"If you insist on doing it this your way, I can't stop you." "But when you start shooting, remember one thing," "Save one bullet for yourself." "Hey boy, there's no perfume on this." "Sure a lady gave it to you?" "She's plenty lady, you bet." ""dear sir, excuse me, I'm given to understand" ""that you're available for hire as a guide and interpreter." ""if such is the case, kindly present yourself" ""at room 419 this morning, at ten o'clock." ""honorable diana coulter."" "Now, where do you suppose she got such an idea about me?" "She asked me." "And what else did you tell her?" "I told her you are good with a gun play." "Also, class a-1 gentleman, and never look at ladies." "Who exactly is the person that needs such horrible assurances about me?" "She's very attractive, but very touchy in the head." "She come from little island, everything american very strange." "What island?" "I don't know name," "But very barbarian, I bet you." "You know what she order for breakfast?" "Kidney!" "She no lady I think." "The small island of britain." "Oh, ten o'clock." "I may as well present myself." "Thank you very much, hey boy." "And next time, ask me first." "Come in, please." "Oh, are you the guide?" "I'm the man you sent the note to." "Good." "Are you familiar with the interior?" "Interior of what?" "Of your own country, naturally." "Do you know the territory of arizona?" "Do you mean, have I heard of it, or do I know how to find it." "I mean, can you guide me to a place called 'ship rock'." "I think so." "I never met a guide who admitted ignorance of anything yet." "Then why ask?" "The oriental boy said you claimed some familiarity with firearms." "Tell me, ever seen one of these?" "That's a martini henry." "I didn't know they sold them to civilians." "My uncle commands a regiment, the bangor lancers." "He insisted I bring it along to protect myself from the savages." "People have such fantastic ideas about your country." "My brother has a plantation in the vicinity of 'ship rock'." "It's what you people would call a ranch." "I'm going there to live with him." "Why?" "I don't mean to be personal," "But that's a pretty rugged part of our country." "He's the only immediate relative I have left." "In England, a spinster of my station hasn't much choice." "However, that's neither here nor there, I need a guide." "Tell me, do you have a character?" "I beg your pardon?" "References." "Some people seem to find this satisfactory." "Paladin." "The legendary knight of charlemagne." "Anyone can print cards." "Oh?" "Well, if you should change your mind, send me another letter." "One moment, please?" "We leave at six o'clock tomorrow morning." "You get two dollars per diem, plus a five dollar bonus on my safe arrival." "I don't suppose you could make that a little bit more?" "Sir, I am not accustomed to haggling." "Uh, how much more?" "Say, fifty dollars a day?" "Do you realize that in india, for 2 rupees a day, I could get 2 elephant's" "Plus an experienced shakari to take me tiger hunting?" "But america is no longer a colony." "I do need to get started." "Would you take five dollars a day?" "Madame, I am not accustomed to haggling." "Make it forty." "Well..." "I don't suppose you're any worse than the next fellow." "Very well, you'll do." "Thank you, goodbye." "I'd like to bathe." "We'll rest here for an hour." "That water's ice cold, it's just melted snow from the mountain." "Good." "And it's likely to be clean, isn't it?" "What are you waiting for?" "Well I hardly think this is a safe place to leave you alone." "You may wait for me on the other side of that hill." "I trust we understand each other?" "No, I don't think we do." "What does that mean?" "This is comanche war paint and it's not quite dry." "What's that got to do with us?" "We haven't done them any harm." "Now, please wait for me over there." "I'll give you five minutes." "Paladin?" "What!" "May I say, that I have been most favorably impressed by your behavior until now." "Thank you." "Don't give me cause to change my opinion of you." "I'll do my best to control the bestial side of my nature." "Miss coulter!" "One more step and I'll fire." "Miss coulter, there are comanches out there and they may head this way at any moment." "Will you please turn around until I'm finished dressing." "Hurry it up!" "Why are you so anxious to avoid them?" "Don't you realize that running away is bound to make the worst impression." "Miss coulter, when the comanches are at war they are every bit as unpleasant" "As the tribesmen on india's northwest frontier." "Or have you forgotten the khyber pass uprising of the black hole of calcutta?" "Now, at your brother's ranch, I'm sure you'll find a much better class of indian." "Mr. Paladin, will you put me down." "Well, in that case..." "Good morning." "Nice piece of land you're abandoning." "Don't we know it." "But we'd a sight sooner start somewhere's else from scratch," "Then stay here minus our scalps." "What about your neighbors?" "Take a ride down that way about 4 miles." "Best neighbor a man could have... 'till last night." "You wouldn't think the smell of fire carried 4 miles, would you?" "Woke us right out of bed." "But it wasn't the fire we were smelling, it was burning flesh." "Ship rock is further on." "Comanches?" "] what do you suppose put them on the war path?" "They say a couple of drunken prospectors run over a squaw." "What kind of reason is that for going around killing people?" "That's about as good a reason as you'll find in this country." "Well, good luck, we better be moving on." "Where you headin'?" "The ladies brother has a ranch at ship rock." "I wouldn't take a step in that direction." "No sir, not for any money in the world." "Unless I had a regiment of u.S. Cavalry in front of me." "You think I could bear not knowing if he's safe?" "All right..." "Good luck." "Miss coulter, if you insist on volunteering for guard duty," "Would you mind staying awake, and pointing that in another direction?" "I'm very sorry." "Here..." "Should I walk in my sleep, you can wake me with this." "Don't try and be funny." "Good night." "Good night." "You're sure this is the right place?" "Yes." "Perhaps they're all inside for dinner." "The crop I sent timmy for his birthday." "Richard?" "Diana." "Must've happened in a moment, they didn't even have a chance to hide." "We've got to get out of here." "They may be back any moment with the whole tribe." "Sometimes only the chief can distribute the spoils." "They must be buried." "There isn't time, diana." "Not even for that." "They will receive a proper burial." "If we wait here to bury them," "There might be six graves instead of four." "I will not leave here until they receive a proper burial." "All right." "We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." "The lord gave, and the lord hath taken away." "Blessed be the name of the lord, am..." "How will you keep from crying out?" "By thinking of my scalp." "All right." "Thank you." "Well..." "They probably got tired of waiting for us to come back for our horses." "Better go up and take a look." "Oh, please don't leave me alone." "I'll knock before I come through that trap door." "If anybody opens that trap door without knocking..." "You fire this rifle, and neither one of us gets out of here alive." "In a half hour this place would be so full of comanches..." "I keep thinking about samson, about to bring the roof down on his enemies, crying out," ""let my soul perish with the philistines."" "What have I got left to live for?" "Well, you'd know better about that than I." "But samson was blind, in chains, short of his strength." "I don't think your situation is quite that desperate." "Nor is mine, unless you fire this rifle." "I'm going..." "All right..." "Here..." "Take this." "When you're out of ammunition," "Use it on yourself when they come closing in." "What about you?" "I'm not at war with the philistines." "My job was to bring you here, and the job is done." "The job is done when I say it's done." "You were paid until tomorrow." "Paladin, please stay." "I'll do as you say." "I don't think I would've gotten very far anyway." "We better hide down that cellar until these indians settle down." "Give me a hand." "Diana." "Diana, it's gonna be all right." "It's gonna be all right." "You can talk to me." "Tell me, decided what you're gonna do?" "What do you mean?" "About going back to England, or to india?" "I don't know." "I suppose I could find something to do here in america." "I'm thirsty." "All right..." "It's time to move anyway." "Maybe there's some water in the kitchen." "I'll go and get some water." "You stay here, I'll get it." "See that?" "Indians have tethered our horses with theirs." "Those horses haven't been watered for two days," "And I know those braves haven't bothered to give them any water." "You get me some of your brothers clothing..." "Hya-ha!" "Now there's a man who doesn't know when he's through." "He hasn't a chance of reaching us, you know." "Then what keeps him going?" "Hatred." "Hatred in a dying man may be excusable," "But among the living, it can become an intolerable thing." "It never gives it's victim a moments peace." "Let's get out of this place." "Good morning." "Good morning." "What do you want for breakfast, mr." "Paladin?" "We'd like grilled kidneys and strong tea." "Did I hear right?" "You hear right." "Where shall I serve this stuff?" "Well now, we don't want to offend his sensibilities, do we?" "It's amazing how much you've learned." "Thank you." "Send it to my sitting room, hey boy." "¶ have gun, will travel reads the card of a man ¶" "¶ a knight without armor in a savage land ¶" "¶ his fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind ¶" "¶ a soldier of fortune is the man called paladin ¶" "¶ paladin, paladin where do you roam ¶"