"Hospitality toward strangers is a western virtue." "If you gentlemen don't see fit to practice it," "You will force me to use this gun." "Hey, you." "My name "hey, boy," not "hey, you."" "Does a man named paladin live in this hotel?" "Yeah, mr." "Paladin is up in suite 205." "You wanna send message?" "I'll deliver it personally." "Oh, mr." "Paladin very busy." "He can't be bothered with visitor." "I'm no visitor." "This is important." "But mr." "Paladin give strong order not to disturb him." "You wait here." "Yes?" "What is it?" "Go ahead, chung." "Wait, wait." "Your name paladin?" "Mr. Paladin, I told him not to bother you," "But him no understand english." "What do you want?" "Is that your card?" "If you want to talk business, come back in the morning." "I'm busy this evening." "I've got $1000 for the man who can help me." "But you promised." "As I told you, I'm busy this evening." "Please close the door on your way out." "Look!" "I rode 50 miles to talk to you and you're gonna listen or I'll bust your jaw!" "Hey boy, please take care of the young man." "Toss him in the alley?" "No, he might die of pneumonia." "Put him in a room and have the manager bill me." "Thank you, hey boy." "Now my dear, you wanted to see the barbary coast." "Oh, but I'd so much rather..." "Sorry about last night." "I lost my head." "What's your proposition?" "It's a woman, mr." "Paladin." "I got woman trouble." "$1000 worth?" "We were gonna be married." "I was ramrod and chief cattle buyer for pete hollister." "He sent me off to texas to buy some cattle." "When I got back to the ranch, she was mrs." "Hollister." "What did she do before that?" "When you were the intended bridegroom." "Singer in the orofino in fresno." "Sings like a bird." "You ought to hear her." "She was too good for that." "She's too good for hollister, too." "He forced her into marrying him." "Mr. Blakely, I've found that forcing a woman to do anything" "Is very difficult." "Yeah?" "He did it just the same." "Paid me a year's wages." "Had me thrown off the ranch." "Did the lady ever explain her change of affection?" "Nah." "Never even got a chance to talk to her." "When I did try to get back on the ranch," "A couple of his hands jumped me and beat me up." "I really need your help, paladin." "I'm not for hire as a home breaker." "All I want to do is talk to faye." "To find out whether she's hollister's prisoner," "Or his wife." "How much time do you figure you need?" "Ten minutes." "Then I'll know whether she still loves me or not." "Ten minutes." "$1000." "Will you take the job?" "If you understand that I'm not being hired to break up another man's marriage," "I'll get you the ten minutes." "When do we start?" "Just as soon as we finish this coffee." "That's a nice little place." "Yeah." "How do you figure we should go in?" "Let's try the front door." "Uh-oh." "Here comes trouble." "Who are they?" "Those are the ones who jumped me last time." "So rod boy." "It's been a long time." "We kind of figured you'd learned your lesson last time." "Now get movin'." "What's the matter, gentlemen?" "Is there a law" "Against paying a social call on mr." "Hollister?" "There's a law against him being on this ranch." "The hollister law, and that's enough." "Not this time." "I'm going in." "You're going out in a box." "Hospitality toward strangers is a western virtue." "I hope you gentlemen will see fit to practice it from now on." "Now get on the horse." "All right, let's see mr." "Hollister." "now just stand there." "I'll go in the front door, you'd better go in the back." "What for?" "While I'm talking to mr." "Hollister," "Perhaps you can talk to his wife." "What happened to you?" "Who's he?" "My name is paladin." "Fast gun, boss." "He come here with rod blakely." "You two better go get cleaned up." "So blakely's gonna have me murdered, eh?" "Nobody's gonna be murdered, mr." "Hollister." "You and I are just gonna sit down" "And have a nice, quiet little talk." "For exactly ten minutes." "Why ten minutes?" "'cause that's how long blakely wants to talk to your wife." "Where is he?" "Probably with mrs." "Hollister." "Now wouldn't you like to sit down and make yourself comfortable?" "She's gone." "What did you do with her?" "She heard you were coming, so she asked me to hide her out." "That's a lie." "You knew if I came back, she'd go with me." "Go away with you?" "Why do you think I had you kicked off this ranch?" "She didn't want you hanging around." "Now why don't you grow up?" "If you didn't have that gun, I'd beat the brains out of both of you." "I'm not interested in disproving that." "I'm looking for mrs." "Hollister." "Go ahead and find her." "But remember, she's my wife." "I'll remember." "I'm gonna see peg no matter what you do, pete." "I'm gonna see her." "Now remember this." "If either of you set foot on this ranch again," "I'll personally see that you're killed." "Now git." "I hear it." "Yeah." "Yeah, that's faye all right." "He's got her locked up." "I promised you ten minutes and you'll get it." "Come on!" "Ooh!" "Rod!" "Faye!" "Are you all right?" "You don't know how glad I am to see you, rod." "You're entitled to your ten minutes alone." "Mrs. Hollister, very nice to see you." "I tried to run away to san francisco," "But..." "Pete caught me." "Since then he's kept me locked up." "Put me out here like..." "Like an animal." "Faye, I love you and I'm going to get you out of here." "Will you take me to san francisco?" "That's what I want more than anything." "I'll take you anywhere you want to go..." "If you'll marry me." "Sorry to interrupt." "There's activity at the house." "They seemed to have noticed their guard is missing." "Come with me, darling." "] blakely?" "!" "I know you're in there!" "Come on out!" "All right, rod." "I'll leave him if you can get me off this ranch." "You coming out, blakely, or do we come in and get you?" "Mrs. Hollister, you stay here and keep down." "We're not leaving faye." "Rod, leave her here." "She's another man's wife." "Sorry, can't do it." "That's your choice, not mine." "I guess we have to shoot our way out, eh?" "We haven't got a chance." "You know a better way?" "Maybe." "Blakely!" "All right." "All right." "I'm gonna give you just two minutes to come out of there and surrender!" "Two minutes!" "Do you hear?" "You got ten more seconds, blakely!" "Five!" "Three!" "Two!" "Yah!" "Don't shoot!" "You'll hit my wife!" "Get to your horses!" "Whoa!" "Get that gate open!" "They went this way!" "Paladin!" "Hey boy." "You know that unconscious man from the other day?" "He came back to see you." "Good." "I was expecting him." "Where is he?" "I let him wait in your room." "Is it all right?" "That's fine." "Thank you." "Mr. Paladin!" "He..." "You weren't satisfied to get out of there in one piece," "You had to bring her here with you." "Paladin, I wish you'd stop hammering at me." "I told you, we're two people in love" "And we're gonna get married and that's all there is to it." "How do you expect to support her while she's waiting for a divorce?" "Her tastes aren't exactly inexpensive." "Hey boy says she's in the most opulent suite in this hotel." "We'll work it out." "We talked it over last night." "The most important thing Is to join that opera company." "Do you think launching an opera career is inexpensive?" "That's no longer any concern of yours." "You've done the job you were hired for," "Now here's your $1000." "And what are you gonna do with hollister when he gets here," "Which should be soon." "Come in." "Good morning." "Good morning, darling." "Careful, dear." "I've just had my hair done." "And how are you this morning, mr." "Paladin?" "That's a very attractive dress." "Do you like it?" "I found it downstairs in that quaint little shop." "Luckily it just fit me perfectly." "Oh, I charged it to my bill here." "Is that all right, dear?" "Oh, sure." "You have to have clothes." "Would you like to sit down, mrs." "Hollister?" "Thank you." "You had breakfast?" "May I call downstairs..." "No, I never eat a thing before noon." "Just some lemon juice." "My voice, you know." "Well, my voice teacher arranged an audition" "With me for the opera company." "I'm certain I could be some help." "I have a very good friend, signore vittorio bartellini." "Formerly of la scala and now the foremost" "Opera impresario in the United States." "I'm certain I could arrange a private audition." "Oh, mr." "Paladin." "Would three o'clock be convenient?" "Oh, but I don't have my music." "I'll need an accompanist." "I'd be honored to accompany you." "You?" "Well, all right." "Do you know "la sonnambula?"" ""la sonnambula?"" "You're not going to sing that, are you?" "Why not?" "Because it's a piece of sticky, sentimental drivel." "The sleepwalker." "But I've studied it so hard!" "Mrs. Hollister, you're not a sleepwalker." "You're a warm, vibrant, full-bodied woman." "And besides that, the piece is best sung by a coloratura," "And you're not a coloratura, are you?" "No, I'm a lyric." "I know a woman like you would have a full-bodied voice." "Let's see..." ""the marriage of figaro." there's an opera that was written for you." "When I heard "la noce de figaro,"" "The meaning of love cried out for a woman like you." "Oh, mr." "Paladin." "I know a little theater just down the street." "It's dark in the afternoons," "And I know I can get the use of it for two hours." "The use of a piano..." "And in the meantime, I suggest that you get some rest." "Arrivederci." "Mr. Blakely..." "Isn't it wonderful, rod?" "Just what you wanted, faye." "To think mr." "Paladin knows bartellini." "Why didn't you tell me about mr." "Paladin before?" "Hey boy." "Oh, mr." "Paladin." "Hey boy, in the next couple of hours" "There'll be a gentleman looking for me" "Or for mr." "Blakely." "He's tall and has grey hair." "Oh, I catchie." "Mr. Paladin out of town on business." "No, you don't catch." "Mr. Paladin will be at the old theater down the block" "At three o'clock this afternoon." "Three o'clock in theater?" "Right, hey boy." "It's a command performance." "Command performance?" "¶" "I warned you, blakely." "Wait, pete." "Not now." "This is her big chance." "Let her finish..." "And we'll settle everything once and for all." "For her sake, pete." "Well, signore bartellini?" "Now maybe you'll come home and start acting like a wife." "Oh, no I'm not, pete." "I'm going on with my career" "And there's nothing you can do to stop me." "Signore bartellini says that's there's a remote possibility" "That perhaps in five or six years, with intensive training..." "I've been studying for quite some time now, mr." "Paladin." "Mrs. Hollister, to be a fine singer," "Requires sacrifice, a good deal of old-fashioned sweat." "And not a little bit of humility and understanding." "And money." "Where are you going to get money?" "I'll get along." "Rod'll help me." "Won't you, rod?" "Sure, I will." "Maybe in a couple of years after we've bought a ranch" "And gotten it rolling." "A ranch?" "A couple of years?" "That's the important thing, isn't it?" "Getting married, having a home of our own." "Sure, I want you to sing, but..." "Later, when I can afford it." "I see." "I should've known you were nothing but a cheap tin horn." "Now just a moment!" "I'm glad I found out now." "Because you make me sick." "Bleating about true love." "Bravo!" "Fine performance." "And what does that mean?" "It means you've shown yourself to be a spoiled, selfish woman." "Mr. Paladin, you're talking to my wife." "Remember that." "I remember." "I wouldn't have it any other way." "That is a marriage made in heaven." "You two really deserve each other." "Mr. Paladin, I've taken about all I'm going to take from you." "Now you're going to take it from me now that you don't have your gun!" "Pete!" "Pete, are you hurt?" "No more than I was when you left me." "Is this the way you're going to be, faye?" "Going through life always taking and taking..." "And never givin' unless you get back twice over?" "I'm ambitious, pete." "If I got any kind of chance, I'd be awful grateful to you." "I guess the older you get, the more foolish you become." "I'll give you the chance." "You know that." "But don't be grateful." "I know what I'm bargaining for." "Mr. Paladin, this is the best money I ever spent." "That's fine, vittorio." "Thank you very much." "Here's for the haircut," "And this is for your excellent performance yesterday." "Grazie, signore." "It was a pleasure to oblige you." "If you weren't such an excellent barber," "I'd recommend that you go on the stage." "You're a very convincing actor, signore bartellini." "I'll tell you a secret." "I was not acting."