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    X-S-45' MI LLY (contd.) replaces We thank thee, oh Lord, for thy loving gifts and for thy bounty. Amen. .Amen. BROTHERS (BENJAMIN and DANIEL both reach across the table and grab for the bread basket at the same time. BENJAMIN quickly looks at KILLY, then, like a perfect gentle- man, offers it to DANIEL. DANIEL takes the basket, politely takes a roll, and passes the basket around. All the BROTHERS begin to eat properly, still holding tightly onto their blankets.) DAN I EL Mmmmmmmmm.... These are good Milly. ALL BROTHERS (Ad libbing) Real good Milly. Tastes fine. Etc. etc. Why, thank you al1. Milly? MILLY GIDEON MILLY Yes, brother Gideon? GIDEON I'm glad you're the lady Adam chose as his wife. MILLY That's nice to hear. You ever think about bein' with a girl of your own? GIDEON Well, I... I've thought about it. Gideon! EPHRAIM (reprimanding him) MILLY There's nothing wrong with that. The rest of you must have thought of girls too. (The other BROTHERS ad lib that they never think of girls: "Oh, no"etc...) MILLY Well if it bothers you that much, there's plenty of other things we can talk about. CALEB (playfully) I think about girls all the time. (The other BROTHERS hoot and holler at his joke) MILLY about it is another way of talkin' about it. Let's just Jokin'