ada, how are you settling in? are you liking the farm?
so listen -- if you would say hello to one of these fools, i'll get a field cleared this weekend.
no. him in particular, up in the rafters. been pressing me all morning.
that's a fine looking thing.
thank you, by the way. inman's down in the bottom field, clearing his debt.
he was happy.
are men so different in charleston?
if you're saying you might like him, why not go down and say hello.
ada! ada, it's sally.
poor soul. she's got nobody and nothing and three hundred acres of misery.
ada.
you're skinny as a whippet, girl -- you're coming indoors with me.
great god, you ever looked at my husband! i can't get him to wear decent church clothes christmas morning. hang on to me, the wind'll blow you over.
don't go back to that dark house. there's a bed here, least till our boys get home.
what about your people in charleston?
i know it ain't rightly christian, but it's what folks do, like when they dangle a needle over the belly to see if you're carrying a boy or a girl.
i tried many a time, never saw a dickybird.
you all right?
ada monroe and ruby thewes! look at you both!
like a coupla scarecrows after a thunderstorm.
thank you both. ruby, i look forward to this. we all do. esco and me.
good god in heaven.
i know esco's going to be real sorry he missed you. you all take care.
ruby.
you tell ada that was a good pie.