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70. EXT. COURT HOUSE SQUARE - DAY 70.

From the top of the Court House building, Rebecca, David Lee and Ike can be seen, slowly walking across the square, moving farther and farther away.

71. EXT. BACKYARD - DAY 71. 

Rebecca hangs out clothes - David Lee draws water from the well - Josie Mae wrings the water out of the clothes - Earl pours water into the wash tub.

72. EXT SCHOOLYARD - DAY 72.

David Lee, on his way to school, is late again - enters the schoolyard, and dashes into the building.

73. EXT WOODS - DAY 73. 

David Lee roams about the woods, alone in the hope that he might come upon Sounder.

74. INT. THE KITCHEN - DAY 74.

David Lee reads from "The Three Musketeers" to Rebecca, Josie Mae and Earl. It is very funny - they laugh.

75. INT. THE SHED - DAY 75.

David Lee, in the shed, takes his father's baseball glove down from the wall - puts the glove on - holds it up, and then slaps his fist into the pocket several times - stops and looks off into blank apace -  He keeps looking straight ahead as if he can visually see his father off from a long distance. 

76. EXT. LANDSDOWN, MAIN STREET - DAY 76.

Sunday, Rebecca and the Children - David Lee carrying the cake box, and make their way down the street -- people are moving back and forth in their Sunday dress. They move into the Square at the Court House.

77. EXT. COURT HOUSE SQUARE - DAY 77.

At the square, they come to a halt as Rebecca looks up at the clock on top of the Court House building. It is about ten minutes to twelve noon. They continue on around to the back of the building --

78. EXT. BACK OF BUILDING - DAY 78.

They stop in front of a huge back entrance and look up to the small windows with prison bars. A number of Black people are moving into the area, milling about and waiting as Rebecca and the children are.

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