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131. CONTINUED 131.

DAVID LEE
(pause)
Nothin' ...

CAMILLE
And so you did your job, right?

DAVID LEE
(pause)
Yes, mam ...

CAMILLE
Whewwww! You sure keep my mind jumping, boy!

DAVID LEE
What do that mean?

CAMILLE
Means you keep me using my head, and that's good!

She returns to making up the bed.

DAVID LEE
(pause)
Miss Johnson ... Do you think I can come back here, and you let me study school with the other children?

The question stops her work - and then she momentarily struggles for an answer for the boy - she sits down on the bed as he turns back to gazing out of the window. She looks on him for a moment, rises, moves to the window, puts her arm around his shoulder - and they both look out of the window into the blank darkness ---

132. EXT. FRONT OF THE HOUSE - ROAD - DAY 132.

Josie Mae is on the porch with Earl when she spots David and Sounder on the road, rushing toward the house.

JOSIE MAE
Mama! Mama!

She and Earl rush out to the road to meet them - Rebecca moves out of the front door behind them. David is carrying two books given to him by Camille. They all reach him about the same time. 

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