01x02 - Episode 2

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God's nightgown!
Who'd have thought

I'd ever set foot
in savannah again?

Father will be thrilled
to pieces that you have.

To pieces.

You know what pa used to
say about grandfather-

Pierre robillard wouldn't
give you the time of day

If your watch was broke.

Even mother laughed at that.

She couldn't deny it, not
even about her own father.

I suppose
father never was

Very fond of gerald
o'hara, if truth be told.

At least I can see
my other kin while I'm here.

What kin is that?

My o'hara kin.

Perhaps you better not
make note of that intention

To your grandfather,
scarlett.

Perhaps not.

Will mind your manners,
won't you, scarlett?

Father is quite old and considerably frail.

Considerably.

Wouldn't do to tax
his declining strength

With your sometimes-
how shall I put it-

Quite forthright manner.

Will it be necessary
to genuflect

When he grants me
audience?

That's what I'm talking
about, scarlett.

You are just being
naughty on purpose.

On purpose.

Well, jerome, we're here.

We're here.

Welcome again to savannah and home, ma'am.

Thank you.

Jerome, this is
our niece, mrs. Butler.

Yes, I remember
miz butler.

How are you, jerome?

I'm well and fine,
ma'am,

And hopin' the same
for yourself.

Jerome!

Is that them come?

The mister's had his
sleeping chamber relocated

To the parlor floor
of the house, ma'am.

The staircase had become a
considerable trial for him to manage.

Jerome!

Yes, sir, mister,
coming right along now.

Doesn't sound all that frail to me.

He's asking for you now,
dearest.

I'll be just a minute,
aunt eulie.

He could scarcely believe
that you were here.

I can scarcely
believe it myself.

You will be nice now,
won't you, scarlett?

I will, aunt eulie,
I promise.

Oh, bless you.

I don't know why I'm
caring how I look anyhow.

He's probably blind
as a bat by now.

I'll try
to keep my promise,

But if you hear any sh**ting, it'll be me.

Hello, grandfather.

Are you awake?

It's scarlett,
grandfather.

I had hoped that,
in time,

You would come to favor less
your father and more your mother.

I see I am to be disappointed
in that wish.

I guess so. I'm more o'hara
than robillard, grandfather.

Always have been,
if I dare say so here.

I've never known you not
to say whatever you dared.

Sit.

I promised aunt eulie

I'd be
on my best behavior.

You have grown older.

So have you.

But not to such advantage.

Why, grandfather,

Am I mishearing a remark

That sounded so breathtakingly
close to a compliment?

To what do we owe

The dubious pleasure of your
presence here in savannah?

That's more like it.

Aunt eulalie and aunt pauline invited me

To celebrate
your birthday.

It seemed an appropriate
opportunity for me

To attend to a few
other matters here.

Other matters?

One personal, the other more like business.

As to the business-

Have you come
to beg money again?

I never begged you
for money, grandfather.

I only asked for a loan
to feed my starving family

After the yankees
passed through

Leaving nothing but ruin
and death behind them.

I got along
without your help.

I am now a woman
of considerable means.

And I'm here
to spend some of that

On what one of my sisters
saw fit to give away.

I would have to wonder

What it might be

That your sister
would value so little

And you so much.

Tara.

Ahh-ha ha.
Fabled tara.

There's no fable
to it.

It's home.
At least it was

Till careen decided to give
away her 1/3 share in it.

Seems she turned severely
religious for some reason.

It's her intention
to become a nun.

Careen always was
kind of flighty.

To be a catholic,
of course,

Requires
in the first instance

A certain degree
of mental instability.

You made mention of some personal
reason for your presence here.

I'm going to search out
my relatives.

Relatives?

I am the last of the
robillard line in savannah.

I know that.
O'haras, I mean.

Ohh! The peasants?

Maybe some of pa's
brothers are still alive.

Pa would like it
if he knew

I was looking up
my long-lost kin.

Did you really hate pa
as much as he said?

When my youngest and
most cherished daughter

Wed herself
to gerald o'hara,

There was
no visible bottom

To the pit
of disastrous folly

Into which she flung
both herself

And the honorable name
of robillard.

I guess pa wasn't
exaggerating.

May I ask who it was

Witnessed this supposed
indiscretion on scarlett's part?

Supposed? She was seen
entering the drummond hotel

With a man she herself later admitted
to my mother was ashley wilkes.

As for who saw them,
my mother declined to say.

And did
this nameless accuser

Also peek
through the keyhole?

You don't have to take this
too seriously, sally.

How do you know

That what went on between
scarlett and wilkes

Is what you're
thinking?

That's a considerably
naive idea

Coming from someone
of your experience.

Naive, hell.
It's fair.

Since when has scarlett
ever deserved fair?

The woman was forever
inclined to rash behavior

When in a state
of mental distress.

You sure must've
put her in one.

I believe scarlett's never
entirely gotten over

Her feelings
for ashley wilkes

And she decided
to do something about that.

It would be decent of you to hear her side.

Do you know
where she's gone?

No. I'll have to
find out.

You are getting
her side then?

No.

I'm gonna divorce her.

I'll take
one of those.

Yes, ma'am.

Hello.

Morning, ma'am. And ain't it a fine one?

It is.

I'd like to see
mr. O'hara.

You're seeing him.

How might I be
of service?

Actually, the mr. O'hara I'm
looking for would be more elderly.

Mr. Andrew o'hara
or mr. James o'hara.

Perhaps I've come
to the wrong store.

You've come
to the right one.

I'm their nephew, jamie
o'hara at your service.

Oh, my goodness,
then you're my cousin.

Am I indeed?

Certainly one
not known to me.

I'm katie scarlett,

Gerald's daughter
from atlanta.

No doubt
you don't know it,

But my mother passed on.

That was
your auntie bridget.

God rest her dear soul.

Also uncle andy's wife
as well, auntie una.

Ah, took the heart
out of poor uncle andy.

Followed her
within a month.

Uncle james, then,
is he gone, too?

He's not even
thinking of going.

Fair chance he'll
outlive the lot of us.

He'll be beside himself
to see you, katie scarlett.

He's getting on
in years,

But he's still able to
pull his weight. And how.

He's living with us
now,

Me and my wife maureen
and kids.

There's eight of them.

At least that was the count
when I left this morning.

And here's that very house,
be it ever so humble.

But we've all come
from a lot worse, hmm?

And no complaints now.

God rest his soul,

I always said your father
was the best of the lot of us.

Have you not heard me
say it, jamie?

I have.

And often.

The runt of the litter
he was,

But hard as nails...

And o'hara to the smallest
bone in his body.

A fine small man
was gerald...

Much as meself.
Ha ha ha.

I suppose you know

How he come by that grand
plantation of his, eh?

Playing poker with my money,
that's how.

And did I ever see a nickel
of it back? I did not.

Did he ever happen
to relate

How he come to leave ireland,
katie scarlett?

I would guess upwards of
about a hundred times.

Fled with a price
on his head, he did.

One blow of his fist,

And down went that english
landlord's rent agent,

Never to rise again
in this world.

A father to make a woman
proud, I should say.

And so I was...
And am.

Here's to a dutiful
and loving daughter, then.

May every man be blessed with one of
her like, and five would be better.

And I'll add a welcome
for cousin scarlett

To our hearts
and to our homes.

May she never be
out of the one,

Nor long absent
from the other.

I'm more touched than
I can find words to say.

Well, they're
lying about someplace.

I'm sure
you'll find them.

Right. Enough
of the feasting.

Let's have
some fiddlin'.

Oh, goodness, scarlett!

Are you all right,
darlin'?

Oh, get her a drink.

Oh, my dear.

Are you all right?

You simply must let us
summon a physician.

You're just being stubborn.

Stubborn.

I'm fine. I just
overdid it, that's all.

I'm recovering quite nicely
without the aid of a doctor.

The best thing
you could do for me

Would be to stop standing there
wringing your hands and just shoo.

If you feel the slightest
further bit indisposed,

Call for, uh...

p*nsy!

Yes, and she'd send
for the doctor.

Shoo!

Shoo! Shoo!

Uh...

Uh, scarlett...

Shoo!

Uh, y-yes.

You're still looking kind
of purplish, miss scarlett.

Are you sure-

I'm not ill, p*nsy.

I'm...

Indisposed.

It must be suppertime.
Go get your supper.

Can I bring you
something up?

Not right now.
Maybe later.

Go and have your supper.

My beautiful,

Enchanting, magical
little...Indisposition.

You're just going to
have to go on being

The teeniest little bit
of a fib for a while.

I know you don't mind,

Considering
the good cause it's in.

The good cause being
just the exact right time

To introduce you
to your daddy.

I don't know when
the right time will be,

But I'll just have to
content myself

With imagining
the expression

On the handsome visage
of mr. Rhett butler

When he finds out I'm giving
him another sweet life...

For the one
we so tragically lost.

Oh, my darlin' little
indisposition,

I pray you're a girl.

Please, please,
be a girl.

Morning, boss.

Morning.

Hmm. I'd say
they're an improvement

Over the last lot.

And right to say it.

There's 10 more coming from
new york within the week.

And a thousand rounds.

That's all right,
then.

Will I make the usual
arrangements for the shipment?

You will.

From the look
of them,

I'd venture your hands
haven't done kitchen work

For quite some time,
scarlett, if ever.

They've done
far rougher things

Than shell peas
in their time, maureen.

Have they?

You don't look it.

Are you rich,
scarlett?

Well, I guess you could say
I'm pretty well off, yes.

So I says to jamie.

Carries herself rich,
I says.

Not to mention stopping
at the manse

Of mr. Pierre robillard, grand
mucky-muck of savannah hoi polloi.

Shall I tell you
how I got rich?

I think I'd enjoy
the telling.

Well...

So I took the inheritance
from my second husband-

If I'm late for lunch,

I must be in time
for supper.

Colum! Ye devil!

Not a word of warning.

I was hoping to catch you in the act.

Get away,
you terrible man.

If I wasn't a priest,

Nothing would save you
from my worldly attentions.

Blasphemer.
Now here's a surprise.

I'll bet me Sunday bonnet
on that.

She's the landlord's
daughter come for the rent.

Nothing of the kind.
She's scarlett o'hara butler,

Down from charleston to make the
acquaintance of her savannah kin,

And long overdue it was.

Scarlett, say hello to
father colum terence o'hara,

Here from ireland and
another one of your cousins,

May god have mercy on you.

Pleasure to make your acquaintance,
scarlett o'hara butler.

Well, bless me, father.

It's been a heck
of a long time

Since I've been
to confession.

Happy birthday, father.

Happy birthday,
grandfather.

Will you open your gifts
in the drawing room, father?

No.

Would you rather
we brought them in here?

I would not.

Where would you like to open
your presents, grandfather?

At a place
of my choosing,

At a time
of my choice,

And most certainly
in private.

I suppose, after some
considerable thought,

I might be able to imagine
something sadder

Than opening
birthday presents alone,

But I doubt it.

Scarlett, good heavens.

I was hoping to enjoy
your seeing what I got you.

Perhaps you will.

I mean me seeing you
seeing it.

I know what you mean.

See what you've done?

In absolute and certain
knowledge

That scarlett will not
make her own apologies,

No matter
how deeply owed,

May I beg your pardon

In her stead, father?

However much pauline
and I may regret

Having to return to
charleston tomorrow, we can,

And certainly you may

Take some modicum
of comfort in knowing

That scarlett will
be returning with us.

I'll be staying.

I beg your pardon?

I'll be staying on
for a bit.

What are you saying?

She says she'll be staying
a while! Are you deaf?

May one ask why,
scarlett?

I still haven't settled
with the sisters of mercy

About buying back
careen's share of tara,

And I'm not leaving savannah
till I do.

Besides, I'm just getting to
know my o'hara relatives here,

And I'm in no hurry to stop
knowing them so quick.

Well, if you remain
in savannah,

Where will you stay?

My o'hara kin would gladly
have me stay with them,

But they don't have
room for p*nsy,

And I can't get along
without p*nsy,

Of course,
I could go to a hotel.

There must be at least one
decent accommodation in savannah.

Or I could just
offer myself up

To the good graces
of grandfather robillard

And hope he might
provide shelter

For the relatively brief time
I'll be remaining.

Stay if you like.

It is a matter of supreme
indifference to me.

See?

I knew I'd be welcome.

Giddyup!

Whoa.

Good morning.

Rhett! Well,
good morning.

How are you this fine day, my dear?

Quite fine this fine day,
and yourself?

I couldn't be better.

I see you've made the
purchase of a new frock.

A frock? Why, no, it's-

There you go again,
teasing me, rhett butler.

How might I make amends?

I might find some
forgiveness in my heart

If you would offer me
a ride to the library.

If it isn't too terribly
bold of me to mention it,

I was sincerely
sorry to hear

Of the difficulties
between you and mrs. Butler.

Thank you.
As for boldness,

It happens to be a
quality I admire in women.

That's very unusual.

In my experience,

Which of course
has been quite limited,

I've observed that gentlemen are
generally somewhat discomposed

By any show of
forthrightness in a lady.

I think gentlemen
generally are.

I gather you don't count
yourself in that company?

In the company
of gentlemen

Or the company
of gentlemen

Discomposed by
forthright ladies?

Are you teasing me
again?

Why do you keep
doing that?

I seem unable to
resist it, don't I?

Maybe it's because of the
charming, delightful manner

With which
you respond to it.

Daddy says you're something
of a gambler.

I've played a hand of cards
now and again.

Mother doesn't like
daddy to gamble.

She says there's
too much chance of losing.

If you don't chance the losing,
you can't chance the winning.

Wish I could be that way
sometimes.

What way?

The way you said
about gambling.

Sometimes I wish I could throw
caution to the four winds,

Laugh at fate, let the
chips fall where they may.

Maybe you will one day.

I can't imagine it.

Sometimes
we need someone

To help our imaginations
along a bit.

Do you think so?

I've often known that
to be the case.

Always bearing in mind,
of course,

That you risk
the losing.

And chance the winning.

This is it.

What's the matter?

Maybe I best
wait outside.

Why?

Being a baptist?

Silly. It's not a church.
It's a convent for nuns.

Even if it was a church,

You'd be perfectly free
to go in.

Besides, they'd probably be
delighted to get their hands on you.

The decision, of course,

Lies in
the bishop's hands.

You can't accept my offer on your own?

Out of the question.

I have to talk
to the bishop now?

Certainly not.

I'll present your suggestion
to him on your behalf.

I wouldn't want to put
you to all that trouble.

I'd be more than happy
to speak to the bishop.

That would be impossible.

When will you talk
to him?

I have an appointment with
bishop flynn three days hence.

Perhaps the opportunity
will arise

For me to convey
your wishes to him.

He's irish?

County meath, I believe.

Could you mention to him
that my maiden name is o'hara?

Just as a note-

Personal curiosity
on my part, if I may?

Go right ahead.

Should the bishop look
favorably upon your request

And agree to exchange
our interest in tara

For your generous donation
to the sisters of mercy,

By my reckoning
that still leaves

The 1/3 share
in the property

Retained by
your other sister.

Suellen.

Suellen, yes.

Which would effectively
still deny you

The full ownership
you so passionately desire.

Your reckoning is right,
sister.

I'll just have to think
about that tomorrow.

Miss scarlett.

Oh, miss scarlett,
wake up.

He wants to see you right
this minute, he says.

What?

Who wants me?

Him.

What's the matter,
grandfather?

My breakfast
is unsatisfactory.

You got me out of bed
for that?

I got you out of bed
to do something about it.

What have I got to do
with your breakfast?

Send it back and tell them
to bring what you want.

You tell them.

What am I, some kind
of hired help?

Order
your own breakfast.

I'm going
back to bed.

The bed to which you believe
you are returning, young woman,

Belongs to me.

You occupy it only by
my grace and favor.

Is that a threat?

It is
a pertinent observation.

Maybe I'll talk to your
cook about her grits.

I wonder
if you have noticed

The portrait of your
grandmother robillard

In the drawing room.

I have. She was
a stunningly beautiful woman.

You favor her
remarkably.

Why, thank you,
grandfather.

Would that you might resemble
her in other respects.

What other respects?

She was a woman
of consummate grace,

Of great gentleness
and gentility.

I guess
I wasn't in school

The day
they handed those out.

Still...I suppose there
might be something to be said

For...Spirit.

There's folks
who think so.

I shouldn't wonder.

Grace, gentility
and all that-

Those are easy things
to take to.

I guess spirit takes some
getting used to by some

Before they can
appreciate it.

You may be right.

What precisely
is wrong

With the grits?

Where is
your parish?

I have no parish.

Who'd trust him
with one?

Only a fool
or the devil.

Are you
a missionary priest?

Laboring to ease the suffering
of the poor and bereft.

There's no one
like him for it.

You must travel
quite a bit.

Oh, wherever I'm called.

But I'm never long away
from ireland.

Do you have any influence with bishop flynn

Here in savannah?

A hard man,
the good bishop,

And not easily influenced.

Why do you ask?

He turned me down

About buying back
careen's share of tara.

I mentioned
me wanting to buy it.

Turned you down,
has he?

I can hardly
keep from crying

Every time
I think about it.

It would have meant
the world to me.

I wonder
if the bishop

Might be persuaded
otherwise.

By who?

Are you aware
there's a cathedral

Being erected
here in savannah?

No. Is there?

There is.

And the foreman
of all the bricklayers

Laboring on this
magnificent structure

Is a man called
tommy shannon,

A good friend
to yours truly

And has been
these many years.

He's also the husband
to my sister pidge.

Tommy could be persuaded
to let it be known

In an indirect manner

That a considerable slowdown in
the progress of the work might occur

Unless the bishop were to
reconsider his unreasonable attitude.

That's blackmail.

Of course,
if it doesn't sit well-

I didn't say
it didn't sit well.

Family...

It's a grand thing.

If I were your lawyer,
rhett,

This document would never
have been drawn up.

Why not?

Why? It flies in the face

Of every moral tenet that
we hold dear to our hearts.

My lawyer did mention

It was a somewhat unusual
action for an individual to take.

Somewhat unusual?

Heavens, rhett,

It is almost unheard of!

Maybe it should be
heard of more often.

Have you no respect whatsoever
for the sanctity of marriage?

I guess that'd depend
on the marriage, henry.

I can think of three
or four right now

I'd say don't have
much sanctity in them.

I'd have to add my own one
to that number.

Have you informed scarlett
of these intentions?

I would have if I could.

I don't know where she is.

I wish with all my heart

You would reconsider
this drastic action.

It so violates everything we believe in.

I'd appreciate it if you'd
forward those papers to your client

With the utmost dispatch,
henry.

Oh...

Poor scarlett.

If there's one thing
scarlett isn't,

It's poor.

You wanted to see me,
grandfather?

First I wish
to thank you

For your
birthday gift to me.

You're welcome.
I'm glad it fits.

I apologize for losing
my temper the other day

And the result of that.

I am 94 years old.

You sure don't look it.

Don't carry your remorse

To the extent
of desperate flattery.

Then I take it back.

I have no reasonable expectation
of living much longer.

I have a request to make
to you.

It is my wish that
you remain with me here

For the duration
of my life.

Remain with you?

I don't understand,
grandfather.

If you will remain in
this house as a chatelaine,

Attend to my comforts,

Conform with my wishes,

I am prepared
to designate you

As my sole heir.

My estate,
as you surely are aware,

Is not inconsiderable.

I'm a married woman,
grandfather.

I expect I shall be able to
tolerate your marital status.

I have responsibilities
and obligations.

I can't just
walk away from them.

And considering
all those considerations,

I'm sure you'll understand that
no matter how generous your offer

Or however much I'm
sincerely touched by it,

It would be out of the
question for me to accept.

As yet you do not know
how generous my offer is.

My estate
is presently valued

In excess of $500,000.

Half a million dollars?

And you my sole heir.

I didn't think any one person
had that much money.

You were mistaken.

Half a million dollars?

I agree it is a sum that
may bear certain repetition,

But we need not belabor
the point, scarlett.

You'd give me
all that money

If I stayed on here
till you passed on?

Under the conditions
of my needs and wishes.

Well,
what is your answer?

No.

My answer has to be no.

You refuse my proposal?

I'm afraid
I just have to.

How dare you!

How dare you turn up
your papist, peasant nose

At the opportunity
to become mistress

Of this great house

And attendant
to its master!

Even supposing
I was able to tolerate

Your intolerable manners-

Which I most definitely
would not-

The fact that I can
turn down your proposition

With hardly a twinge
of regret

Is some indication to me

That maybe I'm just
beginning to think

There might be more important
things than money after all.

I hope you don't mind me
saying this,

But I'm a bit confused.

I don't doubt
that maureen is as well.

Here's
a bill of divorcement

From the husband
you've told us

Is dying for your return
to his side in charleston.

There is a bit
of confusion there.

I fibbed.

Oh. Then
that's clarified.

Then this document's more
of a shock than a surprise.

No. It's as much one
as the other.

I never dreamed that-

I never imagined
rhett would...

What am I going to do?

There now, love.

It's him that's committed
the sin of divorce, not you.

And it's him who'll suffer
the wrath of god for it.

I'm pregnant.

Glory be to god.

Is the man
such a blackguard

As to divorce the woman carrying his child?

He doesn't know.

What are you saying,
scarlett?

We had a silly old quarrel.

We weren't
on speaking terms.

I was waiting for
the right time to tell him.

That'd be about now.

Never!

Never, never, never!

Divorce me?

Divorce me, will he?

There may come a day when he finds
out I've borne him another child,

But it'll be over my
wizened and lifeless body.

Your mind's
in too much turmoil

To be thinking clearly.

It's quite clear you won't be
able to keep the truth from him

Once your baby's come.

He could hear it
from someone else.

Far better
if it's from you.

If I'm far away,

There'll be
nobody to tell him.

What's on your mind,
scarlett?

Far away where?

When I was a girl,

My pa was forever going on
about ireland.

Maybe it's time I saw
what he was going on about.

You're for ireland,
then?

I'm for ireland.

It's the most breathtaking
country I've ever laid eyes on,

Just like pa
always described it.

We always thought he was
gilding the truth a bit.

No need to gild it,
is there?

I never thought I'd ever see a
place more beautiful than georgia.

Before the w*r,
of course.

It's like another world
altogether.

It's so...So ancient.

Nothing like ancient.


Fairly new.

I adore it.
I simply adore it.

Are we far from
uncle daniel's house?

Not far now.

Let me just
go over it.

There's grandmother, katie
scarlett, whose namesake I am.

Never, never did I imagine
I'd meet her face-to-face.

There's uncle daniel,
your pa,

And my pa's eldest brother,

And there's my cousin-
don't tell me-timothy

And his two sisters.

Jehoshaphat, how many cousins do I have?

That's kathleen
and, um, brigid.

Bridie.

Bridie.
Did I get them all?

That's them all
beneath that roof.

Will there be room
for me beneath it, too?

They'll see to that
well enough.

It's your possessions
I've some doubts about.

I guess I overdid it,

But I'll surely find a
place of my own very soon.

My clothes and I won't be a
bother to anyone, I promise.

I'm doubtful we'll be
able to locate you a house

To equal what you're
accustomed to, scarlett.

That's all right.
This is a new life.

I've got it.

Come on, get up.

Go on.
Everything out.

Don't put that
with the rest.

Come on, sean,
hurry up.

Stand back.

There's a bit
of trouble here.

I won't be long.

Let me see.

Stay in the coach.

Don't get out of it
now.

Come on, everything out.

Get the table.

Move along, paddy,
move along.

You, priest.

Back in your box
and get on your way.

I'll just have a word
with the woman, captain.

You wouldn't deny her a
bit of comfort, would you?

Don't fret.
Don't fret.

Please do something.

I'll send donnelly over for your things.

We'll find a place
for you.

Stand clear there.

Put your backs
into it, men!

Come on, lads!

Come on, boys, you're
supposed to be knocking...

Come on, harder!
Harder! Move it!

And again!

Swing it!

There she goes!

Harder!

Come on!

Torch it!

Stay in the coach, miss.

Colum, what in heaven's name
is happening?

They've destroyed
that poor woman's house.

It's an eviction,
scarlett.

She hasn't
the rent money.

Why did they destroy it?

So's no one
will live in it.

I don't understand.

The owner's english.

The english
own ireland.

You understand that,
don't you?

Sort of.

The owner doesn't want
to rent it anymore.

He's doing what they call
organizing his property.

First the rent is raised beyond
the possibility of being paid.

Then the house
is burnt down.

Then the land is set
to grazing cattle.

That's where
the profits are.

And that's ireland,
too.

No beauty about it
whatsoever.

I thought the driver's name was brendan.

I beg your pardon?

When you introduced me to the
driver, you called him brendan,

But that soldier
called him paddy.

We're all paddies to the english, scarlett.

It's comparable to your
despicable term "n*gg*r."

I never used that word
in my life.

Pa would've flayed me raw.

I wasn't referring to you in particular.

I'm glad to hear it.

I must say, "paddy"
doesn't sound all that bad,

Not as bad
as that other.

You'd have to be irish.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Glory,
what was that?

In far too much of a hurry to be irish.

That'd be
one of them.

English?

You're getting
the lay of the land.

Whoa.

Milord.

Have you brung her?

Hello, everybody.

Have you
turned to stone,

Or are you going to give
the girl the welcome

She came halfway
around the world for?

Young katie
scarlett o'hara.

You honor my house,
and I bid you welcome.

You must be brigid.

Bridie.

You'll be stopping
in my room.

And...Tim.

That's right.

Hello, tim.

I'll get your bags.

That's katie scarlett.

Gerald's girl,
is it?

Come at last.

And I've lived
to see the day.

Glory be to god.

I got your note.

Evidently.

I came
as soon as I could.

Soon enough.

Did you miss me?

No doubt
you've missed this.

Here.

Have a look.

That's disgusting.

Take it away.

Get undressed.

Would you like a cup of tea, scarlett?

I'd love it.

Kathleen,
I got the feeling

My wardrobe might not
be appropriate

For living in ireland.

Your clothes
are beautiful, scarlett,

But you might be right
in their lack of fitness.

Would you like the lend
of something of mine?

Thank you, kathleen.
That's very generous of you,

But I think I better
do some shopping.

We could go into town.

I can't today.
Colum's coming by.

Is he? Where are you
off to, then?

He wouldn't tell me.

Adventuring, he says.

Well, come on, then.

We'll find you something more
fit for adventuring than that.

Are you going to tell me
where we're going

Before we get there?

I am not.

If you weren't a priest
and my cousin,

I could wheedle it out
of you.

Wouldn't I enjoy
the wheedling

Were I not your cousin
and a priest.

As for your priesthood,

I'll have to ask you
to do something

Which I guess will be
difficult for you.

And what might that be?

I have to tell
a little fib

And ask you
not to tell anybody

That's what it is.

A fib?

A little white lie
that won't hurt anybody.

I'm not asking you
to tell it.

I'm asking you...

I'm just asking you
not to say anything.

Will I choke on these words
I'm not to speak?

I don't see why.

I don't want to be a divorced
woman bearing a child.

How can you not be that

If it's what you are?

I can be a widow.

I'm going
to tell people

My husband
recently passed on.

What'll be
the point of that?

I don't want to be
a divorced woman

Bearing the child of a
husband that threw her over.

I simply
cannot bear it.

Nor will you have to.
Hush now.

You won't tell?

It'll be our secret.

Thank you, colum.
Thank you.

And there'll not be
a man or woman

That'll ever
wheedle it out of me.

This is tara.

Tara?

The first tara,

Whose memory your father
brought with him to america.

You see that row of
ancient stones over there?

That's all we've left

Of the great
banqueting hall

That was tara


Here's where the o'haras
sung first, scarlett.

And the monaghans,
the mahoneys,

O'gormans, o'briens,

The donahues,
the carmodys,

The heroes.

All the heroes.

This was tara.

I feel so...Strange,
colum.

It does that to some.

What is it?

Time.

What are you up to?

Just something silly,
I guess.

If only pa could know
where I just stood.

He does, of course.

I wish I could
believe that.

Give it time.

What's this place?

Ballyhara.

All this land round
is known as ballyhara.


it was our people's land.

O'hara land.

That's the big house
of ballyhara.

Does no one live in it?

No one lives there.
No one will.

What do you mean? Why?

There's
a dark history on it.

Tell me.

You've had enough folklore
for one day, darlin'.

We don't want
to overdo it, do we?

That's very sad.

We had no idea.

You have our deepest
condolences, dear scarlett.

Thank you.

What a tragedy.

The husband passed on
whose child you're carrying.

It would appear I wasn't
meant for marriage.

All my husbands
have died.

All?

You've been to the altar more than once?

Three times,
as a matter of fact.

And lost them,
every one.

Glory be to god,
it's like a curse.

As like as
makes no difference.

My first two husbands
were nothing like rhett.

Not to speak ill
of the dead,

But darling rhett...

What a man he was.

He could make a girl dizzy
just thinking about him.

My other two husbands
were fine and decent men,

But 10 of 'em couldn't
have made 1 rhett butler.

There's bashing
a tin pot,

And then
there's music.

I believe being divorced
by her husband

Would be one of the most
devastating things

That could happen
to a woman.

It depends on the woman.

As to scarlett, she can
do with being devastated.

Is it unseemly of me
to speak about it?

If it is, I'll-

Not a bit.
Everyone else is.

Heavens, I can't
bite my tongue any longer.

I just can't.

It was me.

I beg your pardon,
my dear?

Who saw her.

Scarlett in the hotel.

I saw scarlett with the man
I now know is ashley wilkes.

I saw them.

I was the one who told.

You don't say.

I've been driven
to distraction

Thinking that's the reason
you were divorcing her.

Because I told
that I saw scarlett.

Scarlett and I
have been at loggerheads

For some considerable
time now, anne.

You don't hate me, then?

I could fully understand
if you did,

Although
it would break my heart.

Oh, slow down, honey.

I appreciate you
mentioning it.

I've spent years
with a woman

Whose concept of the truth
was severely lackadaisical.

I find you a real
refreshing change.

You do?

Really?

You bet.

I feel like a great big hunk of solid rock

Has been lifted
off my back.

I'm quite pleased
to relieve you of it.

Still and all, weren't
you just perfectly furious

When you heard
about scarlett?

Scarlett hasn't always
played by the rules, anne,

But then,
neither have I.

But she's a woman.

She certainly is.

I've thought about what you
were saying this afternoon.

What did I say?

About rules.
Playing by the rules.

In regard to scarlett.

Uh-huh.

Well, I got the impression-

Maybe I'm mistaken,
I could be totally mistaken-

But I got the impression
you were suggesting

A woman has the same sort of
prerogatives to take as a man

By way of behaving.

Long as she can be
sensible about it.

About what?

Whatever comes of her
claiming the prerogative.

Like what you were saying
about gambling

And chancing losing?

And winning.

And winning. Yes.

A woman like that's
particularly attractive

To a certain kind
of man.

She is?

What do you think
about that?

About what?

About taking
your prerogative

And the risks
that come with it.

I guess I don't know
how I feel about it.

I don't know that I've got
a prerogative to take.

Sure, you do.

I do?

No question
about you having it.

Only a question
about you taking it.

Hello there.

Hello.

What are you doing?

Doing?
I'm looking around.

You're not irish.

I'm american.

From the southern
portion

Of that troubled
land, I take it.

Georgia.

Ah. You're among
the vanquished

In the recent unpleasantness
between the states.

We lost the w*r, mister.

Nobody vanquished us.

I mean no offense,
mrs...

Butler.
My full name

And the one I prefer to go by
is scarlett o'hara butler.

I'm getting a crick in
my neck looking at you.

In america, a gentleman
dismounts when addressing a lady.

He also generally
introduces himself

Unless he has some nefarious
reason not to do so.

Fenton.

Fenton what?

Actually,
I'm the earl of fenton.

That's some magnificent
piece of horseflesh

You're riding there,
earl.

You know something
of horses, do you?

More than something.

This isn't mine.
It belongs to my uncle.

I'll be getting myself
a proper horse real soon.

Yes. I should say
that might be advisable.

This land once belonged
to my family, the o'haras.

You don't say.

Maybe some of it
will again.

And how might that
come about?

It's called
ballyhara.

Yes, I know.

Do you happen
to know who owns it?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Why do you ask?

Just curious.

How much land
goes with it?



That's a nice piece
of property.

It's a wreck of a place.

Have you been inside?

I was just looking
for a way in.

Follow me.

Must've been a grand house

Before it was left
to go to wrack and ruin.

Do you know anything of
the history of ballyhara?

I get the impression
something unpleasant happened,

But I don't know what.

It was built by
an englishman, of course.

The house passed from
generation to generation

Until the time
of the famine.

Are you familiar with
the famine here in ireland?

My pa told us
all about it.

The then lord
of ballyhara

Was unable, it seems,

To bear the horrors
of starvation and death.

He bought a ship

To provide free passage
to america for his tenants,

Their families,

Anyone who cared
to take advantage

Of his pity and largess.

Many did.

The exact number
was never known,

Surely in the hundreds,

But they all drowned
when the ship went down

In the first heavy sea
encountered.

Oh, my lord.

Not long after,

The lord of ballyhara
was found in the stable,

Bound hand and foot
and hung from a rafter.

The act, of course,

Of a handful of demented
paddies bound on revenge.

Of course, there was
retribution for the m*rder.

Five men from the village

Were chosen at random
and hanged.

Hanged? By who?

By the legal
representatives

Of the british crown,
of course.

That was all


The house hasn't
been occupied since.

The local witchery
has it, inevitably,

That the house
is haunted.

Well, considering
that story,

If any place had a right
to be haunted,

I guess it would be ballyhara.

And should we have a chance
to meet again after today,

Don't you dare use the word
paddy in my presence again.

Have I encountered
a fenian heart

In an american
breast, then?

A what?

The word's
unfamiliar to you?

Fenian?

The fenian brotherhood,

A secret irish society

Dedicated to the violent
and bloody overthrow

Of british rule
in ireland,

Knowing full well the mayhem
inherent in that hopeless wish.

I don't want anything
to do with politics.

That's very wise
of you.

Ghosts or no ghosts,

I'd still like to
speak to the owner.

You are.

The man who was hanged
was my father.

May I offer you
some lunch, mrs. Butler?

We aren't far
from fenton hall.

The way it looks now
reminds me of our homes

After the yankees
passed through,

Except the state
ballyhara's in

Is the result of
nothing more than neglect.

Anyone can see
what a beautiful place

It must have been once.

I know how you feel
about the english,

But they sure know how
to build houses.

What's this I hear
about it being haunted?

Has anyone actually seen
a ghost at ballyhara?

Now I know what's different
about supper tonight-

I'm the only one talking.
What's going on?

Something happened?

Did somebody die?

Are we going
to sit here like lumps

Or will we have it out?

You're known
to have been consorting

With the master of
fenton hall today, scarlett.

Consorting?

What's that supposed to mean, consorting?

I met him by accident at ballyhara,

And he invited me
home for lunch.

How did you
know about it?

Scarlett, there's
nothing happens here

That the whole county
doesn't know about

By the fall of dark.

Best to keep it in mind
for future referral.

Now, look here.

I'm real fond
of all of you,

And I have
the greatest respect

For your feelings
about the english.

But I have
a slight objection

About being told
who I can talk to.

And right she is.

Miss scarlett's got nothing
to do with our troubles.

Can she be among us

And have nothing
to do with 'em?

It's her decision
to make.

Stop talking about me as
though I were somewhere else.

But you're not somewhere else, darlin',

And that's
the point of it.

I don't care
about politics.

Politics! Is it politics
you call it, woman?

Father!

Nothing was e'er heard
any the better for shouting.

Yes, that's what
I call it.

I've seen
what it can do.

From fort sumter
to the terrible day

General lee handed
over his sword

At appomattox
courthouse.

And millions dead
between.

And ruination
and despair.

I've had
my bellyful,

And I'll have
no more!

I'm sorry for shouting.

Call it politics if
that's your need, scarlett,

But what we're about here
is human suffering.

After the hanging
and the murders,

Fenton's mother took
him and his sister away

To live in England.

That's still
his real home place.

But five years
or so ago,

He bought fenton hall,
as he came to call it.

He passes a fair bit
of time there.

I get the impression
he's not well liked.

No more or less
than the rest of 'em,

But you shouldn't encourage
an association with him.

God's nightgown!
You, too?

I'm not encouraging
anything with him.

All's well, then.

Home, sweet home...

Should you choose
to call it that.

There's a
sleeping chamber there.

It could do with a few
more sticks of furniture.

Will it do,
do you think?

It'll do just fine, colum.

Now, where can I buy
a good horse and a trap?

Whoa.

Evening.

You're getting what?

It's my duty
to marry her, belle.

Jumping jones!
You're gonna tell me

You got that girl
in the family way?

Of course not.

Then what do you mean,
it's your duty?

I told you.
I compromised her.

You didn't force yourself
on her, did you?

You know better
than to ask that.

I sure do,
and I apologize.

Is she ragging on you

To make
an honest woman of her?

Maybe she's making
an honest man of me.

Oh, rhett...

Gonna be terrible
for your reputation

If that ever gets around.

Terrible.

They're all just
adorable, mrs. Scanlon.

This one especially.

When's the baby
coming?

November.

Ladies?

Good morning, father.

Colum.

Is she buying out
the shop?

Just baby stuff thus far,
but I'm still hoping.

I'm only pulling your leg.

I should hope so

After what I bought for
myself not two weeks ago.

No one could complain of
your costume, mrs. Butler.

I can't decide.
I'll take them all.

And there's
the proof of it.

Come on.
I need your help.

Good morning, ma'am.

How much will you take
for ballyhara?

Are you quite serious?

Let's find out.

Have you heard?

Have you heard?

Heard what?

It's...

Ballyhara!

Have you heard?

The o'hara woman has just
made purchase of ballyhara

And a thousand acres
with it!

Have you been doing your
drinking elsewhere today?

O'brien must've been talking
to the little people again.

But it's the truth!

I've had it from the lips
of father colum himself!

Would you call him
a liar?

If you're
pulling our legs,

We'll hang you from the
rafters by both of yours.

May I be struck dead

If I'm not
telling the truth.

I believe he is.

And there's
plenty of work

For every man jack
as wants it,

Putting it back
to its former state.

And farms to be had

At rents
that'll never rise!

That's her promise.

Well, here's to
scarlett o'hara, then.

God bless her rare soul

Who's took back
what was took from us

And made it irish
once more!

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Now's as good a time
as any.

Consider the risk
in trusting her.

Where's the risk,
man?

Do you supposed she'll
go running to the barracks

Hollering sedition?

There's no
chance of that.

She might turn us down.

What do you think, colum?

I think the risk's
more hers than ours.

How do you figure that?

Were she to be
discovered helping us...

She'd know
that risk.

It's for her
to decide.

I say now's the time.

Are you having relations
with the o'hara woman?

Don't be impertinent.

I was only wondering.

You're not here to wonder.

There's some
whispering it about

As to you and her.

Be quiet.

I want to go now.

Not yet.

No! Let me go!

Let me go!

Come on, move it.

We're doing it!

What are you doing?

What's going on here?

Scarlett,
we're being evicted!

Evicted?
What the devil for?

Where's uncle daniel
and tim?

Someone's gone
to get them.

I needn't inquire
as to your identity.

I presume
you're the american woman.

You presume right.

What are you doing
to these people?

I'm executing an order

On behalf of
her majesty's government

For the eviction of persons
resident on this property

For their having fallen
in arrears on the rent.

Now, stand aside,
please, miss.

Are you in arrears,
kathleen?

God help us,
we are, scarlett.

How much?

I beg your pardon?

It's their pardon
you should be begging.

How much in arrears
are they?

Constable?



Well, do you want it,
or don't you?

I don't have 9 pence.
You can keep the change.

By his glory be
to god,

But doesn't she
just take the cake?

I'll pay you back
every penny.

I swear it
on my father's grave.

Why didn't you tell me
you needed money?

I'd have helped you.

I'll not take charity,
scarlett.

It's family, uncle daniel.

There's no charity
in family.

Nevertheless,
every penny.

All right, then.

Maybe we can make
some kind of an arrangement.

What would that be?

Will you come farm
a piece of my land?

The rent will be better,

Not only for you.

For anyone who comes
as tenant at ballyhara.

Put the difference
between your rent here

And the rent there
toward paying me back.

It's fine land
up there.

It's o'hara land.

Every penny, mind.

And a bit more.

I didn't have
the exact change.

Daniel,
coming up.

I got that one.

There she goes.

Ready?

Hurry up.

Want some lunch?

I just come by

To tell you I'll be
away for a while.

Away? Where?

America.

Boston, philadelphia.

Don't be gone too long.

Only as long
as is needed.

It's coming along.

Not fast enough.

Fast is a word

You'll find
mysteriously absent

From the irish
vocabulary, darlin'.

You'll be needing help running
a house the size of this.

I've taken the liberty
of arranging that for you.

Rosaleen fitzpatrick's
her name.

Formerly head housekeeper on
an estate by trim, near laracor.

I'm much obliged,
colum.

I hadn't thought
of that.

I'll have her drop by
at your convenience.

I have other news as well.

I've had a letter from
savannah from tommy shannon,

The works foreman on the new
cathedral being built there.

It concerns your tara.

It's about time.
What's the news?

Faced with a Ret*rded pace
of work on the cathedral,

As was hinted
as a possibility by tommy,

The bishop
reconsidered your proposal

To buy back
your sister's share of tara

And will enter into
negotiations on a fair price.

Hallelujah.

Won't all this alter
your plans somewhat?

How?

You seem to be amassing

A considerable amount
of property.

Colum,
what we're standing on

Was here
a million years ago.

How can anyone have too much of
anything that lasts that long?

Never thought of it
quite like that,

But I don't know of any
but you who would.

You'll be needing
considerable staff, of course.

I don't know about
considerable.

Just someone
to run the place,

And I'm assuming that'll
be you, mrs. Fitzpatrick.

I'll only be using
a few rooms at first.

When'll the child
be coming?

I judge October
or thereabouts.

That's what I'm figuring on
- around late October.

They've got to finish up

Enough for me
to move in before then.

Why is that?

I want my baby
to be born here.

You'll be needing
a steward

To manage the butler,
the footmen, and the like,

And a head stableman
to supervise the grooms.

How many horses have you
in mind to have?

I haven't gotten around to
thinking about horses yet.

I'm late in expressing
my pleasure

At meeting you and
being in your employ.

It would be an honor to be
housekeeper for the o'hara.

Beg your pardon?

I say I'll be honored being
housekeeper for the o'hara.

The o'hara?
What do you mean?

Are you not aware, then?

You're called
the o'hara now,

Head of the family o'hara
and all its branches.

A rare grace it is,
you being a woman.

Hasn't been a female
borne the title

In over 100 years or more.

Ye gods!
What do I have to do?

Some will come to you

With various troubles
now and again.

There'll be the odd
squabble amongst families

That might be needing
your attention.

There may be occasional
intercessions with the landlord

Asked of you.

Nothing that
you're not equal to,

From what I've heard
of you thus far.

Well, I'll do my best,

But what I'd be equal to
right now is lunch.

Let's drop into the pub.

Well, now...

Women are rare enough
in carney's, mrs. Butler,

And never unescorted.

But I'm the o'hara.

Afternoon.

Here's to ya!

God bless the o'hara!

You hurt me.

Get dressed.

Are you done with me
for this evening,

Lord fenton, sir?

Get dressed.

You hurt me.

God bless all here.

Colum.

Whoa.

Colum.

You're back.

How are you?

Welcome.

I missed you so.

So how was boston?

And philadelphia,
was it?

Quite civilized,
I'm pleased to report.

You sure travel far afield to save souls.

If this little creature was kicking
me like that from the outset,

I'd be black and blue.

Poor lamb.

How much longer?

About three weeks,
I reckon.

Will you have your wish
as to the birthplace?

I will. The whole house isn't finished yet,

But enough so's I'll have my
baby 'neath ballyhara's roof.

Be sure to stay beneath it
the night of allhallows eve.

Why? What's that?

The same as
your Halloween,

Though we take it more
seriously than you do.

It's coming
a week Saturday.

Stay in your house with
your doors shut tight.

That's when all the goblins and ghosts

And spirits from
all the times come out,

Some carrying their
heads beneath their arms

And all other
unnatural things.

Colum.

Oh, well.

Perhaps you're not
quite irish enough yet.

There's some plaster
needed on the walls,

But with a good fire in the
hearth and cheerful curtains,

The room will afford
quite reasonable comfort.

And there's
a surprise for you.

We found it
in the attic.

Sweet mercy,
what is it?

It's a state bed,

Probably made specially for
the viceroy's visit years ago.

Who's that?

The head of the government
in ireland.

I've ordered
a comfy mattress.

I could sleep in this

And never hit
the same spot twice.

The bed wants
more than one in it.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick, whatever
are you suggesting?

Ooh!

I trust there's been no
signs of ghosts as yet.

Not yet.

They're probably waiting
till I get settled in

Before they make
their presence known.

Do you believe
in ghosts?

I don't believe in them,
but I'm scared of them.

Have you a preference?

I'm hoping for a girl.

It would appear you haven't
long to wait before you know.

It's banging on the gates, all right.

It must be
quite difficult,

Widowed
and bearing a child.

I would've preferred it
otherwise.

I would've
been by sooner,

But I'm just back
from dublin.

It's a beautiful city.

You must see it.

I have every intention
of seeing it.

Perhaps I can be
your guide and escort.

You might care to meet
some fashionable people,

I dare say,
even the viceroy.

Does it sound appealing?

I have to admit
it does.

I could benefit
from some relief

From all the muck I've been
slogging through of late.

But there's somebody else
I've got to meet first, though.

Of course.

In due time.

In due time,
I just might.

I'll take
your horse, father.

Throw another log
on the fire.

Colum, what are you doing
out on a night like this?

I was halfway here
when the storm broke.

It was easier
to keep coming.

Who but a priest would
venture out on allhallows eve?

You're in time
for supper.

I was hoping
I might be.

This came in the adamstown
post for you today.

I'm expecting something
from my lawyer in atlanta.

This isn't it,
though.

It's from an aunt
in charleston.

Would you lay another place for colum?

I'll just go make myself more presentable.

Oh, god.

The baby.

Ohh!

Mrs. Fitzpatrick!

Mrs. Fitz!

It's coming!

It's coming!

I'll get the doctor.

He's too far,
and there isn't the time.

Something's not natural.
There's blood.

I can't vouch for myself
to do it, colum.

I'll fetch someone
who will.

Nobody will venture out
on allhallows eve.

Perhaps I'll get someone to
come under special protection.

Go on, now!

Hyah!

Whoa!

Aah! Aah!

No!

Aah!

It'll be all right,
darlin', shush.

Shush, darlin'.

No!

Shush, shush, shush.

No!

It'll be all right.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!