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Context
It is the morning of Threshing Day, when the town gathers at the Dingman Farm to help thresh the field. Dave runs a successful threshing business and has his eye on Aggie Dingman as his potential future wife. He takes pride his his business, his popularity, and his rural upbringing. Will Hannon, meanwhile, was on a date with Aggie just last week. He is a law student at the local university. He takes pride in his intelligence, his ideas, and his dreams for him and Aggie. When the two meet, their
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DAVE College boy, ain’t you supposed to be up to the university by now?
WILL I’ve still got another week.
DAVE Uh huh. You sure those college hands can handle the work?
WILL I can keep up. Dave, tell me something, how you getting by with horses for the thresher?
DAVE Just fine, why?
WILL All the talk these days is gas or steam engines.
DAVE And the people that use them are crazy.
WILL Oh you think so?
DAVE I know so. You hear one of them engines mentioned – next thing you hear is how it caught on fire. Naw, I’ll stick with my horses. Eight teams, best in the county.
WILL But eight teams is a lot to feed. All an engine eats is wood or oil. And it doesn’t get tired.
DAVE Look here, you think all that college learning’s got you knowing better than me. You trying to make me look stupid?
WILL No Dave, as we say at the University, that would be redundant. I’m just saying that more and more people are talking about engines for their threshers.
DAVE Yeah, well... talk to me in five years. Say Will – funny thing - I didn’t see you over to the Corley place Sattidy.
WILL Me and my brother were bringing in some corn.
DAVE Were you now? Funny you should show up here. I can’t help but wonder why. Wouldn’t be Aggie, would it? I heard y’all were out on a moonlight ride last night.
WILL Now where in the Devil did you hear that?
DAVE Oh. Here and there. News travels.
WILL It sure does. But, I don’t see how that’s any of your business.
DAVE Simmer down, now, College Boy. Simmer down. Hopefully them professors will teach you how to take a little teasin’. Come on then boys. Time’s a wastin'. I’ll go hitch up the teams.
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