not my fault!

Maude........................ Well, I'm going to have to try a change, Stanley. I'm going to give George control of the money and see how things progress.

Stanley....................... Mother, you can't take that away from me, too.

Maude........................ You and George will have equal say in everything else.

Stanley....................... ---

Maude........................ My decission is made, Stanley. I don't wanna hear another word about it. (turns and leaves)

(1) Director's error: The stains and rippings on George's shirt were similar at the scene at the foundy and the conversation at Belvedere, but not really identical. It probably wasn't the same shirt (the scenes were filmed in far distant locations at Natchez, MS and Charleston, SC).

(2) Director's error: The sliding door to the study is open, and in the room in the background (the original "Ladies Parlor"), there can be seen an electrical light switch besides the door.

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03.14 - Isabel Is Disappointed

Start 34.17, Length 1.11

Participants:

Location: Belvedere, Stanley's bedroom

At night, Isabel accuses Stanley to not be expressive enough over this loss if might at the company, and calls out to fight George and Constance.

Isabel.......................... I just don't understand you. Why weren't you stronger with her?

Stanley....................... What could I do? Her mind was made up.

Isabel.......................... You could have made a stand. Instead you let your brother George walk all over you.

Stanley....................... Mother says we're equal.

Isabel.......................... (scornful) 'Oh, mother says we're equal.' Except that George now has the money, which means he really has the power.

Stanley....................... What can we do?

Isabel.......................... Nothing. Except wait and watch for a time when we can get our own back.

Stanley....................... That could take years.

Isabel.......................... (emphatic) Yes, Stanley. All because you weren't man enough now. We'll have our chance. We'll get back everything that your brother George has stolen from us. Him and that Irish slut of his. We're gonna make him sorry, verry sorry indeed.

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03.15 - Tillet's Funeral

Start 35.28, Length 1.59

Participants:

> Priester

> Clarissa Main (no text)

> Orry Main (no text)

> Charles Main (no text)

> Ashton Main (no text)

> Brett Main (no text)

> Salem Jones (no text)

> Semiramis, Sklavin (no text)

> Justin LaMotte (no text)

> Madeline LaMotte (no text)

> Statists: slaves

Location: Mont Royal, family cemetery at the garden

In 1853, Tillet Main dies and is burried by a small ceremony at the plantation's family cemetery. Besides members of the family and their slaves, also in attendance are Madeline and Justin, who shows himself expressively bored. Ashton on the other hand tries to eye-flirt with her cousin Charles.

Priest........................... My dear friends, as we commit Tillet Main to God's care today, we must remember these words: 'In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.' And I know that the Lord has prepared a special place for Tillet Main. His family must not grieve. His loving daughters, Brett and Ashton, must all remember him in their hearts and rejoice, that this fine man, this loving father and husband, is now with our Lord and saviour for all eternity. Amen.

(Clarissa, Brett and Ashton put flowers and Orry a saber on the pine box, then leave)

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03.16 - Orry Comforts His Mother

Start 37.27, Length 1.44

Participants:

Location: Mont Royal, stairs and Clarissa's room

At night, Orry visits his mother in her room and comforts her.

Orry............................. (knocks, walks in and sits down beside Clarissa) Mother, you ought to sleep.

Clarissa....................... I will, Orry.

Orry............................. Father would have wanted you to take care of yourself.

Clarissa....................... I can't believe he's gone. He loved you very much.

Orry............................. I know.

Clarissa....................... I'm afraid he didn't always know how to show it... Lord, I'm gonna miss him so.

(1) Director's error: When Orry enters his moth er's room, there can be seen a very swift movement outside the window behind Clarissa, that can only originate from a powered vehicle.

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03.17 - Charles With Semiramis

Start 39.11, Length 2.13

Participants:

> Semiramis, Sklavin

Location opening: Mont Royal, slave quarters, outside

Location scene: Mont Royal, slave cabin, inside

Inside a slave cabin, the young slave woman Semiramis talks with Orry's cousin Charles, who complaions about not being seen as a family member. Semiramis softly declines his approach on her.

Semiramis................... They do care about you

Charles....................... They don't care about me. They treat me like I'm a stranger. Hell, if it wasn't for my last name, they wouldn't have me here at all. Well, I am a stranger, I know that. But blood is blood. I mean, you'd think they'd honor that. A cousin's a cousin, even if his parents were poor.

Semiramis................... They done made a home for you here.

Charles....................... Some home. Old Clarissa, she treats me like I'm a child. And Orry, the big master, he's as distant as a king. I guess that's what he thinks he is. He pays me no mind at all. I'm no more family to them than you are. Just like another one of their slaves. I might as well be.

Semiramis................... Maybe you don't like the way that feels.

Charles....................... No, I don't. You're the only one who understands, Semiramis.

Semiramis................... Sure I understand. I've been a slave my whole life. That don't mean that I liked it.

Charles....................... (gets close) I'm sorry it has to be that way.

Semiramis................... You best be getting back. It's getting late.

Charles....................... (hasitates, then leaves)

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03.18 - Orry Fires Salem Jones

Start 41.24, Length 1.11

Parti cipants:

> Salem Jones

> Supporting Roles: Semiramis

Location: Mont Royal, near the slave quarters

Orry reitet zu Salem Jones und verkündet ihm seine sofortige Entlassung von Mont Royal.

Jones.......................... (rises from a chair) Mr. Orry, Sir. You're out doing early on this morning.

Orry............................. It's best take care of hard business early, and that's what I'm here to do.

Jones.......................... Oh, is that so?

Orry............................. I'm releasing you from your employ at Mont Royal. You'll have a month's pay and your choice of a horse from the working stable.

Jones.......................... Why?

Orry............................. I never liked you nor the way you did your job.

Jones.......................... Is that right? And how is that, Sir? I always did my best. Your father never complained on me.

Orry............................. My father and I are different men. Now that he's gone I gotta do things that seems best to me.

Jones.......................... Take a man's place who's worked like a nigger to get it...?

Orry............................. Anger will not serve you, Mr. Jones.

Jones.......................... No, what hard work won't do, talk will never help. B ut you hear me: the day may come when you regret having thrown me out like this. I promise you that.

Orry............................. I think, not. Good day to you. (rides off)

Jones.......................... (sees Semiramis runing away) Semiramis, get back here! (Semiramis keeps on runing)

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03.19 - Salem Jones Versus Charles

Start 42.35, Length 3.53

Participants:

> Mr. Graves, tavern owner

> Salem Jones

> Supporting roles: two friends of Jones

> Statists: more guests at the tavern, woman at the fire, playing children

Location: tavern "Stag Tavern" and area, outside and inside

Soon after that, a fist fight ensues between Jones and slightly drunk Charles. Orry appears and ends the fight, but Charles rejects his reservations.

Jones.......................... (rides up with two companions, enters the tavern) Hello! What have we here but a sorry nest of drunkards.

Barkeeper................... Three more to swell the company, Salem, with the likes of you.

Jones.......................... Never mind, Graves, you'll take our money. Three bardadoes, the full measure. (sees Charles, to himself) Can't find a way to get away from that tribe.

Charles....................... What's that you say, Salem?

Jones.......................... None of you business, boy. Keep your ugly Main nose in your own Ale.

Charles....................... (rises) You insault my family.

Jones.......................... Your family? Is that what you call'em? That ain't what they call you. (grins)

Charles....................... So happens I'm not in love with the Mont Royal branch of the family myself. But I've talked with some of the slaves about you, Mr. Jones. Fact is, I'd defend you. They said, you weren't fit to sleep with pigs. But I said, you were. (fist fight, turns outside, Orry appears a-horse, one man pulls a pistol)

Onlooker.................... Look out, he's got a gun!

Orry............................. (pulls the saber) Hold it. (shot, Orry immediately rises the saber)

Barkeeper................... (with shotgun) You three! Out of here. Move smartly, now. Come on, Salem, you heard me. The constable will be paying you a visit in the morning to account for all this.

Orry............................. (to Charles) Good Lord, Charles, brawling in a tavern like a common cotton chopper.

Charles....................... (laughes) What does it matter.

Orry............................. Don't you have any pride in yourself if not in us?

Barkeeper................... In fairness to the boy, Sir, it was Jones who went for him first.

Orry............................. That's all well and good, Sir. But a gentleman does not lower himself to a fistfight with a loat like Jones. You're disgrace, Charles.

Charles....................... (arouses) You're not my father. You don't care about me, none of you do. And I don't care what you say. (mounts, rides off)

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03.20 - James Huntoon Proposes 1

Start 46.28, Length 2.22

Participants:

> Brett Main

> Charles Main (outsode,. no text)

> James Huntoon (opening, no text)

> Statists: Huntoon' coach driver (opening), slaves (oening)

Location opening: Mont Royal, driveway

Location scene: Mont Royal, girls room

Location view out the window: Mont Royal, driveway

Brett helps Ashton in her room to tie up a corsett. When Charles returns home, Ashton reports, that he had allegedly been flirting with the bride of some Whitney Smith.

Brett............................ Breathe in. Well, that has to be tight enough, Ashton.

Ashton....................... What would you know about it, anyway? You're still an baby. No amount of lace would make you look one bit better than a pine board. Now pull.

Brett............................ Do you always have to say things like that?

Ashton....................... Well, it's true. Besides, babies are sweet, (playful) and you have sweet baby skin, and sweet baby bloomers, and you'll probably still be just baby-sweet when you're sweet - old - maid. (laughes, looks outside the window)

Brett............................ Cousin Charles.

Ashton....................... He's just getting in. Been out all night again.

Brett............................ You kinda fancy him, don't you?

Ashton....................... Ohoho, I just let on like I do. You know, to make the poor orphan boy feel accepted. When I was real nice to him once, and you now what he said - what he had the nerve to say to me?

Brett............................ What?

Ashton....................... He said, 'Keep your distance, cousin dear, I'm wise to you.'

Brett............................ (laughes)

Ashton....................... Oh, what do I care. He'll be dead soon enough.

Brett............................ Dead? What are you saying?

Ashton....................... Well, where do you suppose he's been all night? Off sparking Sue Marie Smith.

Brett............................ But she's engaged to her cousin Whitney.

Ashton....................... Well, of course she is, dummy. And her cousin Whitney will just kill Charles for it. Though he ought to kill Sue Marie. The men say, her britches are like a basket of coals. Of course you wouldn't know what that means. But I do.

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03.21 - James Huntoon Proposes 2

Start 48.45, Length 0.47

Participants:

> James Huntoon

Location: Mont Royal, study

Young atourney at law James Huntoon appears at Mont Royal and formally asks Orry for permission to court for Ashton.

Orry............................. Now, what is it exactly you want, Mr. Huntoon?

James.......................... Sir, I seek the improval of your bountiful heart. In short, Sir, I beg your kind permission to pay formal court to your daughter.

Orry............................. My daughter?

James.......................... No, Sir. Damn, I misspoke myself. Your sister, Miss Ashton, Sir.

Orry............................. Are you sure you know what you're doing, Huntoon?

James.......................... My love leads me on, Sir. I worship the very ground she walks on. (Orry sits down) Did I say something that I should not have said, Sir?

Orry............................. Well, I guess that's all on in the point of view, Sir.

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03.22 - James Huntoon Proposes 3

Start 49.37, Length 1.29

Participants:

> Brett Main

Location: Mont Royal, girls room

The young ladies' talk shows their opposit standings, when Ashton declares to judge proposals only on tactical considerations.

Ashton....................... There, I'm already tight as a drum inside.

Brett............................ When are you and James Huntoon announcing your engagement?

Ashton....................... Well, whatever makes you think we will?

Brett............................ Well, if not, then why is he downstairs, asking Orry's permission to come courting, if you have no intention.

Ashton....................... HE's got all the intentions, child. Now, what do I know what an old man thinks. He's more then twenty. Here's how I feel about him. (chokes a doll, Brett laughes), Now, don't laugh, it's true. I can't stand this puffy old face, his squinty little eyes, his slippery old kisses. Yuck.

Brett............................ Kisses? You let him kiss you already?

Ashton....................... It's just a little-old taste to honey, you baby, sweeten him up.

Brett............................ But if you don't even like him, how could you?

Ashton....................... What has 'like' got to do with anything. Everybody says, James is gonna be real important some day. And a girl can't have too many important men courting in her, now can't she?

Brett............................ (laughes) Oh, Ashton, can't you ever be serious?

Ashton....................... But I am serious. Lord, I might even marry slobbery old James. That is if I can find some advantage in it.

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03.23 - James Huntoon Proposes 4

Start 51.06, Length 1.22

Participants:

> James Huntoon

Location: Mont Royal, study

While James points out his advantages to Orry, Clarissa cuts in, and James is dismissed with the permission to court for Ashton.

James.......................... In short, Sir, I make bold to consider myself qualified, perhaps even highly qualified to offer myself as a candidate for your sister's fair hand.

Orry............................. 'Offer yourself' is a good choice of words.

James.......................... Perhaps you already discount me for some reason?

Orry............................. No, James, I don't discount you at all.

James.......................... I would hope not, Sir. As you know, Sir, I am South Carolina's youngest attorney-at-law. I am a champion at stage rides and a follower of the noble John C. Calhoun. Since his passing, I had begun to aspire to high political office, so I may continue his great work. And there are those who feel that my goal is not an impossible one. (1)

Clarissa....................... (appeares) Excuse me. Orry, I need to speak with you right away.

Orry............................. (rises, to James) If you'll excuse us.

James.......................... I may, then, consider my suit as not entirely unwelcome to Mont Royal?

Orry............................. You may. And Godspeed and guide you, Mr. Huntoon. You're gonna need it.

James.......................... Thank you, Sir. I'll find my own way. (leaves)

Clarissa....................... (to Orry) This time, he's really done it. Your cousin Charles is in serious trouble. You must come. (they leave for the door)

(1) Historisch: John C. Calhoun see Episode 2 scene 19

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03.24 - Satisfaction Demanded

Start 52.28, Length 2.46

Participants:

> Smith Dawkins

> Statists: James Huntoon and his coach driver, slave at the horse

Location: Mont Royal, veranda

Smith Dawkins in his studdering way shows up as second to his relative Whitney Smith, who demans satisfaction from Charles. Orry is generally opposed to a duel, but then accepts to be Charles' second.

Orry............................. (steps out the front door) Please state your business, Sir.

Dawkins..................... My name is Mr. - Smith Dawkins. And I am representative and relative of Mr. Whitney S-mith, who last evening came upon Mr. Charles Main of this Plantation in - d'alliance with his fiancée Miss S-ue-Marie Smith. The gentlemen exchanged words, whereupon Mr. Main struck Mr. S-mith a severe blow. Whereupon Mr. S-mith - demanded satisfaction, in consequence of which I'm here to make arrangements. Will you be acting as Mr. Main's second?

Orry............................. I will not. Mr. Main is too young to be fighting duells. Besides, they are against the law.

Dawkins..................... He is old enough to have given offence in a totally adult way. And as you very well know, Sir, the Code D-Duello is in common practice despite S-outh Carolina law. Now, if you would kindly direct me to Mr. Main's second, or better still, to Mr. Main himself. (1)

Orry............................. Well, I'll be delighted to, but I don't know where he is. You are determined to go through with this farce, aren't you?

Dawkins..................... Mr. Whitney S-mith does not consider it a farce, Sir. And neither will your kindsman.

Orry............................. To hell with it then. I'll stand the second.

Dawkins..................... We promise absolute discression, Sir. No wittnesses other than family.

Orry............................. In the case of the Smith family, that could run into the hundreds.

Dawkins..................... We would keep our number to no more the n twelve. And you must give similar assurance. The site would be the clearing at S-ix Oaks. The time: Tuesday morning, sunrise. The weapons: conventional duelling pistols. Assuming, of course, these arrangements are agreeable to you, Sir?

Orry............................. They are not. None of it is. But I accept.

Dawkins..................... Good day, Sir. (turns, mounts, rides off)

Clarissa....................... (appears from out of the house) Did you put a stop to this insanity?

Orry............................. Where is that lunatic?

(1) Historical: Code Duello: rules of behavior and conduct of duels, first written form in 1409 ("Flos Duellatorum", Italy), under the Name "Code Duello" first 1777 in Irland, 1838 in South Carolina laud down as "The Code of Honor", in mid 1840s formally forbidden. (Wikipedia)

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03.25 - Amateur Training

Start 55.14, Length 1.24

Participants:

Location: around Mont Royal

Orry searches and finds Charles practicing shooting in the woods, and opens to him to be his second.

Charles....................... (steps) One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight - nine - ten (turns, shoots and misses)

Orry............................. (rides up) You're now dead.

Charles....................... All I need is practice.

Orry............................. That and some sense of what you're practicing. Smith Dawkins just left. You got until Tuesday morning to save your life.

Charles....................... What's that to you?

Orry............................. Well, I don't wanna be further disgraced. So I have just become your second.

Charles....................... Why you? This is my affair, and I'm not afraid of that lilly-white son...

Orry............................. Well, you should be. He will undoubtedly kill you, as unprepared as you are. He's killed men before.

Charles....................... I can handle him.

Orry............................. But you can't. This is not just another one of your country brawls, Charles. This is a duell, theoretically between gentlemen. It will be fought with rules, strict rules. Now, you are a Main, Charles, you hear me? You are a Main. And I can't have you dying on me and sullying the family name.

Charles....................... Well, if there's one reason on earth that I wouldn't wanna get my brain's blown out, that's it.

Orry............................. (laughes) Now, I'm gonna teach you how to shoot and how to win. Just seventy-two hours is all we got. We'll get you some proper pistols first. Come on, get on your horse.

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03.26 - Professional Training

Start 56.38, Length 0.59

Participants:

Location: Mont Royal, jetty

Orry trains Charles professonally how to perform in a duel, and Charles slowly gets comfortable with him and to be a part of the family. This way, Charles also learns for the first time, to follow rules.

Orry............................. Four - five - six - seven - eight - nine - ten (Charles turns, shoots and misses) No! You're rushing your aim and you're still jerking the trigger. Charles, fear will push you into the haste, and haste will push you into the grave. Deliberate, be deliberate. Again. (Charles takes position) One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight - nine - ten (Charles turns, aims, shoots and hits the spot, laughes out) Perfect! Now again. Exactly the same as before, until it's second nature. We may save your life yet.

Charles....................... Thanks - for saying 'we'.

Orry............................. Don't get sentimental on me, it's a bit early for that.

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03.27 - The Duel

Start 57.37, Length 4.52

Participants:

> Supporting roles: doctor, four members of the Smith family

> Statists: servicing slaves

Location: clearance

At a hidden clearing, the two parties meet for the duel. Besides Charles and his second Orry, Whitley Smith, his second Smith Dawkins, four Smith family members, the master ceremony and an old doctor are present, all dressed in their best suits, capes and cylinder hats. The duel is held by the common rules, but affected Whitney Smith misses Charles and shows himself to be a coward when awaiting Charles' shot. But Charles spares his opponent and receives the thanks of his company.

Orry............................. (prepares the pistol, hands it over to Charles) Now, I know that you're scared. But that's to your advantage. That peacock over there is too stupid to be scared - yet. Look at him. He's keeping his coat on. Appearances mean more to the fool than his life. And since he isn't worried, he might not take sufficient care. You will. Now remember: Take your time, be calm, deliberate, and you will drop him. You're a Main. (steps aside, duelists take position)

Duell-Master............. One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight - nine - ten.

Whitney.................... (shoots and misses Charles narrowly, then backs up in expectation of Charles' bullet and kneels)

Dawkins..................... You must... you must stand, Whitney. S-tand!

Charles....................... (shoots into the sky)

Duell-Master............. (applaudes, followd by the Smith family members)

Orry............................. Acknowledge the tribute, Charles. It's you they're applauding.

Charles....................... Me? But that's his family.

Orry............................. This man improved himself a coward. They're showing their admiration for your courage and your generosity in spirit in not killing him. You have shown every attribute of a Carolina gentleman today. I'm proud of you, Charles.

Historical: The conduct of this gentleman duel fits the contemporary manners in every detail, including the clothings, the presence of a doctor, the selection and loading of the pistols by the seconds under observation of the master ceremony, and the rule of honor, to expect the opponent's shot while standing upright. See also footnote at scene 24.

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03.28 - Charles Wishes To Attend West Point

Start 1.02.29, Length 2.14

Participants:

Location: Mont Royal, study

Orry offers a drink to Charles and shows himself pleased on Charles' development. Charles recognizes to accept rules for being accepted by the society and expresses his wish for an education at West Point

Orry............................. (hands over a drink to Charles) Here's to life.

Charles....................... Well, thanks to you. (they drink) I owe you mine, for all the time, all the care you took with me. Without you, he'd have killed me certain.

Orry............................. (both laugh) Probably. But: what you did, you did.

Charles....................... Always before, when I'd fight, everyone disapproved. Orry, what made it so different.

Orry............................. Rules, Charles. There's a strict and definite Code Honor among gentlemen. It must be observed. Even in a fight. Especially in a fight.

Charles....................... Orry, I want that. To be a man of honor, like you. Ahm... do you think... is there a chance, that I could go to West Point?

Orry............................. You'd never pass the entrance exams - not now. You have the intelligence, but you don't have the education. But if you're serious, we can have you tutored.

Charles....................... I've never been more serious about anything in my life.

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03.29 - The Main's At Belvedere

Start 1.04.43, Length 1.56

Participants:

> Statists: house servants (here: the gardiner)

Location: Belvedere, outside and on the balconies

The Main family is on visit with the Hazard's at Belvedere in Lehigh Station. Everyone is in relaxed mood, and they only have to get around Virgilia's teasing talk. Maude shows Clarissa her rose garden, the youth have fun on a balcony, and George and Orry hold discussion on political issues.

Clarissa....................... (with Maude, Constance and Virgilia in the garden of Belvedere) They're simply exquisite.

Maude........................ (points out to the roses) And these are my Pride of Pennsylvanias. It took me years to get then started.

Constance.................. They're Mother's special favourites.

Clarissa....................... I believe, this is the most beautiful garden I've ever seen.

Virgilia........................ It should be. Mother worked on it like a slave.

Maude........................ And over here are my climbing roses. I've been trying to train them to patterns. - Virgilia, dear, why don't you run and see if cook has tea ready. (Virgilia turns off)

Brett............................ (on first balcony, with Billy, Charles and Ashton, in rhythm) The minister's cat is an active cat.

Ashton....................... The minister's cat is an angry cat.

Billy............................. The minister's cat is an awful cat.

Charles....................... The minister's cat is an ... artful cat. (all laughing)

Brett............................ The minister's cat is a beautiful cat.

Ashton....................... The minister's cat is a bashful cat.

Billy............................. The minister's cat is a bumbling cat.

Charles....................... The minister's cat is a babbling cat. (2)

Orry............................. (on second balcony, to George) You're not still upset about South Carolina trying to secede all earlier this year, are you? (3)

George........................ You're damn right that I am. Aren't you?

Orry............................. I don't think they'll try it again. If they do, it won't be like we're two separate countries.

George........................ That's exactly what it'll be like. Orry, I've got some neighbours up here who just don't argue about slavery and state's rights anymore. They're beginning to hate South eners.

Orry............................. Yeah, I hear talk in South Carolina too, and... some of my neighbours are not too fond on Yankees. George, it's not the majority, it's... it's the fanatics.

George........................ Well, I hope you're right. Because if South Carolina does secede, a lot of others states will follow. And we'll all have to choose sides.

Script error: The invitation to the Main family for a summer stay at Belvedere was issued at George's wedding in 1848 (scene 7) for the next summer. This visit takes place after Tillet's death, that is in 1853 earliest. There is no reason given for this delay. Also contradictory is the talk of George and Orry about South Carolina's second secession attempt that took place in 1850.

(2) Historical: Contemporary well-known word game for children. One by one has to find an adjective in alphapetically ascending order to fill into the same line.

(3) Historical: In reaction of Califorma's admission to the U.S. als free state, South Carolina attempted in 1850 - after the Nullification Crises of 1833 for the second time - to leave the union, but ultimately adhered the presse from Washington again.

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03.30 - Old And New Friends

Start 1.06.49, Length 0.46

Participants:

Location: terrain with lake

George and Orry delightful watch Billy and Charles getting befriended, since they both will attend West Point together soon.

George........................ (at the lake, to Orry) Quite the young man, your Charles. Already the picture of a Southern gentleman.

Orry............................. Next fall, he and Billy go off to the Point. Plebes together just like we were.

George........................ What about when they get out, though? At least you and I could fight at the same side.

Orry............................. Hardly seems possible.

Charles....................... (in the boat, to Billy) Turn the boat on me, you're going in, too. (both falling into the water)

George........................ (laughes out with Orry) Well, there may be hope for the North and South after all.

Orry............................. At least for those two.

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03.31 - Flirtation

Start 1.07.25, Length 1.16

Participants:

> Statists: Stanley Hazard, Isabel Hazard

Location: Belvedere, outside

Ashton appriaches Billy, surely for the sake of hurting her shy sister Brett.

Ashton....................... (to Brett, laughes) ...And he just stepped right over my feet when we were dancing.

Brett............................ (sees Billy and Charles walking along) Oh, Ashton, I just have to say it. I think he is so handsome.

Ashton....................... Billy? He'll do. 'Cause, alongside Charles, most anybody'd look good.

Billy............................. (to Charles) Just about the most exciting thing I've ever laid eyes on, that's all.

Charles....................... And a hundred proof trouble. Take my word and give her a wide berth. Brett's the one you want. Take another look on her.

Ashton....................... Billy! You come here this minute. I need you.

Billy............................. Coming. (runs up to Ashton) What are you doing?

Ashton....................... Well, Billy, I'm right here, and I'm waiting for you. (runs off)

Billy............................. Ashton... (follows)

Charles....................... (walks up to Brett) That's how the wind sets, eh? Never mind, pretty girl. He'll get enough of her game sooner than you think. Come on, let's take a walk. You and I.

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03.32 - Virgilia On Collision Course

Start 1.08.49, Length 2.44

Participants:

> Constance Hazard (no text)

> Stanley Hazard (no text)

> Billy Hazard (no text)

> Charles Main (no text)

> Brett Main (no text)

Location: Belvedere, parlor

At night, Virgilia causes a scene, when she inflames the families gathered in the parlor over the issue of slavery. It takes great care by George and Orry, to rescue the stay, and Virgilia retreats to her room.

Virgilia........................ (to Clarissa) The Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed alltogether. Changing it is just another scheme to appease the South. (1)

Clarissa....................... Dear me, I feel so lost when the talk turns to such things.

Virgilia........................ Well, then you should inform yourself, Mrs. Main. Lord knows, we won't get the truth by our menfolk.

George........................ (softly warning) It was such a pleasant afternoon, Virgilia.

Virgilia........................ (keeping on) The law as changed, Mrs. Main, would take fugitive-slave cases away from individual states and it would put it in the hands of the federal government.

Clarissa....................... And doesn't that benefit the runnaways?

Virgilia........................ It would seem to. And that's the evil of it. In reality, the law gives slave catchers the right to enter free states to capture escaped slaves, even when those states guarantee slaves their freedom. It's far worse than before.

Isabel.......................... (cuts in) Our representatives are only trying to preserve die Union, Virgilia.

Virgilia........................ Our representatives are only catering the Southern gentlemen.

Maude........................ That will be enough, Virgilia. Now, we are here to enjoy ourselves.

Ashton....................... (rises) If you don't like Southerners, Virgilia, then why in the world did you invite us up here?

Orry............................. Ashton, sit down and be a lady.

Virgilia........................ No, I'll answer to the child. I didn't want you here, but I wasn't consulted. But since you are here, you might take the time to listen and to learn the truth.

Orry............................. The truth, Miss Virgilia? And what is that? The same truth you told in Philadelphia? What was it, ah... degenerate Southern satyrs?

Virgilia........................ Deny it, if you dare. I'll shout it from the house top: Slave owners are nothing more than whoremasters.

Orry............................. (after common silence) I'm sorry, George, but I believe it's time we were leaving.

George........................ No, please. Virgilia, you'll appologize to our friends, now.

Virgilia........................ YOUR friends, George. I find their way of life repellent and wrong. Alright, you can tell your friends, they needn't leave. I'll be happy to stay in my room for the rest of their visit, so I don't have to look at their faces or hear their damn Southern voices. (leaves)

George........................ Orry, all of you, please do not let what Virgilia says or does ruin our first summer together. Please stay with us.

Orry............................. Mother? (Clarissa nods slightly) Allright, allright, George, we'll stay.

(1) Historical: Fugitive Slave Law: law enacted on 18.09.1850, demands return of runaway Southern slaves caught in the North to their owners, fir the first time even from states that guarantee freedom to colored people, seen as another the the South. (Wikipedia)

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03.33 - Business Among Friends

Start 1.11.33, Length 1.57

Participants:

Location: Belvedere, study

George and Orry close a partnership to building a cotton mill at Mont Royal for manufacturing cotton at production site. The machines were do be supplied by Hazard Iron, an investment to be made by George, profits to be splitted, and slave labor to be excluded.

George........................ (hands out Orry a drink) Orry.

Orry............................. Thank you, George. (drinks, thinks) George, I'd been thinking about something. Remember the first time, I was here? And we visited Hazard Iron and we talked about a cotton mill?

George........................ Yes. And you made me show you every part we ever made for a textile mill.

Orry............................. Well, George, I still think it is a good idea, maybe better than ever.

George........................ How do you figure that?

Orry............................. Right now, every ounce of cotton has to be shipped North or to England. Imagine having a mill right in South Carolina. Imagine... can you imagine, being able to manufacture the cotton right where it's grown?

George........................ I can imagine that - if you and I were equal partners in it.

Orry............................. Oh wait, George, I was only asking for advice, not money.

George........................ I know that. But remember the last time we talked about this? I told you then that Hazard Iron should manufacture the parts for it. But I can do better than that now. I got some money tucked away. It sounds like an excellent investment.

Orry............................. (after thinking) I don't know what to say. So much better than I hoped.

George........................ I've got one condition, though. No slave labour.

Orry............................. (nods) Agreed.

George........................ (grins) 'Main and Hazard' - (Orry laughes) It's got a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

Orry............................. Almost as nice as 'Hazard and Main'. (George laughes, they tip their glasses)

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03.34 - Isabel Hopes To Triumph

Start 1.13.30, Length 0.50

Participants:

Location: Belvedere, Stanley's bedroom

Isabel learns on the new colaboration and predicts it's failure, what will bring back Stanley's control over Hazard Iron.

Isabel.......................... Are you absolutely certain, that's what George said? A cotton mill in South Carolina?

Stanley....................... I told him, it was a foolish idea. But it is his money.

Isabel.......................... And it is our salvation. Imagine, George being stupid enough to invest in the South.

Stanley....................... I don't understand. How does that help us?

Isabel.......................... Think about it, Stanley. George is investing in a region that's beginning to think of itself as a rival country. Why, he's gonna loose everything in this silly mill venture. And what better way to prove to your mother that she made a terrible mistake, and that you should be running Hazard Iron. (1)

(1) Historical: Another relation to South Carolina's conteporary belief to survive as an independent State after leaving the Union.

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03.35 - Ashton Plays Billy

Start 1.14.20, Length 1.28

Participants:

> Billy Hazard

Location: in the garden

Billy and Ashton are holding a small picnic. But Ashton's open and direct way of flirting offends shy Billy.

Ashton....................... (presents strawberries) Hmmm, they're so ripe, Billy. Just look at them.

Billy............................. They look delicious.

Ashton....................... Well, I saved them just for you.

Billy............................. Oh, you did?

Ashton....................... And I give you one. (takes a berry with her lips, kiss) Was it good, Billy?

Billy............................. Yes...

Ashton....................... You want more?

Billy............................. Yes.

Ashton....................... (laughes) I give you more, if you want me to.

Billy............................. Yes. (hot kiss)

Ashton....................... Why don't you take all? Why don't you take everything?

Billy............................. Ashton, Ashton, no. We can't. I mean, your brother...

Ashton....................... Forget about them. No-one will know it.

Billy............................. Ashton, no. I want to, but no. I can't. Alright?

Ashton....................... (sobered) Well, forget it then. I'm going home.

Billy............................. Ashton! Don't be angry, please. I care about you.

Ashton....................... (scornful) You care about me? If you cared about me, Billy, you wouldn't be such a damn gentleman. (leaves)

Directors error: According to the plants in the background, this scene has been filmed presumably at Boon Hall Plantation, South Carolina. See also episode 4 scene 6.

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03.36 - Return Journey

Start 1.15.48, Length 1.40

Participants:

> Stanley Hazard (no text)

> Isabel Hazard (no text)

> Constance Hazard (no text)

> Billy Hazard

> Charles Main (no text)

> Brett Main (no text)

> Supporting Role: Virgilia Hazard

> Statists: house servants, drivers

Location: Belvedere, entrance and street

When leaving Belvedere, Clarissa issues a counter invitation for the Hazards to Mont Royal. The good mood couldn't be damped by Virgilia, since she had not shown herself sind the scene she caused. Only Ashton is unfriendly to Billy.

Ashton....................... (rejects Billy's helping hand, sourly) Well, I can manage myself, thank you very much.

Billy............................. I hope you're not mad at me. (offers his hand)

Ashton....................... (rejects it) No, you don't. I'm angry with you.

Billy............................. Didn't mean to offend you. (Brett and Ashton board the carriage)

Clarissa....................... (to Maude) It's been a wonderful summer. I can't thank you enough.

Maude........................ On the contrary, we should be thanking you for having come.

Clarissa....................... Orry and I would have you all coming down to Carolina just as soon as you find the time. We insist upon it.

Orry............................. And she's very termined when she's made up her mind, Mrs. Hazard. So... so you must say 'yes'.

Maude........................ Very well, then. On behalf of all of us I accept your kind invitation.

Clarissa....................... Mont Royal will await you. Again our deepest thanks. (embraces Maude, boards)

George........................ (to Orry) 'Main and Hazard'?

Orry............................. 'Hazard and Main'. Take care, old friend.

George........................ And you, till we meet again.

Brett............................ Goodbye!

(Orry boards, carriages drive off)

Billy............................. Bye, Orry!

Orry............................. Goodbye!

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03.37 - Madeline, Justin And The Chapel

Start 1.17.28, Length 3.59

Participants:

> Justin LaMotte

> Madeline LaMotte

> Thisbee, slave (just laughing)

Location: abandoned chapel

Madeline gets to the chapel for a rendezvous with Orry to find Justin there, ready to have fun with slave girl Thisbee. Justin scolds her as spying on him, whips her and leaves her on the ground. Orry finds her this way and takes care of her woundings.

(Madeline peeks into the chapel)

Thisbee...................... (laughes)

Justin.......................... C'mon (laughes, sees Madeline, rushes out, beats her) Spying slut. (whips her) How dare you follow me here. Maybe you're jealous because she can give me what you can't. Maybe I should drag you in there and show you how to get a man-child on any slut in this plantation but you.

Madeline.................... You are disgusting. Disgusting!

Justin.......................... (beats her, she falls, whips her back) You can just lie there and rot for all I care. (turns) Thisbee! (walkes to his carriage and drives off)

Orry............................. (rides up, dismounts) Madeline. My God. Easy. (takes her up and carries her inside)

Orry............................. (soon after, nurses her back, angrily) I'll kill him. Dear God help me, I will kill him now.

Madeline.................... Don't say that. Don't even think that.

Orry............................. I can't let you go back to him, Madeline. Please let me send you away. I'll join you as soon as I can.

Madeline.................... You can see how dangerous he is. He'd find me. He'd kill me. He'd kill us both.

Orry............................. But if you stay...

Madeline.................... Things must stay the way they are. He still knows nothing about us. And he must never know. Please. Please.

Orry............................. Then this is the safest place for us. He'll never come back here.

Madeline.................... This will change nothing that's between us. (very careful kiss) Nothing.

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03.38 - Constance's Issue 1

Start 1.21.27, Length 1.19

Participants:

> Statists: Isabel Hazard, pedestrians

Location: Belvedere, outside

Constance asks George for an unused room, since she wants Belvedere to be a link in the Underground Railroad.

Constance.................. You know that room I mentioned to you before? The one that used to be the saddle-maker's workshop?

George........................ Yes. As I said, it's yours if you want it.

Constance.................. Well, George, you need to know what it is to be used for. Now, you mustn't be angry with me. And you must deny me, if you don't approve.

George........................ You're opening a brothel.

Constance.................. Be serious, George. Listen. I want Belvedere to be a link on the Unterground Railway. If free negroes can help, George, so can we. (1, 2)

George........................ You... you wanna shelter escaped slaves?

Constance.................. Yes.

George........................ Well, it's dangerous, Con. It'd be br eaking the Fugitive Slave Law. If you're caught, it means federal prison, at least.

Constance.................. I know that. Believe me, I thought about the risks. But George... well, come with me. I want to show you something.

(1) Historical: Underground Railroad: existing secret network 1780 - 1862 to deliver messages about southwards and to transport runaway slaves northwards, disguised with railroad terminologies, secret safe houses for shelter all the way from the South to Canada. (Wikipedia)

(2) Actor's error: The historical movement to funnel slaves out from the South was called "Unterground Railroad", since "railroad" was the term of use in America. Constanze called it "Railway", an expression derived from Britain. Either this is an error on the side of the actor, or this incorrectness was made deliberatly since Constance is of Irish decent.

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03.39 - Constance's Issue 2

Start 1.22.46, Length 0.50

Participants:

> Constance Hazard (no text)

> Doktor

> Abner, runaway slave

Location: Belvedere, basement room

To convince George, Constance shows him to a room where a doctor examines wounds on the back of an oldly colored man.

Doctor........................ The abuse was constant, George, there was no provocation. And it became more than he could bare, so Abner ran away.

Constance.................. ...and made his way up here, through houses and friends in the network, all the way from Raleigh. (1)

George........................ (to Abner) You're safe here with us. I want you to know that.

Abner......................... Thank you.

George........................ (to the doctor) I admire what you're doing, Joel. (leaves with Constance)

(1) Historical: Raleigh: capital of the skave-owning state of North Carolina.

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03.40 - Constance's Issue 3

Start 1.23.36, Length 0.34

Participants:

> Statists: Isabel Hazard

Location: Belvedere, outside

George agrees under the condition that no-one in the family gets notice of this.

George........................ No-one can know but Mother. Virgilia cannot be trusted, and Billy...

Constance.................. ...is too young. I know.

George........................ We can't let it anyone find out, ever, or we're finished. I'll stand by you, though.

Constance.................. Oh, thank you. I know you would, once you saw.

George........................ You've always known me too well.

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03.41 - Married Couple Talk

Start 1.24.10, Length 2.00

Participants:

Location: Belvedere, side room and George's bedroom

George has doubtes over the compatibility of supporting runaway slaves and his friendship to Orry. Constance reports that Virgilia has asked to attend the family on their visit to Mont Royal.

Constance.................. It's Orry, isn't it? That's what you're thinking about?

George........................ Oh, here we are, partners in a business. And I'm helping people that he considers criminals.

Constance.................. But they're not criminals, George. And someone has to help them. Orry's ideas are part of his heritage. It'll take generations to change them.

George........................ When we all go down to Mont Royal in a couple of weeks, we gonna see how he was brought up, the things he believes in. It's going to come as quite a shock to some of the people of our family. Oh thank God, Virgilia's not gonna be there.

Constance.................. George, she told me she wanted to go. In fact, she begged me to speak to you about it.

George........................ Well, you can tell her her, the answer was 'No'.

Constance.................. Aw, George, you can't forbid her.

George........................ After what she did the time the Main's were here, I most certainly can.

Constance.................. But she seems so honestly sorry about that. And besides, the whole family was invited and Virgilia says, that includes her, too.

George........................ It was assumed, she wouldn't go. Virgilia knows that. Orry's too polite to make conditions.

Constance.................. Well, think of it this way, George: maybe, just maybe, Stanley and Isabel won't go to Mont Royal, if Virgilia does. And now, wouldn't that be a dreadful loss? (both laughing)

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03.42 - Virgilia Wants To Attend

Start 1.26.10, Length 1.00

Participants: