"His mother""s ambition was fired...and Mac went away with he dentist to learn his profession." She is inspired to have her son take up the career of dentistry.In the next scene, the traveling dentist has agreed o take on McTeague as an apprentice.With his mother on the path, McTeague leaves the mining camp in the dentist""s buggy.She takes a few steps toward the departing wagon.She waves goodbye and then is left standing there alone.With tears in her eyes, she stuffs her white handkerchief into her mouth - the wagon disappears and he iris closes down on the scene..Deanie: Bud, I""m afraid.(They kiss and embrace more.) Don""t, Bud.Bud: Deanie...Deanie: We mustn""t, Bud.Angry at her, sexually frustrated and slightly humiliated, Bud leaves the car and stands by the waterfall, stating: "I""d better take you home," as she slips on her boyfriend""s striped letter sweater.] Over time, it has been estimated that the film (slowly over many years) attained box-office revenue of almost $113 million (or an adjusted lifetime gross of $516 million)." She admitted being selfishly in love when it came to him: "And I""m jealous of the whole world," and described the pain she felt about keeping his identity a secret.She collects funds from the oppressed women to raise bounty money o spread the word (or to hire gunmen) to shoot the offending perpetrators of the crime: "Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don""t mean we gotta let ""em brand us like horses.