(BETSY runs out of a log cabin onto its front porch. She's shaken and distraught. PAUL REVERE is soon to follow, desperate and in love.)
BETSY: I have nothing left to say to you. Stop embarrassing me!
PAUL: Don't do this to me.
BETSY: Don't do this to you? Don't do this to you, Paul? What about what you did to me?
PAUL: People make mistakes.
BETSY: Well, you're not people Paul. You're Paul Revere.
PAUL: I'm human too!
BETSY: Don't flatter yourself!
PAUL: Your words are biting!
BETSY: Get on your horse and leave me.
(Music begins. It's slow and simple. PAUL sings:)
PAUL:
FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU
FROM THE MOMENT I MET YOU
I KNEW THAT YOU'D BE MINE
BETSY:
AT THE MOMENT YOU SAW ME
AT THE MOMENT YOU MET ME
I WAS ON MY OWN DOIN' FINE!
PAUL:
YOU'VE GIVEN ME REASON, YOU'RE MORE THAN A HORSE!
BETSY:
GIVE IT A REST PAUL, I KNOW NO REMORSE!
PAUL:
WHEN A LEGEND LOVES A LEGEND, YOU HAVE TO AGREE
THERE ARE TWO ADVERBS, HISTORICALLY AND PERSONALLY!
BETSY:
WHEN A LEGEND LOVED A LEGEND, YOU COULD HAVE SAID THAT!
INSTEAD YOU SIGNED YOUR AUTOGRAPHS, KNICKERS AND HATS!
PAUL: I guess my words are futile then.
BETSY: There's your horse! You know what to do with it!
PAUL: I'll be on my way.
BETSY: Go find your crowds and your women Paul. Lord knows they're waiting down at the saloon as usual. Heck, one day, maybe you'll actually find yourself.
PAUL: Good-bye Ms. Ross.
(PAUL gets on his horse.)
PAUL:
(slower and defeated)
SINCE THE MOMENT I MET YOU...
AT THE MOMENT I MET YOU...
I'M ON MY HORSE, ADIEU MY FAWN...
BETSY:
(aside)
SINCE THE MOMENT I MET YOU...
AT THE MOMENT I MET YOU...
(to PAUL)
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, PAUL PLEASE BE GONE!
(PAUL rides away humming the tune with intensity and loss. BETSY remains on the porch, confused, alone and also humming.)
BLACKOUT
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