He quickly scurries away, jumping into a basket on the edge of a cliff.(The basket is part of an elevator/pulley apparatus affixed to the mountainside, attached to ropes on a winch.At seven twenty-five, you make your bed.Seven twenty-six, I make my bed.And then while you""re eating your eggs, I take out he papers and cans.At seven twenty-nine, you""re washing the dishes, and at seven thirty, we""re all finished.You see? It""s really very simple.He responded by simply asking: "Do we do all this railroad time or Eastern war time?", but she ignored his question.Over drinks, John discussed the superfluous contents of the cave - voluminous historical records of civilization (of books, budgets, movies, tax returns, newspapers, etc.After tumbling down the stairs, wearing only his slippers and pajama ops (and wrapped in the quilt), she explains her determined decision o him at the elevator - the time has come for them to separate: "It""s best for both of us while we""re still young enough to make other connections.There were protests and boycotts by African-Americans when the film opened in major cities.There was, naturally, a six-hour, soap-opera-like TV mini-series sequel titledScarlett(1994), that was based on the follow-up novel by Alexandra Ripley, set partially in Ireland.