Braveheart Page #7

LEADER:

What it means in England -- and in

Scotland too -- is that rebels have

forfeited their lands. We were

ambushed last night. But the Scots

dragged their dead away.

ARGYLE:

My brother and nephew perished two

days ago, when their hay cart turned

over.

LEADER:

Then we'll just have a peek at the

wounds.

(to his men)

Dig 'em up!

ARGYLE:

They've been sanctified and buried

in the holy rites of God's church,

and any hand that disturbs them now

takes on eternal damnation. So please --

do it.

Outmaneuvered, the leader reins his horse away. Several of

the farmers spit on the ground. Argyle glares at them.

ARGYLE:

Funeral's over. Go home.

INT. THE KITCHEN - NIGHT

William and Argyle are sitting at the table, eating. Argyle

has laid out a proper meal, with exact place settings.

ARGYLE:

Not that spoon, that one's for soup.

Dip away from you. And don't slurp.

Argyle sits down and begins to dine with the boy.

ARGYLE:

We'll sleep here tonight. You'll

come home with me. We'll let the

house, and the lands too; plenty of

willing neighbors.

WILLIAM:

I don't want to leave.

ARGYLE:

Didn't want your father to die either,

did ya? But it happened.

Argyle pushes his food away; he has no appetite now.

ARGYLE:

Did the priest say anything about

the Resurrection? Or was it all about

Judgment?

WILLIAM:

It was in Latin, sir.

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