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92. EXT. THE CROP FIELD - DAY 92.

Rebecca, Josie Mae and Earl are working the field as David Lee comes running towards them --

DAVID LEE
Mama! Mama! Miss Boatwright, say she gon' help me find where Daddy is!

REBECCA
Good! But you don't have to tell the whole valley 'bout it! You'll get that woman in trouble!

93. INT. COURT CLERK'S OFFICE - DAY 93.

CHARLIE DAVID, the Court Clerk, is standing behind his desk -- Mrs. Boatwright is seated in a chair before his desk. There are two windows in the small office, a coat rack in the corner diagonally behind his desk, three chairs, another small working desk, and a row of file cabinets against the wall --

CHARLIE
I can't do it, Rita -- that's the policy here on colored prisoners, and I ain't about to change it, not even for a friend like you.

MRS. BOATWRIGHT
Charlie, just because a man and his family are colored, you --

CHARLIE
Now look, Rita, I don't make the rules -- you puttin' yourself on a limb, comin' here, askin' me to a do a thing like this. And I be damn if I'm going to jeopardize my job because you are in love with a little colored boy!

The PHONE on his desk rings -- he picks up the receiver to his ear and sits down --

CHARLIE (CONT'D)
County Clerk's office, Charlie Davis speaking...Yes, sir...You bet your life, sir...Yes, sir, I'll be right there.

He puts the receiver down -- jumps up, goes to the rack and gets his coat and starts to fix his tie --

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