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Scene: 91 - EXT. JOHNSON MANOR HOME - NIGHTA breeze is blowing. A dozen riders trot onto the Johnsongrounds, dismount and secure their horses. They pulltorches out of their saddles. A man with a lantern providesfire to ignite the torches. A man lights a large haystack ablaze. A man sets fire to the stable, with animals trapped within. A man pours accelerant onto the tobacco crop. Two other menignite the accelerant. Men run through the cornfield, setting plants afire. A man sets bundles of tobacco ablaze. One man pours accelerant onto a small house, and a secondman lights it on fire. Another man lights a second small house on fire.Two men set outbuildings afire. With the plantation ablaze, the men cast their torches tothe ground, mount their horses, and gallop off. |