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I keep thinking this is just
another three-day pass,

and then it's back
to Camp Rockfish.

How long are you
planning on staying?

Until I move in with you.

Jason, how long have
you known about Toni?

Quite a while.

Then why have you
been hiding it from us?

I wasn't hiding anything.

I just didn't think it
was such a big deal.

Do you know Jason Walton?

Just.

I'm in love with him.

His family and I do all right.

Kid, light and easy, until
he told them I was Jewish.

I just didn't want
to lose a brother.

I asked her to marry me.

She turned me down because she didn't
want to come between me and my family.

JOHN-BOY: The pattern of
our lives was broken by the war,

and the old ways of the past became
less a part of us when we returned home.

So long as our mother and
grandmother were there to shepherd us,

the church was
central to our lives.

But without them on the scene, some
of the family found it easy to backslide

and, as interest in the
church slipped away,

it didn't seem possible that events
would join to bring them back again.

(BELL RINGING)

Ben! Ben, it's the church bells!

What time is it?

After 3:00.

What do you think is happening?

Nothing good.

Take care of John
Curtis for me, Rose.

What could be
wrong at the church?

We'll find out
when we get there.

Good idea. Stay home.

I've got to get my coat.

It's probably a fire. You
women will just get in the way.

I hope, whatever the emergency,

it warrants this ear-splitting
sound in the dead of the night!

Corabeth, you
don't have to come.

Oh, I've never liked bells,

and I shall never rest until
I know what is going on.

It does seem clearer down here.

Church bell, do you think?

Yes, Sister.

Perhaps the war is over. Again.

- Hey, who are you?
- What are you doing?

Calling the faithful
to their church.

In the middle of the night?

Yeah. Surprised
you found your way.

But as long as you're here,
why don't you take a look?

Take a good look.

You've got some nerve,
breaking into a church.

Wasn't very difficult.

Why'd you do it?

Your house of God's in a pretty
sorry state, wouldn't you say?

Our church is none
of your business.

Maybe he's the
vandal we've been after.

I'm your new minister.

I don't believe it,
not for a minute.

No ordained minister would
indulge in this kind of behavior.

MARSHALL: This is supposed
to be a house of worship.

The state of decay
is inexcusable.

This man claims
to be a minister.

A minister wouldn't
lie, Corabeth.

My name is Tom Marshall.

I will be putting
this church in order.

I'll need your help.

You found your way here tonight.

I'll expect to see you
all here tomorrow.

Come along, Sister. Let's
come back when it's warmer.

Do you always
start out like this?

I don't know.

It's my first church.

We haven't had a real
minister here for a long time.

The congregation has had
to go to Rockfish for services

ever since those vandals
broke in and tore the place apart.

Well, you've got a minister now.

Army chaplain?

Yeah.

I spent most of my time
in the 107th, in Europe.

I was in the 72nd.
I'm Jason Walton.

There's a lot of work to
be done, Jason Walton.

I was ashamed at the
condition of the church,

and then I realized how long
it's been since I was there.

Rose and Elizabeth do most
of the church-going around here.

It was almost worth getting up that
early to see the look on Corabeth's face.

Boy, was she mad as hell.

Mama would wash your mouth
out with soap for that, Jim-Bob.

Thank you, Mary Ellen.

The language is getting
a little lax around here.

You know, I've
thinking about Ginny.

Do you realize that I
haven't been to church

more than six times
since she was born?

That's a terrible example to
be setting for your children.

It'll change, now that
we have a new minister.

I wonder what's
keeping Elizabeth.

You didn't have to go ringing the
church bell in the middle of the night.

Well, I'd call it an awakening.

Every member of
this church needed it.

Some people kept
coming to church,

even when we didn't
have our own minister.

We'd end up reading
the Bible to ourselves.

Did you come every Sunday?

Well, it got hard sometimes.

I mean, Mama and Daddy are in Arizona.
Grandpa's gone. Grandma's not well.

God's here, Elizabeth.

God's everywhere, isn't he?

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Oh, you'd better go, Sister.

Oh, my, come in!

Good morning.
We're a little early.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- We were just...
- Jason.

We were just on our way
out. I hope you'll excuse us.

You can go right
upstairs to the room.

Make yourselves at home.

You both are so
kind to do this for me.

MISS EMILY: We're
doing it for Jason, too.

I don't deserve it.

We'll be back posthaste.

Do have Jason tell you about
the tintinnabulation of last evening.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

It's a strange Mountain
ritual. You wouldn't like it much.

I can think of one I would.
How about a kiss for a veteran?

Okay. From one
veteran to another.

I keep thinking this is just
another three-day pass,

and then it's back
to Camp Rockfish.

How long are you
planning on staying?

Until I move in with you.

I never should have let
you establish a beachhead.

Tom. Tom Marshall, if
that is indeed his real name.

Yes. Yes, I'll wait.

Corabeth, the people in
the church office in Richmond

have got something
better to do than talk to you.

Oh, I doubt that, Mr. Godsey.

I believe that we are being
victimized, that this man is a hoax.

Hoax?

Why on Earth would somebody want to
pretend to be a minister when he wasn't?

Well, perhaps the stress
of war was too great for him.

I mean, his behavior
last night was outrageous.

No minister would ever... What?

Oh!

Well, what divinity
school was that?

Excuse me.

- Excuse me. Excuse me.
- With honors?

Uh-huh.

Oh, no. No, his war
decorations are not in question.

The Purple Heart?

The Silver Star for
gallantry? How many clusters?

(CHUCKLING) Some hoax.

Uh-huh. All right. Thank you.

Thank you so much.
You've been most kind.

Mmm-hmm. Goodbye.

Corabeth, sometimes
you're just so sure of things.

He sounds extra special to me.

Well... Well, perhaps he just needs
someone to show him our ways.

Excuse me. Coming through.

(DOOR OPENING)

Oh, here's the reverend.

Hello. I'm Tom Marshall.

Yes, we know. We
were here last night.

We answered your
bell, so to speak.

I'm Miss Mamie Baldwin, and
this is my sister, Miss Emily.

Ladies.

Neither of us have ever married,

although there have been
opportunities, don't you know.

I'm sure.

I hope that's for me.

Oh, it's Mamie's best recipe.

- But not the Recipe.
- Oh, no.

Hello, ladies.

Elizabeth, dear, I was about
to ask where all the help was.

Well, nobody's here yet.

Elizabeth thinks I might have
frightened everybody away

by waking them up in the
middle of the night like that.

Oh, nonsense. We all
needed a good stirring up.

I thought it was
rather exciting.

We're not often awake
at that time of night.

We know our friends here on
the Mountain, Reverend Marshall,

and they'll come to
help in their own time.

Now, young lady, suppose
you lead me to the work.

Sister has sent away
for a special gift for me.

Oh, is that so?

If I tell you what it
is, you won't tell?

It's a secret.

It's a bird.

Morning.

Morning, uh, Ben, right?

Right. Gonna go get
started on that altar rail.

Okay, thank you.

- Hey, Reverend.
- Hey, Jason.

- I'm ready to work.
- Tom, please, okay?

Tom, okay.

Help yourself.

JASON: Morning, ladies.

MISS EMILY: Good morning.
MISS MAMIE: Good morning.

Hello, Reverend. My name is
Ike Godsey. I run the local store.

Yes, I remember
you from last night.

Yes, I noticed that the bell rope
is a little frayed, so I brought one.

I figured you could
always use some paint.

Thanks a lot, Ike.

Can I borrow your ladder?

You bet. Help yourself.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Well, it's true, isn't it, Reverend? The
Lord helps those who help themselves.

Well.

It's a beginning.

I'll give you a hand, Toni.

Oh, I can handle it, thanks.

I happen to excel in
most domestic jobs.

I can cook and sew
and wash and iron

and paint the house and mow
the lawn and trim the trees.

I'd make someone
a marvelous wife.

And she's modest, too.

(ALL LAUGHING)

I think you'd better
listen to her, Jason.

She's volunteering
for an awful lot of work.

It's not lawful to
own slaves anymore.

Unless you call it marriage.

(ALL LAUGHING)

I don't know, Jason, I'm
kind of getting used to her.

You could have done worse.

You're coming along
just fine, Jim-Bob.

All right, all of you. Come and
sit down while it's nice and hot.

Well, everything looks
some good, Rose.

Smells good, too.

I wouldn't rush into anything, Toni.
You haven't met the new minister yet.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Good idea, Elizabeth. Maybe
Jason will introduce her to him.

Not on your life.

(ALL LAUGHING)

All right, now, shh. Jason?

Heavenly father, we ask
your blessing on our family,

on this food before us,

and on this strange
woman in our midst. Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Now, that was not at all
necessary, young man.

He's wild for me, Rose.

He'd never pray for me if he
wasn't madly in love with me.

I think Elizabeth is right.

I think we should have
you meet Tom Marshall.

He's awfully good-looking, Toni.

I don't think I'm his type.

You won't know that
until you meet him.

A minister wouldn't be
interested in her. She's Jewish.

Well, now, let's get the
salad traveling around here.

Why don't we just go back about
a minute? Want to pass the salad?

And pretend Jason
never said anything.

There's nothing
wrong with what I said.

You just took us by
surprise, that's all.

I mean, we just never
would have known.

Well, now you do.

I mean, it's not like there's
anything wrong, honest.

You had that good
buddy at Camp Rockfish.

What was his name?
Uh, Ted... Ted Lapinsky.

I thought he was
a real great guy.

He was nice.

I remember him.

He was nice.

I had a brother with two heads,
which made him twice as smart as...

Never had a brother, honest.

Toni, wait.

Sorry, friend, I can't
handle this right now.

They didn't mean anything.
They were just surprised.

So was I. I was
really surprised.

You never told them
I was Jewish before?

I didn't think it mattered.

They obviously did.

Nobody meant to upset Toni.

I told her that.

I wish it hadn't
happened. I'm sorry.

Everything was going
great until you, uh...

Until I said she was Jewish.

I don't think that
should change things.

Jason, how long have
you known about Toni?

Quite a while.

Then why have you
been hiding it from us?

I wasn't hiding anything.

I just didn't think it
was such a big deal.

You could have saved
us a lot of embarrassment

if you'd told us
about it earlier.

Embarrassment from what?

It's not like she has
diphtheria or something.

Jason, it was quite a surprise.

I mean, you put us all in
an uncomfortable situation.

You only have yourself
to blame for that, Ben.

How'd you like to be the
only Baptist at a table of Jews?

You, uh... You the new rabbi?

Well, I guess you could
say that, yeah. Who are you?

Well, I'll tell you one thing.
I'm not a Baptist, that's for sure.

I hear they're clannish. Keep
to themselves, you know?

That's a new one on me.

You let one in the neighborhood, you
might as well open up the floodgates.

They just sweep in and take
over. I hear they eat funny, too.

Now, do you want to just
sit in there and yell at me,

or could you come out here
where we can discuss this?

Oh, no, not today. I'm not
discussing anything today.

Today, I yell.

Well, I'll be here tomorrow.

You know something?

You're not that good-looking.

(EXCLAIMS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MISS MAMIE: Toni,
you have a visitor.

I know you said you
wanted to be alone,

but I thought you'd make
an exception for Jason.

And I hope, whatever your
quarrel is about, that you'll settle it.

She hasn't had a bite of food.

Thank you, Miss Mamie.

I don't know what to do if
you're not going to stay and fight.

Me either.

I feel like a fool, but I don't
know what to do about it.

There's nothing you should do.

No?

The big exit, the big anger?

Pretty bad.

I came to apologize
for my family, for me.

Don't. Look at Germany.
Look at the war.

That's all the more reason.

It just hit wrong, their
silence, then their words.

I was surprised
at my reaction, too.

I never even
studied the religion.

Your family didn't, either?

Maybe when I was very little,
but I wouldn't remember it.

When my parents were killed,

my grandfather refused to
have anything to do with religion.

He never took me to temple,
never even talked about it.

If you never practice the
faith, what makes you a Jew?

That's a good question.

I don't know. The
heritage, maybe?

The culture through the ages?

What makes you a Baptist?

I was baptized.
Immersed. I remember that.

It was a joyous time
for Mama and Grandma.

And you?

It was then, yeah.

This last while, the
war, the separations.

I haven't done much about it.

I wonder why.

So do I.

It shouldn't matter that
Toni's Jewish, should it?

No.

Then why wouldn't Jason
have said something?

One of my best
friends was a Baptist,

and she married a Catholic boy.

It split those families
right down the middle.

They ended up getting a divorce.

That'd never happen
to Jason and Toni.

I thought my friend had
the most perfect marriage,

and now she's raising
two kids all by herself.

She won't even
speak to her mother.

She blames the
families for the breakup.

What about the husband?

He moved as far
away as he could get.

Dare I ask, Ike? Has it come?

Yes, Miss Mamie, it's come.

But just a minute. I've got a letter
for you here somewhere, Tom.

Miss Mamie, how are you?

Oh, I'm almost beside myself,
Reverend. I don't see it, Ike.

It's tied outside.
Oh, here it is.

What's tied outside?

Oh, the most delightful
surprise for Sister.

Came bright and
early this morning.

Uh, did it fly in?

Uh, no, it came by truck.

Come on. I'll show you.

(EXCLAIMS)

Oh, my, what a
beautiful animal you are!

And friendly, too.

The truck driver almost
didn't want to leave her.

You know, I'd love to have her
myself, if it weren't for Corabeth.

That isn't a bird.

No, it isn't a bird.

No, but she was... Never mind.

Won't Sister be delighted?

Well, she was expecting a bird.

Oh, that's ridiculous. Sister
wasn't expecting anything.

Won't you come along
and help me surprise her?

Wouldn't miss
this for the world.

Now, if he's going to live in the
church instead of the parsonage,

I think the least we
can do is make it homey.

Now, of course, I don't want to
take on this whole thing myself...

What's outside, Miss Emily?

Nothing.

Now, I don't know
if you heard me.

I was talking about that
room in back of the pulpit

where the young reverend
has taken up residence.

Nothing yet, anyway.

Did I tell you Sister smiled
all through breakfast?

No. No, you didn't.

She could hardly wait to
go on her mysterious errand.

You must help me decide
where to put the cage.

Now, he'll want
light, don't you think?

What cage, Miss Emily?

For my bird. We can't
just let it fly about.

Oh, you mean, Miss
Mamie's giving you a bird?

I can't tell you how long I've
wanted something of my own to love.

Something... Something cheerful.

With a touch of color, perhaps.

A canary.

Lovebirds, a pair!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(DOG BARKING)

Surprise, Sister!

Sister! What have you done?

I've brought you the
pet that we discussed.

Well, she's not a
canary, but she loves you.

Well, I think she is a he, Rose.

Well, I guess you won't be
needing to hang his cage in here.

Now, Rose, that's silly.

It wouldn't have been
silly if she'd been a bird.

Well, now, Sister, we've
been all through that.

We decided that we wanted
a pet who could protect us.

I remember pointing out
there are some very large birds.

Well, I... I think she'll be a
wonderful pet for you, Miss Emily.

(STAMMERING) I mean
that he'll be a wonderful...

I wanted a bird,
Reverend Marshall. A bird.

I already had his
name picked out. Dickie.

Oh, I think he
likes that, Sister.

"Faith is not alone what we believe,
but what we apply of what we believe..."

We do... Do with...
With what we...

Do with...

"Our faith is not alone what we believe,
but what we do with what we believe.

"Our faith is not part of
our life. Our faith is our life,

"and as such must be fed and
nourished by thought and deed and..."

That's stuffy. Come on.

I think it sounds nice.

Hello.

I remember you.

I yell a lot when I'm angry.

That's funny. That's
not what I saw.

I find I need your forgiveness.

I saw hurt.

You were hurt,
not so much angry.

You do well with words.

You practice what you preach?

Well, yeah.

I listen, too.

Do you know Jason Walton?

Just.

I'm in love with him.

His family and I do all right.

Kid, light and easy, until
he told them I was Jewish.

Say something.

- Why?
- Because they didn't.

They just sat there and looked
like they'd been hit with something.

Well, they had.

When they did
start to speak, finally,

it just got worse, and I
had to get out of there.

To come here and yell at me?

I apologize for that.

I call myself a Jew.

Shouldn't I know
what that means?

He wrote this when
he was in the service?

No, before.

He told me about it on
the troop ship going over.

"Rabbi Nathan Levitt."

We crossed paths
all over Europe.

And we talked everywhere,
foxholes, cafes, hospitals.

We still have a date to
tour the Vatican together.

The Baptist minister
and the rabbi.

There's always
something to learn.

I'll return it soon.

You read it, and read it again.

You know, there's instruction
you can take about Judaism,

and I'll find out where
the nearest temple is.

One of the larger cities
in Virginia must have one.

Hold it a minute, Reverend.
One step at a time.

Hello, dear. How are you?

Good, thanks, Corabeth.

I won't forget this.

Neither will I.

I understand we're to be
neighbors. Come see me!

Isn't she a lovely girl? Lovely.

And so spirited, too. She
was in the service, you know.

No, I didn't.

And she is simply wild
about Jason Walton.

Or was.

All I did was lend her a book.

Reverend, I want to
talk to you privately.

Like you, Reverend Marshall,
I, too, am an educated person,

and as such, I feel
that you should be told...

Oh, dear, I don't
believe you're listening.

I'm sorry. I'm just
thinking about my sermon.

Precisely why I am here.

As I was saying, I am an educated person,
and I feel that I can give you insight

into the ways of
administering to the needs

of the Baptists here
on Walton's Mountain.

Excuse me. Let me just
look at this for just a moment.

You see, I have lived among
them, and I know their ways.

Par example, bell-ringing in the
middle of night is frowned upon.

It tends to breed rancor.

Well, I guess I'm just a bell
ringer at heart, Miss Godsey.

There comes a time when
bell ringing is the only answer.

Oh, dear. Well, let us hope
that, that is over and done with.

Now, I can get on to the gist
of my additional suggestions.

Hi.

A gentleman
caller, with flowers?

Oh, they're lovely. Thank you.

Why do I think these are the
first you've ever brought me?

How soon we forget.

Your new minister and Rabbi
Levitt were chaplains together.

How do you know Tom Marshall?

I went by to see if he
really was good-looking.

Finding answers, are you?

Some.

There are several ways
that you can be a Jew.

You can accept the faith, or
the culture, ethics, heritage,

or you can just
call yourself a Jew.

That's you?

It was.

Something's changed?

It's like... It's like a hunger
I've never felt before.

All I know is I
want to know more.

And I'm searching, and I'm
really enjoying the search.

Like thinking you were an orphan,
and finding out you were part of a family.

This is your
night for surprises.

Why was this kiss so
different from all the others?

I don't know.

I guess the last couple of days I've
seen a side of you I'd never seen before.

Just don't feel sorry for me,
Jason, or I'll break your neck.

(CHUCKLES)

Come along, Sister.

No, I want to stay with
Dickie. He gets lonesome.

Now, you're too permissive, Sister.
You must be more assertive with him.

Mamie's bark is
worse than her bite.

Now, let's see. This is
Rover's Dog Meal, is that right?

Rover's Big Boy Dog Meal.
It says to specify Big Boy.

Big Boy. And you want a case?

Oh, several.
Dickie eats like a...

Like a big boy.

(ALL LAUGHING)

What are you going to feed
her until we get this order in?

Uh, everything. He has
an enormous appetite.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

We decided to come in.

We can't have that dog in here.

He has become devoted to Sister, and
I'm inclined to be a little bit jealous.

Mr. Godsey, now
don't befriend it.

I'd steal her if I could.

She's a he, Ike.

Corabeth, you
look a little piqued.

Well,

I'm afraid I'm not taking the
news about Toni very well.

What news?

Oh, she's not ill. We
saw her at breakfast.

Well, I suppose it's best that
you hear it from an old friend.

Ladies, Toni is a Jewess.

Yes, we know. Like Rebecca.

Yes, we've had some very
interesting theological discussions.

No, no. I'm afraid
you don't understand.

She is of the faith of the Old Testament.
Solomon, Moses, those people.

(BARKING)

Mr. Godsey, that beast!

(CHURCH ORGAN PLAYING)

Good morning, and welcome.

Everyone is welcome here.

This morning, I'd like to share
a few thoughts on our faith.

Our faith is not alone what we believe,
but what we do with what we believe.

The apostle James asks
in Chapter 2, Verse 20,

"Wilt thou know, O vain man,
that faith without works is dead?"

We speak often of
the grace of God...

(ALL LAUGHING)

Well, I said everyone
was welcome here.

(ALL LAUGHING)

MARSHALL: We do speak
often of the grace of God,

but how are we to achieve his
grace if we don't exercise our faith?

The English philosopher, John Locke,
described our faith well when he said,

"The Baptists were the first
propounders of absolute liberty,

"just and true liberty,
equal and impartial liberty."

Now, that's a belief
to take pride in,

for it says that Baptists are
not merely tolerant of others,

but they accept liberty in
its broadest, truest sense.

They demand unrestricted
religious liberty for themselves

and for all others, be they Catholic,
Hindu, Muslim, Jew, or Pagan,

be they atheist, agnostic,
or questioning seeker.

MISS EMILY: Thank you,
Reverend, for being so understanding.

Dickie meant no harm. He
just doesn't like to be tied up.

And your sermon was about
freedom, so that's all right.

MARSHALL: It's quite all right.

I was delighted to see him.

Once Dickie came in, I knew nobody
would fall asleep during my sermon.

(LADIES LAUGHING)

Oh, thank you, Reverend.

My pleasure. Nice to see you.

- Thank you.
- Bye.

Thanks for coming, Steve.

Mary, I look forward to
dinner on Wednesday, right?

Bye, Amber. See you then, okay?

Interesting sermon.

Thank you very much.

- Nice. Good to see you.
- Good to see you, Cindy.

Glad to see you, Toni.

Glad to see you, Elizabeth.

I hope you'll come to dinner
this afternoon. We all do.

Thank you. That sounds nice.

We've got plans, Elizabeth.

Well, we always have
a lot of food. You know.

I know.

See you later, Elizabeth.

Good to see you, folks.

Thank you for coming.
We'll see you next Sunday.

Well, how's my Judaic scholar?

Learning a lot, thank you.

Well, Nate's a good teacher.

Your sermon, it was a revelation.
There's so much I didn't know.

Well, even when you already know,
sometimes you need to hear it said again.

We all need affirmation.

I wonder if they'll
ever hear you.

Sometimes they only
hear what they want to.

I never heard that John Locke quote before.
It's what I've always wanted to believe.

Made me proud to be a Baptist.

Don't forget that part about
practicing your faith every day.

Now that's the key.

Still, I've never heard
it all put quite that way.

Ben, you're not eating a thing.

Did you notice the way
Jason ignored us at church?

He's been that way for days.

I don't think it
meant anything at all.

Well, the way Reverend
Marshall was talking,

we gave Toni a
hard time for nothing.

When Jason said she was a Jew,

a good Baptist would have
stood up and cheered her.

For what? Breaking
up our family?

(SIGHING)

Drink in the view. Then
maybe you won't mind the food.

I can't believe it,

the view, and the fact that
you've brought me here.

Didn't I ever tell you one day
I'd show you the top of the world?

No.

I thought it was you.

(LAUGHING)

I'm convinced you
made the sandwiches.

Well, you can't be
good at everything.

And you're not.

Cream soda?

Mmm. And nicely warm.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, this is great. I knew
everything would be better up here.

You know why?

Because we're here.

And our problems are down there.

We don't have any problems.

What about your family?

Maybe they have
problems. We don't.

You don't know how much
I've envied you and your family.

So many of you, so full
of love for each other.

I wouldn't come between you
and them for anything in the world.

They've come between you and me.

You see you and
me against the world,

and since people seem to be
against me, you're all for me.

Dear, gentle Jason
and the underdog.

Come on. Something important.

Every one of us came to
him when we were in trouble.

I still do.

When I listen, I can
still hear my grandfather.

I heard Grandpa all the way
through the sermon this morning,

strong, fair, decent.

I wish he'd been sitting at the table
when I told them you were Jewish.

But he wasn't.

He'd have loved you,
and you'd have loved him.

My friend, Ted Lapinsky, said the
Kaddish right here over his grave.

I wish I knew your grandfather.

What a lovely place to rest.

I love you.

I want you to marry me.

You don't know how long
I've waited to hear those words.

But not now! Don't even ask me!

Why not? I mean it. I love you.

(SOFTLY) I love you.

(PLAYING SLOW MUSIC)

Jason.

I'm surprised you're here.

You left the family. I thought
maybe you'd left town.

Left my family?

Sure. When you sat with Toni in
church, and you stood with her afterwards.

You let everyone know
you had made your choice.

You made your choice, remember?
And without letting any of us know.

Cindy came into the family. She
didn't try to take me away from it.

Will you let up?

I didn't come home
to Sunday dinner.

You know who worried
about that most? Toni.

I don't believe it.

Stay here. I want
to talk to you.

I'm sorry, Ben.

I'm sorry, too.

Guess I had it coming.

I just didn't want
to lose a brother.

I asked her to marry me.

She turned me down because she didn't
want to come between me and my family.

I love her. She's
got to believe that.

JASON: Toni? Toni!

I don't know all the answers. I
just know we'll find them together.

Oh! Oh, Jason!

Oh, Jason, I want to. I want to.

(RINGING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Hey! Hey! What's going on here?

I hope we woke you up!

Well, you did.

She said yes! She's
gonna marry me!

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

JOHN-BOY: It was a joyous
night for Jason and Toni.

The problems which they faced together
were made smoother by the family,

and by old friends who grew
more interested in the things

that brought them together than
those that might separate them.

Truly, it was a beginning.

JIM-BOB: That's the last
bell-ringing I'm going to.

You all got that?

MARY ELLEN: Sure,
Jim-Bob. Go to sleep.

JIM-BOB: I keep thinking
the British are coming.

It kind of gives me a headache.

MARY ELLEN: Take an aspirin.

JIM-BOB: Just
remember, no more bells.

(ALARM RINGING)

ELIZABETH: What's that?

JIM-BOB: My alarm clock.

MARY ELLEN: Good morning, Jim-Bob!
ELIZABETH: Good morning, Jim-Bob!

English -SDH