Mudbound Page #2

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[Jamie] Next thing I knew,

I was sucked under,

concussed and bleeding,

and I was as good as gone,

another victim of the Great Flood of '27.

-I can't believe you never told me this.

-There's more.

Then what happened?

Well, I saw a shimmering light,

-like a falling star.

-[Henry] "Shimmering."

And a great big hand reached out of it

and I thought it was God himself

come to take me.

But it wasn't.

It was my dear big brother, Henry.

-You saved his life. You're a hero.

-Indeed, he is.

Well, what was I supposed to do, huh?

Let him drown?

Here's to the future,

whatever it may hold.

May you be blessed

with happiness, health, prosperity,

and if she'll have you,

a house full of children.

My love to you both.

-[music stops playing]

-[crowd applauding]

[Laura chuckles] Bubbly.

[slow music playing]

Would you mind terribly

if I had a dance with your girl?

[sighs]

Miss Chappell, care to take a spin?

I'd be delighted.

[Laura] Jamie saw in a different way.

And when his eyes were on me,

I felt like I was no longer invisible.

[laughs]

[chuckles softly]

-[music stops playing]

-[crowd applauding]

[band member] Thanks a lot, guys.

-I'll be back.

-[Henry] Absolutely.

[swing music playing]

You look especially pretty tonight.

[chuckles] Thank you.

Jamie has that effect on girls.

They sparkle for him.

He likes you. I can tell.

I'm sure he doesn't dislike anyone.

Well, at least not anyone in a skirt,

anyways. [chuckles]

[Laura] Henry's marriage proposal

didn't play out like I pictured it would.

He wasn't kneeling and the question

came out as more of a statement.

Henry wasn't a romantic.

He was made of sturdier stuff.

[speaks indistinctly]

[sighs]

-[Laura shrieks]

-[Henry laughing]

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

[Laura] I loved domestic life.

Yielding to Henry

and waiting for him to come home to me

was what I'd been put on Earth to do.

And when Amanda Leigh was born,

I became hers completely.

Then came the day that changed everything.

Forever.

-[Amanda cooing]

-[gasps]

[President Roosevelt on radio]

December 7th, 1941,

a date which will live in infamy.

The United States of America...

was suddenly and deliberately attacked...

by naval and air forces

of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace

with that nation,

and at the solicitation of Japan...

[Ronsel] Daddy borrowed Mr. Robert

and 'nem truck to take me.

That's what I remember most.

The first things and the last things...

they always stick the hardest.

Thank you.

We'll be praying for you.

All right.

[Lilly] Don't forget about us.

Oh, I won't.

I won't. Okay?

[Marlon] You take care.

I will.

Y'all pitch in good around here, yeah?

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