Love Takes Wing Page #6

[ Chuckles ]

a couple of pretty good

tantrums now and then.

- And you condone that behavior?

- No. Certainly not.

But try as you might to cage the lioness,

she will find a way to roar.

[ Chuckles ]

And, uh, speaking of which...

I heard about your little

run-in with Ray Russell.

It was out of line.

I had no right to speak to him that way.

And I'd do it again.

I know the town is afraid.

I'm just as scared as anybody else.

But I- I don't understand how they can...

- use God to justify what they want to do.

- I do.

When science can't explain something,

people turn to superstition...

to- to comfort them,

give order to their lives.

Surely you don't believe...

God is a superstition.

- I believe what I can see.

- But you're in the field of medicine.

They've just now discovered germs.

We know the children are sick.

We know a germ caused it...

but we all agree that we can't see it...

but we know it's there.

Just as we-we...

can't see God, but we can see

the effect of him in the world.

It's hardly the same thing.

And with microscopes,

you can see bacteria.

Perhaps you haven't had

the opportunity to know God.

If you read the Bible-

I've read the Bible, Miss Clarence...

and my family was very religious.

My views were formed by my own experiences,

and they are not up for discussion.

You're entitled to your beliefs, Doctor...

as are the rest of us.

[ Belinda's Voice ] Dear Mama, I've been

in Sikeston for a little more than a day...

and I already wonder if I've done

the right thing in coming here.

I knew the town needed me,

but things are much worse than I feared.

I think the disease they believed

to be influenza is actually cholera.

It's a terrible situation for everyone.

The disease seems to be coming

from the local orphanage...

and all the townspeople want to do

is send these poor children out on the street.

They're selfish. They don't care

about what happens to the kids.

And everyone looks to me

as if I'm supposed to make it all better.

The illness is bigger than me, and I'm afraid

they've put too much faith in me.

I'm afraid I'll let them down.

Especially this one little girl Lillian...

who reminds me so much of me at that age-

the person I was before you took me in.

I want to help Lillian find her own way,

but I can't even find my own path.

I wish I could talk to you and Grandma.

I wish I had your strength.

Miss Clarence, this is my good friend Annie.

She's a doctor as well.

Good. Come on, come on, come on.

- That's a good trick, Lillian. Where'd you learn it?

- I don't know.

People get sick around here a lot,

and nobody wants to help Miss Clarence.

just makes sense.

You need to get their heads up,

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