Love Me Tender Page #4

It sure is. All we're missing now is Pa.

Remember how we all used

to sit out here at night and sing?

Indeed, I do, son. Brings back

a heap of good memories.

Vance used to sing the loudest.

This one was his favorite.

(SINGING "LOVE ME TENDER")

If we wanna get to work before

sunup, we better turn in.

Yeah, a lot of things around

here need fixing.

What's troubling you, Vance?

You ain't your old self tonight.

Oh, I'm all right.

A little tired, I reckon.

Vance.

I know you and Cathy used to be

kind of fond of each other, but...

You ain't got no hard feelings

against either one of us now, have you?

Hard feelings? Me? Why, of course not.

You really mean that? Down deep?

- Listen, Clint, did I ever lie to you?

- No.

All right. Oh, I liked Cathy, sure.

But we all did.

But I was never in love with her.

We were just real good friends.

And that's how it still is.

So don't you ever think nothing else.

Why,

I'm just happy for both of you.

I hoped it'd be that way, Vance.

We're so much in love.

I could never tell you.

Why, you don't have to, Clint.

It's written all over your face. And hers too.

You go on to bed.

I'm gonna lock the barn because

there's still a lot of stragglers on the road.

They might steal our horses.

You can't even trust a Reb nowadays.

I'll see you in the morning, Clint.

Vance, you've gotta let me talk to you.

You never said one word to me tonight.

- Please let me try and explain.

- There's nothing to explain.

Oh, but there is. Please let me...

Give me a chance to tell you...

Coming to bed, Vance?

Vance?

How soon you figure we can tell folks

about the money?

Maybe two or three months. We'll spend

a little at a time so as not to start talk.

You're the boss. Whatever you think's best.

We gotta buy seed if we hope

to get a good crop this summer.

The crop'll have to wait.

The money we got hidden in here

is a lot better than seeds.

Vance.

Your mare worked her shoe loose.

It's all right now.

Please, Vance, I've been trying to see

you alone for more than a week now.

Won't you even try and understand?

Nobody asks why a woman gets married.

You do. You ask me with every look.

You've got no right to think I was faithless.

I waited for you, just like I promised.

I thought about you all day long,

and prayed for you every night.

Then that letter came

saying you were dead.

I didn't want to live myself anymore.

I loved you, Vance.

With all my heart and soul, I loved you.

You know I did. How can you doubt it?

That's what hurts the most, Cathy.

I know. And I can't forget it.

Well, we got to, both of us,

or we can't live under the same roof.

I know that too.

Maybe time will take care of it.

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