Smallville (TV Series)

Harvest (2010)

Merrilyn Gann: Ruth Cavanaugh

Quotes 

• Ruth Cavanaugh : It would be bad luck for a guest to leave our table early on the night of the harvest celebration.

  Lois Lane : Oh. As long as we hit the road as soon as we're finished. I would love to stay and see the festivities one day. I bet that's a lot of fun.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Fun has nothing to do with it. We glorify the day we were shown the Lord's sign.

  Lois Lane : What exactly... was the sign?

  Joseph Cavanaugh : A fire came from the heavens to tear down our village.

  Ruth Cavanaugh : And our daughter, Esther, was taken from us. She was... ringin' the town bell to warn everyone of the danger. She was struck down where she stood.

  Lois Lane : Oh, I am so sorry. That's awful.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Before that, we suffered a terrible drought and years of bad crops. People were hungry and sick. But our daughter gave her life so that we could all prosper.

  Charlotte Cavanaugh : Ever since, our crops have been bountiful, and our people never get sick.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : Amen.

  Lois Lane : And you think this happened because your daughter died. I'm pretty sure that didn't make it into the... Good Book I read.

  Joseph Cavanaugh : I don't expect you to understand. You're not a Believer. But every year since her death, we have offered our Lord a sacrifice. And he has rewarded us.