:24:01
Ask him to take the whiskey decanter
off the dinner table.
:24:04
- I have no influence with Mr. Holland.
- Try it.
:24:07
You may have more than you think.
:24:13
No, it's not a drought, Bayard.
Rain's just a little late, that's all.
:24:17
I've seen the drought before, Mr. Holland.
:24:19
The cane is too dry,
and it's dangerous that way.
:24:22
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
:24:24
I heard about your little misadventure
yesterday. On your first day off, too.
:24:27
- I had a good time up to a point.
- Wes can be very entertaining.
:24:31
Yes, he can. But I was wondering...
:24:33
you know, if you could leave
the whiskey decanter off the table...
:24:36
It's always stood there, Miss Connell.
:24:38
I can remember it
in my grandfather's time and my father's.
:24:41
But it must be an added temptation
to Wesley and...
:24:44
though your brother is not
an alcoholic yet, Mr. Holland...
:24:47
I can tell you, as a nurse,
that it won't be long.
:24:49
Miss Connell, I engaged you to take care
of my wife, not my brother.
:24:53
I'm afraid the decanter will have to stay
where it is.
:25:11
There they go.
:25:12
Bayard told me they were going
to ask Damballah for rain.
:25:15
The fields are as dry as dust.
:25:17
But what is it, Mr. Holland?
:25:19
It's a big seashell, a conch.
:25:21
They make a sort of bugle out of it
to call the faithful to the houmfort.
:25:25
But I don't know what a houmfort is
or a Damballah.
:25:27
It's voodoo. The houmfort is the temple...
:25:29
and Damballah is one of the gods,
the big papa god.
:25:32
You don't seem very disturbed by it.
:25:33
I thought voodoo was something
everyone was frightened of.
:25:36
I am afraid it's not very frightening.
:25:38
They sing and dance and carry on.
:25:40
And then, as I understand it,
one of the gods comes down...
:25:43
and speaks through one of the people.
:25:45
For some reason,
they always pick a night like this.
:25:48
This hot wind even sets me on edge.
:25:52
Clement, you've forgotten the decanter.
:25:55
I think from now on, Wes,
we'll try serving dinner without it.
:25:59
That's odd.