..I""m saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we...All we""ve got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." He realistically believes that the South""s cause is doomed to failure because of its gradually declining resources and lack of industry - he spoils everyone""s enthusiasm for war:I seem to be spoiling everybody""s brandy and cigars and dreams of victory.Rocky and trainer Duke (Tony Burton) pleaded with Creed to stop the fight ("He""s killin"" ya!"), but Creed refused: "I""m here to fight.After Cullen raced off, she admitted that she lied to him ("They ain""t gonna catch him, ""cos he ain""t never gonna get out of that swamp alive").Could we settle down in London, not in a house on the square, perhaps...She tells him that his dream house is strikingly similar o the townhouse she has inherited from her murdered aunt, although she hasn""t returned there in a decade.