" Hullo!" " Hullo!" " To the Polka!" " To the Palms!" " Hullo!" " Hullo!" ""Way back home, way back home, how she'll weep!"" " Hullo, Nick!" " Hullo!" " Hullo!" "Evenin', boys!" " Hullo!" " Hullo!" ""Dooda, dooda, dooda, dooda day..."" " Cigars, Nick!" " And whisky!" " Right, I'm coming." " How's Minnie?" " She's fine." "Boys, who's for a game of faro?" " I am." " Me too." " And me." " All right." " Who's going to hold the bank?" " Sid." " That's bad." " Whoever wants to, shuffle." "Whoopee!" "Supper, Nick." "What is there?" "Not much." "Pickled oysters..." " Hullo, Larkens!" " Hullo!" " Let's start!" " Yes, come on!" "Place your bets." " On the "garden"!" " My money's on the low cards!" " Mine's on the high ones!" " Nick, drinks!" " Coming..." " Shall I wait for you?" " I'm coming now." " Chips!" " King..." "Ace..." " Curses!" "What's up with Larkens?" "Is he sick?" "The same old trouble." "Nostalgia." "Homesickness!" "He's thinking of his old home in Cornwall and his mother waiting for him far away..." "What a damned country this Golden West is!" "He's got the yellow fever." "Gold poisons the blood of every man who looks on it." "Minnie sure is late tonight!" " How many dollars?" " Ten." "And ninety makes a hundred." "Jack..." "Queen..." " Hooray!" "Yippee!" " Tarnation!" " Hellish Australian!" " Three never wins." " I'll put the lot on three!" " Three..." "Seven..." " Wiped out." "Goodbye." "Into the dancehall, boys." "They want to jig." "Jig?" "They're crazy." "I don't dance with men!" "What do you say?" "You're right." "Has Minnie at last decided to have me?" "Sure:" "I understand that you're the favourite!" " Cigars all round!" " Hooray!" "Hooray!" " Nick, what did she say?" " Well now..." "As far as I know, you're the favourite!" " Whisky all round!" " Hooray!" "Hooray!" ""What will my old folks do way back home, far away?" "'" ""Sad and lonely, my old folks will weep" "and think I'm never coming home again."" "Boys, I present Jake Wallace, the camp minstrel!" ""My mother..." "what will she do if I never return?"" ""How she'll weep!"" "How she'll weep!" ""At the loom she'll weave linen and sorrow" "for a sheet to shroud her in..."" ""What will my Old folks do?"" ""They'll think I'm never coming home again!"" ""How they'll weep!"" ""After so long, will my dog..."" ""Will my dog recognise me?"" "Ah!" "Ah!" ""Oh, my house by the shore!"" ""So far away, will I ever see you again?"" ""Oh, my house by the shore," "so far away, far away!"" "Jim, why are you crying?" "Jim, what's wrong?" "Jim!" "I can't stand it anymore, boys." "Send me away!" "I'm sick, I don't know what it is..." "Send me away!" "I'm finished!" "I'm fed up with the pick-axe and the mine!" "I want to plough and I want my mother!" "To send him home..." " Here you are..." "Take it." " Five dollars!" " Another five!" " Take this." " Here you are, Son." " This, too." " Take it." "Cheer up!" "Thank you!" "Thank you, boys!" "Thank you!" " Ready, everybody?" " On the four..." " On the three..." " I double..." " Two..." " Place your bets." " Ace..." " King..." " I double..." " On the low cards!" " On the high ones!" " Jack..." " Queen..." "Ace!" " King!" " That's the lot!" " I double..." "No more bets!" "Two!" "Three!" " That's a swindle!" " Put your hands up!" "You cheat!" " Hands up!" "Look!" " Tie him up!" "String him up!" "Hang the thief!" "Cheat!" "Mercy!" "For pity's sake!" "What's going on?" "He was cheating!" "He'll get what's coming to him!" "Hang Sid!" "Hang him!" "Kill him!" "Come on, boys, calm down." "Let s see about this!" "Hang Sid!" "Kill him!" "Steady now!" "What's death?" "What is it?" "A kick into the dark and "good night"!" "I know a better punishment." "Give me his card..." "Over his heart, like a flower." "He won't touch cards again." "This is the token." "If he dares take it off, hang him." "Spread the word round the camp tomorrow." "Get out!" "Boys, be easy on me!" "Thief!" "Out!" "Get out!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "A hand of poker?" "Nick, chips!" "Hullo, Sheriff!" "Boys, make mom!" "Welcome, Mr. Ashby of the Wells Fargo Agency." "Nick, bring me something to drink." " How's the girl?" " Fine, thank you." "Any news of the bandit?" "I've been after him for three months!" "He's not far away..." "They say he nobs you like a fine gentleman!" "Is he Spanish?" "The gang of thieves he leads is Mexican:" "tough, crafty desperadoes who'll stick at nothing." "Keep a sharp look-out." "I'm going to lie down." "I'm tired and my bones ache." "Goodnight, all!" " What's this?" " Drinks on Minnie!" "Three cheers for Minnie!" "Our Minnie!" "Mrs. Rance soon." "Not likely, yellow face!" "Minnie's stringing you along!" "Boy, it's the whisky talking." "I'm sorry for you." "So far, nobody, see," "Nobody has ever managed to string Jack Rance along!" "It's a good thing for you I don't take any notice of a drunkard's insults!" " You old gambling-house keeper!" "Minnie's just kiddin' you!" " Prove it!" " She's foolin' you, yellow-mug!" " Prove it!" " You old gambling-house keeper!" " Boozer!" " Yellow face!" " Boozer!" " Minnie's just kidding!" " You punk!" "Hullo, Minnie!" "What happened?" "You again, Sonora?" "It's nothing, Minnie, just nonsense..." "They were only fooling." "You'll wreck the whole place!" "Shame on you!" " Minnie..." " I won't give you any more schooling." "Don't say that, Minnie!" "See, when you're late we get bored... and then..." "Bello, what are you doing?" "What are you staring at?" " Nothing." " He was looking... at you." "Minnie, I picked them by the "Black Torrent..." "Back home, there are lots of them!" "Oh thanks, Joe!" "A hawker from San Francisco came through the camp today." "He had lace and ribbons." "This is for you." "See, it's deep red, like your lips." "And this is blue, like your eyes." "Thank you, thank you!" "Compliments of Wells Fargo!" "Hip!" "Hip!" "Like a "Regalia"?" "Or an "Aurora"?" "Or a "Eureka"?" "If you choose them, the quality doesn't matter." "Each one will have the scent of the hand that touches it." "Please, move around;" "your smiles are good for business!" "Now, that's cheeky!" "I bid you good evening, Sheriff!" "Good evening, Minnie." "Settle my bill with that!" "With these bandits round, it's crazy to keep the gold in here!" "It'd be far safer at the Agency." "Where were we?" "Ruth..." "Ezekiel..." "No." "Esther..." "No." "Here's the bookmark." ""The fifty-first psalm of David..."" "Harry, remember who David was?" "He was a king in olden times, a real hero." "When he was a boy, armed with an ass's jawbone, he fought a big giant and killed him." "What a muddle!" "Sit down." "Take your place, Joe." "Now, let's read." ""Second verse:" "Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed..."" " What's this "hyssop", Minnie?" " It's a plant that grows in the Orient." " And don't it grow in these parts?" " Yes, Joe." "In the heart of each one of us there grows a sprig..." " In our hearts?" " In our hearts." ""Wash me, and I shall be as white as snow."" ""Create in me a clean heart, and renew in me" "a right spirit..."" "That means, boys, there's no sinner in the whole world" "whose way to salvation is barred." "Let each one of you keep within you this supreme truth of love." " Look, Minnie!" "What is it?" " Billy, wash the glasses!" " Steady..." " Billy!" " Get out of here!" "Scoundrel!" " Miss..." " What are you doing here?" "Did you learn your lesson?" "The lesson, Billy?" "Let's hear it: count up to ten." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... jack, queen and king..." "Why you silly!" "And Wowkle?" "Did you many her'?" "Too late to many now..." "We have a child." "One day this bum seduced her..." "Rogue!" "And now they've got a six-month old son!" "If you don't many her tomorrow, you'll be sorry!" "Now, out you get!" "The mail!" "The mail!" "Hullo, boys!" "Keep a look-out!" "I saw an ugly-looking half-breed on the trail..." "Say, Rider!" "You know a girl called Nina?" "Nina Micheltorena?" "She's a phony Spaniard, comes from Cachuca, a seductress who uses lampblack to give herself a languid eye..." "Ask the boys about her!" " Sheriff, tonight I'll have Ramerrez with a noose round his neck." " How?" "The adventuress tells me she knows the bandit's hide-out," "And that tonight at midnight I'm to go to the "Palms" saloon." "That Micheltorena's a bad one, Ashby, don't trust her." "The revenge of a woman in love." "Anyway, Rance, I'm keeping the appointment." " "Even the parrot's got the blues..."" " Ketty's getting married?" " Fires, wars..." " "He squawks 'Happy', and then 'He's gone'!"" " Who's my Ketty marrying?" " Earthquakes..." " So many things going on in the world!" " That deaf old idiot, the clockmaker!" " Back home, what are they doing?" " Poor Ketty!" " Is everyone all right?" ""Joe, sad to say, there's some bad news..."" "Joe, what's the matter'?" "Bad news?" "Come on, buck up!" "Grandma's gone too!" "Whisky!" " There's a stranger outside." " Who is it?" "I've never seen him before." "Looks like he's from San Francisco." "He asked for whisky and water." "Whisky and water'?" "What concoction is that?" "That's what I told him:" "At the "Polka" we drink our whisky straight." "Oh, well, let him come in." "We'll curl his hair for him." "I love you, Minnie..." "Don't talk like that." "A thousand dollars here and now if you give me a kiss!" "Rance, you make me laugh..." "Come on, stop it!" "You can't stay here alone!" "I'll many you." "And what'll your wife say?" "Say the word and she'll never see me again." "Rance, that's enough!" "You're insulting me!" "I live alone like this, as you well know, because I like it... with this good, faithful companion" "That will never desert me." "Rance, leave me be." "Are you mad at me, Rance?" "Why?" "I've only spoken my mind plainly..." "Minnie, I left my home beyond the mountains on another shore." "Nobody regretted my going, Minnie, and I shed no tears at leaving." "No one has ever loved me and I've never loved anybody;" "nothing has ever given me pleasure!" "Deep in my breast is the heart of a gambler, embittered and poisoned, it laughs at love and fate." "I set out, lured only by the spell of gold." "It's the one thing that's never deceived me." "But now, for a kiss from you, I'd spend a fortune!" "Love is something else..." "Romantic rubbish!" "Way back in Soledad, when I was a little girl," "I had a squalid, smoky little room in the inn, over the kitchen." "I lived there with my daddy and my mamma." "Oh!" "I can remember everything!" "I can still see the customers coming and going in the evenings." "Mamma cooking and sewing in the bar, daddy dealing cards at faro." "My mother was beautiful." "She had pretty little feet." "Sometimes she used to play, too." "And me, hiding down under the table, waiting to catch any dropped coins," "I'd see her secretly brush against my daddy's foot..." "They loved each other so much!" "Oh, I too would like to find a man... that I could truly love." "Maybe you've already found your gemstone!" "Who's going to curl my hair for me?" "Welcome, stranger!" "I'm the man who asked for whisky and water." "Really?" "Nick, the gentleman takes his whisky the way he likes it." "Sit down." "You must be tired." " Are you the girl of the camp?" " Yes." "No strangers allowed in the camp." "Guess you took the wrong trail." "By any chance, were you going to see Nina Micheltorena?" "Rance!" "I stopped just for a moment to rest... and maybe try a hand of baccarat." "Want a game, eh?" "What's your name?" "Since when have we asked people's names here?" " Johnson." " Johnson..." "Is that all?" "I come from Sacramento." "Welcome among us, Johnson from Sacramento." "Thanks." "Do you remember me?" "Yes, if you remember me too..." "How could I not?" "It was on the trail to Monterey." "It was on the way back." "You gave me a sprig of jasmine..." "And then I said:" ""Let's go and pick blackberries"." " But I didn't go..." " That's right." " You remember, then?" " As if it were today." "I went on my way." "You said..." "I can't remember." "Sure you do:" "I said that from then on..." " You'd never forget me." " And I've never forgotten you, never!" "I've longed to see you ever since!" "But I never did!" "Mister Johnson, you've riled me!" "I'm Rance, the Sheriff." "I don't let anyone make a fool of me." "What's your business here?" "Boys!" "A stranger refuses to say why he's in the camp!" "Who is he?" "We'll make him talk!" "I know him!" "Before the whole camp, I'll vouch for Johnson!" "Evenin', Mr. Johnson!" "Good evening, boys!" "I'm glad about that!" "That skunk'll stop being so bossy now!" " Mr. Johnson, how about a waltz?" " Sure." " May I have the pleasure?" " Me?" "Do excuse me..." "You won't believe it, but I've never danced in my life." " Let's go." " Go on, Minnie!" " All right then." " Let's have some music!" " Hip, hurrah!" "Where's Minnie?" "She's in there dancing with that fine-haired dog from Sacramento!" "Hang him!" "Hang him!" "Hang him!" "Kill him!" "Ah!" " Hang him!" "Hang him!" " Hang him!" "Tie him up!" "(The boss's saddle!" "They've caught him!" ")" "Give me a drink!" "I'm dead tired." "You son-of-a-bitch, let's see your filthy face!" "You're one of Ramerrez's gang!" "I Ian away." "I hated him." "If you want, I'll put you on his trail." " This dirty skunk is lying!" " No, no, I'm not!" " Do you know his hideout?" " It's just over a mile from here, up the Madrona Canyada." "I'll show you the way." "I swear by my mother, Maria Saltaja, I'm not lying!" "If you like, I'll take you there." "I'll plant my knife in his back!" " Shall we go?" " The sky's overcast..." "We're in for a blizzard." " It's a stroke of luck..." " We'll risk it!" "Saddle up!" "Saddle up!" "(He's not been caught!" "He's in there dancing!" ")" " Where're we going?" " After Ramerrez!" " What about the gold?" " Minnie's sharp eyes will guard our pile!" "A brandy!" "I let them capture me to throw them off the scent." "Our men are following me in the trees." "Soon you'll hear a whistle;" "If we're to do the job, whistle back." " This man knows where Ramerrez is..." " Untie him!" "Now, let's go!" "Good luck!" "Mr. Johnson, have you stayed behind to keep me company and guard the saloon?" "If you like..." "How strange!" "Finding you here where anyone can come in and drink... or steal..." "How strange to find you here." "I give you my word that I could tackle any man..." "Even if he only wanted to steal a kiss?" "Even then!" "That's happened to me more than once..." "But my first kiss..." "I still have to give my first kiss." "Really?" "Do you live here at the "Polka"?" "I live in a cabin half way up the mountain." "You deserve better." "I'm quite happy:" "it suits me, believe me." "I live there all alone but I'm not afraid." "I feel I can trust you," "even though I don't know who you are..." "I'm not really sure who I am either." "I've loved life and I love it still, and it still seems beautiful to me." "Sure, you love it too, but you haven't lived long enough to see right into the things of this world." "I don't know anything about that." "I'm only a poor girl, humble and good-for-nothing:" "you say such fine things to me that maybe I don't understand..." "I don't know what it is, but in my heart I feel unhappy at being so tiny" "and I long to raise myself up to you, up, up as high as the stars," "to be close to you, to be able to talk to you." "What you cannot say, your heart told me" "when I gave you my arm and we danced:" "I felt you trembling against my breast;" "and I experienced a strange joy," "a new peace that I cannot describe!" "I can't read my heart, like you:" "but my soul is filled with so much delight, so much fear..." " What's the matter'?" " Watch out." "Another ugly Mexican mug has been seen lurking round the camp." " Where, Nick?" " Don't go!" "("The Signal!" ")" "Listen!" "What can that whistle mean?" "In that barrel, Johnson, there's a fortune." "The boys cache their gold there." "And they leave you all alone like this?" "Every night, they take it in tums to stay here and guard it." "Tonight they've gone off after that damned bandit!" "Oh, if someone wants that gold," "He'll have to kill me first!" "Minnie!" "Can you run such a risk for something that's not yours?" "Oh, you'd do the same!" "If you only knew how hard they work and what that money's worth!" "It's an almighty struggle!" "Alkali, nook, clay, soil:" "everything is an enemy!" "They crawl in the damp grass, the mud in their eyes, their bones and their hearts!" "And one day, with a weakened soul, a hunched back and burnt-out senses," "alongside a ditch or by a river," "They lie down and never stand up again." "Poor fellows!" "So many of them have left a family back home, a wife, children... and they've come here to die like dogs in the mud to send a little gold" "To the dear old folks and children far away!" "That's why, Johnson, whoever wants this gold," "Takes it over my dead body!" "Oh, never fear," "Nobody will dare!" "I sure do like when you talk that way!" "But I must be on my way..." "I would have liked to bid you a last goodbye at your cabin..." "Must you really go?" "What a PW!" "The boys will be back soon." "When they come, I'll go home." "If you want to come and say goodbye, we can go on talking sitting by the fire..." "Thanks, Minnie..." "I'll be there." "Don't expect too much!" "I've only thirty dollars of schooling..." "If I'd studied more," "No telling what I might've been." "Just think of that." "What we both might've been!" "I realise that now, Minnie, when I look at you!" "Do you mean it?" "But what's the use?" "Ignorant and no good for anything..." "No, Minnie, don't" "You don't know your true worth." "You're a good, pure-hearted creature," "And you've got the face of an angel!" "He said..." "What was it?" "The face of an angel!" "Ah!" ""My baby is big and he is tiny, he is tiny and in his cradle, he is big and touches the moon, he touches the moon with his wee finger."" ""Hao, wari!" "Hao, war!"" " Ugh..." " Ugh..." "Custard... biscuits..." "mistress... not touch." "Your mistress send." "Say:" "Billy marry." "Wowkle not know..." "What your father give for wedding?" "Not know." "Billy give your father four dollars and a blanket..." "Wowkle say better we keep blanket for baby." "Our baby!" "Tomorrow in church sing..." ""Like a blade of grass are the days that the Lord gave to man:" "Winter descends upon the plain and man droops and dies!"" "After marry get beads and whisky!" " Ugh..." " Ugh..." "Here mistress!" " Billy, fixed it?" " Tomorrow..." " Good!" "Now be off!" "Tonight, Wowkle, supper for two." "Another come?" "Ugh!" "Never before." "Be quiet!" "Tidy up!" "What time is it?" "He'll be here soon..." "Catch!" "Where've you put my red roses?" "Ugh..." "How's the baby?" "Has Billy really told you...?" "We marry." "There, for the baby!" "I'd like to wear these." "The shoes from Monterey." "If I can get them on..." "Look, look..." "Do you think he'll like them?" "I'm going to wear my Sunday best, the whole lot from top to toe." "I'm not so bad-looking..." "A drop of scent, too..." "See?" "And gloves..." "It's more than a year since I wore them!" "But maybe I'll look too smart... eh?" "Hullo!" "Wowkle, he's here already!" " Hullo!" " Good evening!" " Are you going out?" " Yes..." "No..." "I don't know." "Come in." "How pretty you are!" "Ugh!" "Forgive me." "I didn't notice..." "That's enough, mister:" "don't make excuses." "You looked so lovely..." "You're hurrying things a bit too much." "Please, forgive me." " Are you sorry?" " No!" "Can I stay?" "Thanks." "Friends?" "What are you thinking about?" "Just a thought..." "You didn't come to the "Polka" tonight on account of me..." "What brought you then?" "Perhaps you did mistake the trail" "to Micheltorena's?" "Wowkle, bring the coffee!" "What a pretty little room!" "Do you like it?" "It's all full of you..." "How strange your life must be, high up on this mountain, alone and so far from the world!" "Oh, if only you knew what a happy life it is!" "I've got a little colt and I gallop all over the countryside;" "through fields of jonquils and fiery carnations, by deep rivers, with scented banks of jasmine and vanilla!" "Then I return to my pines, the mountains of the Sierra, so close to Heaven that God in passing seems to stretch down his hand, so far from earth that you suddenly feel like knocking on the Gates of Heaven..." "You suddenly feel like knocking on the Gates of Heaven to be let in!" "What about when the blizzards rage?" "Then I'm busy." "The Academy is open." "The Academy?" "It's the miners' school." "And who's the teacher?" "I am." " Something sweet?" " Thank you." " Do you like reading?" " Very much." "I'll send you some books." "Oh, thank you very much!" "Love stories?" "If you want." "Do you like them?" "Yes, ever so much!" "To me, love is something that lasts forever!" "I shall never understand how, if you love somebody, you can only desire her for an hour." "I think you're wrong." "There are some women that men would desire to have in their lives for that one solitary hour, and then die!" "Really?" "And how many times have you died?" "Have one of our Havanas?" "Bring the candle!" "Oh, my roses!" "You'll squash them!" "Why not take them off?" "A kiss..." "Give me a kiss, just one!" "Mr. Johnson, give a man an inch... and he'll take a yard!" "Your lips refuse, but your heart consents!" "Wowkle, go home!" "You can stay for an hour... or two..." "Maybe longer." "Ugh..." "Snow!" " Go!" "You can bed down on the hay." " Ugh..." "Snow!" "One kiss!" "At least one kiss!" "Here, then, it's yours!" "Ah!" "Minnie!" "Such a sweet name!" "Do you like it?" "Very much!" "I've loved you ever since I first saw you..." "Oh no, don't look at me, don't listen to me!" "Minnie, it's an empty dream!" "Why do you say that?" "I'm just a poor girl, I know." "But when I met you, I said to myself:" "He is perfect; he'll teach me." "If he wants me he can have me!" "God bless you!" "Goodbye!" "It's snowing!" "Look!" "The mountain is all white:" "there's no trail to follow!" " I must go!" " Why?" "Tomorrow they'll clear the way." "It's destiny!" "Stay!" " Listen!" " Listen!" "Maybe it's a bandit!" "Maybe it's Ramerrez!" "What do we care?" " What do we care?" " Stay here!" "It's fate!" "I'll stay!" "But I swear upon my soul..." "I'll never leave you!" "I'll cling to you, bewildered, our hearts as one, alone with you!" "How sweet to live and die and never part again!" "With your kiss purify my lips!" "My love, make me worthy of you!" "Can you tell me what is this suffering?" "My love, make me worthy of you!" "I can bear no more!" "I want you for my own!" "For eternity." "Minnie!" "Minnie!" "I was dreaming..." "It was so wonderful!" "Now we must say goodnight..." "Here's your bed..." "I'll sleep by the fire..." "I can't let you do that!" "I'm used to it, you know." "Almost every night, when it's too cold," "I curl up in that bearskin and go to sleep." "Now you can talk to me from your couch over there..." "Bless you!" " What's that?" " Gusts of sleet..." " Sounds like someone calling..." " It's the wind in the branches..." "Tell me your name..." "Dick..." "Forever, Dick!" "Forever!" "You never knew Nina Micheltorena?" "Never." "Goodnight." " Hullo!" " Someone's calling..." " Who can it be?" " Don't answer!" " Quiet!" " Don't let them hear you." "He's jealous, Jack Rance..." " Hullo!" " They've seen Ramerrez on the trail..." " They've come to help me!" " You're safe!" "I'm shaking all over!" " We spent a terrible quarter of an hour!" " Why?" " They were afraid for you..." " For me?" " Your friend Johnson..." " The stranger..." " Your beau at the dance was Ramerrez!" "What are you saying?" "We said that your perfect Johnson from Sacramento is a highway bandit." "Oh, it's not true!" "I know it's not true!" "Watch you're not so trusting next time!" "It's not true!" "No!" "You're lying!" "Tonight he came to the "Polka" to steal." "But he didn't steal anything!" "He didn't, that's true." "But he could have!" "Nick said Sid saw him headed this way." "Right, Nick?" "Sure..." "The trail ends here." "You haven't seen him..." "Where's he gone then?" "(One of our Havanas!" "So he's here!" ")" "Maybe I was mistaken, that Sid's got a lying tongue!" "But who told you, then, that Johnson is the bandit?" " His woman!" " His woman?" "Who?" " Nina." " Nina Micheltorena?" "Does she know him?" "He's her lover." "When we realised we'd been fooled, we dragged the prisoner Castro along with us and took the trail to the "Palms"." "We were expected." "Nina was there." "She showed us his picture..." "See?" " What are you laughing at?" " Oh, nothing, nothing..." "Nice company he keeps!" "Nina!" "Let it be a lesson to you!" "Now, boys, it's late..." "Goodnight." "We'll let you get to sleep." "Thanks." "I feel at ease now." "Let's be off." "If you want..." "I'll stay." "No." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "Come out!" "Come out of there!" " You came to rob me!" " No!" " You're lying!" " No!" " Yes!" "That's how everything appears, but..." "Stop it!" "Why are you here, if not to steal?" "But when I saw you..." "Hold it!" "Don't take another step..." "or I'll call for help!" "A bandit!" "A bandit!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "I sure am lucky!" "A bandit!" "You can go." "Get out!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Just one word!" "I'll not defend myself..." "I'm a scoundrel!" "I know, I know!" "But I wouldn't have robbed you." "I am Ramerrez;" "I was born a Vagabond:" "thief was my name from the day I came into the world." "But while my father was alive, I never knew it." "Six months ago, my father died." "The only means to support my mother and brothers was my father's legacy:" "a gang of highway bandits!" "I accepted it." "That was my destiny!" "But one day I met you..." "I dreamt of going far away with you, far, far away," "and putting everything right through a life of love and honest work." "And my lips murmured a fervent prayer:" ""Oh, God, may she never learn of my shame!"" "The dream was all in vain!" "Now, I've finished." "That you're a bandit, may God forgive you." "But you have taken my first kiss, for I believed you mine, mine alone." "Go!" "Get out!" "They'll kill you!" "What do I care?" "Goodbye!" "It's over..." "Finished!" "They've shot him..." "What do I care?" "Don't shut the door..." "I must go..." "No!" " Come inside!" " No!" " Come inside!" " Don't close it!" "No!" "I want to go!" " Come in!" " No!" " Come in!" " No!" " You're wounded, hide here!" " No!" "You're wounded!" "Hide." "Open the door..." "I'm going out!" " Stay!" " No!" "I love you!" "Stay!" "Ah!" "You're the first man I ever kissed." "You cannot die!" "Up you go, hurry!" "No!" "Go on, save yourself!" "I can't make it..." "Go on, save yourself!" "After, you'll come with me." "Far away!" "I can't make it..." "That's it..." "You can, you must..." "Try hard..." "I love you!" "Up!" "Up you go!" "What's new, Jack?" "I'm not Jack..." "I'm the Sheriff, chasing that infernal Johnson of yours." "I've followed his trail." "He has to be here." "Where is he?" "Oh!" "I'm sick of you and your Ramerrez!" "He's there!" "No, he's not..." "But I hit him, by God, I'm sure of it!" "He can't have gotten away, he must be here." "Search for him, then!" "Rummage about wherever you like, then get out from under my feet for once and for all!" "Do you swear he's not here?" "Why don't you go on looking for him?" "Oh, well, my mistake, I guess..." "But tell me you don't love him!" "You're crazy!" "You see!" "I'm crazy about you!" "I love you, I want you!" " You swine!" " I want you!" "You swine!" "Ah!" "Get out of here!" "Get out of here, you swine!" "Get out!" "You're proud!" "You love him!" "You want to keep yourself for him..." "Yes, I'll go." "But I swear he'll never have you!" "That's strange!" "Blood on my hand..." "Maybe I scratched you!" "No, there's no scratch..." "Look!" "More blood!" " He's there!" "Up there!" " Oh no..." "I won't let you!" " Let me go!" "Let me go!" " No!" "I won't let you!" "No!" "Mr. Johnson, come down!" "Wait, wait..." "He can't!" "You can see he can't!" "No!" "Come down or by God..." "Just a minute, Rance, just one minute!" "A minute?" "Why?" "Ha, ha, ha!" "What a change!" "Do you still want to play a game with me, Mr. Sacramento?" "Take your pick: rope or revolver!" "That's enough, you devil!" "Look at him: he's fainted." "He can't hear you any more..." "Let's talk it over between us..." "and settle the matter!" "What are you, Jack Rance?" "A gambler." "And Johnson?" "A bandit." "Me?" "The owner of a drinking and gambling den;" "I live off whisky and gold." "Birds of a feather!" "All bandits and cheats!" "Tonight you asked for a reply to your passion..." " Here's my stake!" " What do you mean?" "I offer you this man and my life!" "A game of poker!" "If you win, take this wounded man and me..." "But if I win, Jack Rance's word, this man is mine!" "Ah, he's mine!" "How you love him!" "Right, I accept!" "I'll have you!" "Your word of honour?" "I can lose like a gentleman..." "But, my God!" "I'm all burnt up, wanting you so much..." "But if I do win, I'll sure have you..." "Wait a moment..." " What for?" " I was looking for a new pack." "I've got the fidgets..." "Sorry." "It's terrible to think a man's life depends on a game of cards." "Ready?" "I'm ready." "You cut for deal." "Two hands out of three." " How many?" " Two." "Why do you love him so much?" "What do you see in me?" " What have you got?" " King." " King." " Jack." " Queen." " You win." "Next hand!" " Two aces and a pair..." " Nothing!" " Even!" "We're even!" "Hurrah!" " The next hand decides it!" " Yes." "Cut!" "Rance, I'm sorry for the harsh words..." "Discard!" "I've always thought well of you, Jack Rance, and always will..." "I've only one thought, that I'll hold you in my arms." "Three kings!" "See, I win!" "Quick, Jack, for pity's sake!" "Get me something..." "I feel ill!" " What can I get you?" " Over there!" "Ah, the bottle..." "I see..." "But where's a glass?" "Hurry, Jack, I beg you, for pity's sake!" "I know why you fainted:" "you've lost the game!" "You're wrong." "It's joy!" "I've won!" "Three aces and a pair!" "Goodnight." "He's mine!" "Ah!" "He's mine!" "I swear it, Sheriff," "I'd give ten weeks' tips just to put the clock back only one" "to before that God-damned critter Johnson got in our way!" "Cursed dog!" "He seemed done for..." "And to think, all this time, while we've been freezing in the snow," "he's been in there, warmed by Minnie's breath, caressed, kissed..." "Oh, Rance!" "A thief like that!" "I could've shouted out what I knew for everyone to hear..." "But you didn't do it." "You sure behaved like a real gent." "Oh, yes!" "But tell me, what does our Minnie see, what does she find in that dude?" "She must see something!" "Love!" "Heaven and hell, that's what it is:" "the whole damn world falls in love!" "And now today, even Minnie's smitten." "Hurrah, boys!" "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" "Sheriff, did you hear that?" "I was sure of it!" "They've found the bandit!" "A great day for Wells Fargo!" " Hi there!" " Hi there!" "Do you hear?" "Ah, this time you won't escape me, you rogue!" "You're luckier than me!" "Since that night at the "Polka", I can't make you out, Sheriff!" " Hi!" " Hi!" "Hey there!" "Stop, all of you, by God!" "Drop your guns!" "He must be taken alive!" " Where is he?" " We're on his trail..." " This way..." " Where is he?" "Across the mountain!" "The whole valley is on the lookout!" "Ashby, see you soon!" "Goodbye!" "I'm coming with you!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "This way!" "It's your turn to weep now, Minnie!" "Only for you, I've endured sleepless nights, weeping." "And you laughed at my misery!" "Now, those tears of mine will turn to laughter!" "Minnie, now it's you who'll weep, you who laughed at me!" " The man that you loved won't come back!" " Say!" " He's surrounded!" " Come on!" " The rope is ready to hang him!" " Soon be over!" " Come on!" " Hooray!" "Sheriff, did you hear?" "Johnson from Sacramento, the devil's on your side!" "But by God if they catch you and I don't make you pay for all my suffering, you can spit in my face!" " He's gotten away!" " Ah!" "By God!" " He jumped on a horse!" " How?" "Where?" " At the Bota one of the boys was on him." " Looked as if he was finished!" " There was no escape!" " He'd already grabbed him by the hair." " When suddenly..." " Tell me!" "When suddenly the cursed skunk knocked him out of the saddle with a blow, grabbed the horse's mane, dug in his spurs... and was away like a flash!" "They've crossed the stream!" "They're right behind him!" "It's like a whirlwind passing!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Ah!" "Come on, boys!" "After him!" "Down to the valley!" "All of you!" " It's Sonora, look!" " Hi there!" " Hi there!" " Tell us!" " Tell us!" " He's caught!" " Hooray!" " How did it happen?" " Where was it?" " Didn't you see it?" " Tell us!" "I saw it!" "He was like a wolf cornered by hounds!" "He'll be here shortly!" " Cursed Spaniard!" " Minnie, it's all over!" " What shall we do with him?" " He'll make a first-rate pendant!" "We'll make him dance!" "It wasn't me, I didn't talk." "I kept my word!" "And when he dances:" "Bang!" "Bang!" "We'll fire at the target!" "Bang!" "Bang!" " What good has it done you now?" " "Dooda, dooda, dooda, dooda day..."" "Your fine beau will swing from a tree in the piercing north wind!" "We'll make him dance as soon as he gets here!" "Hooray!" "This is for you!" "Take your time with that noose." "You'll be sorry if you let me down!" "I'll kill you, so watch it!" "Kill him!" "Lynch him!" "Kill him!" "Hang the Spaniard!" "Kill him!" "Sheriff Rance!" "I hand this man over to you to be given in charge to the community." "Let them sentence him!" "We'll do it!" "Good luck, my fine gentleman!" "And so, Mr. Johnson, how are you?" "Excuse us if we've inconvenienced you..." "Just get it over with quick!" "Oh, as for that, we'll finish you off in a few minutes!" " That's all I want." " That's what we all want, eh?" "String him up!" "Dog!" "Kill him!" "Son-of-a-bitch!" "Thief!" "You've looted the whole county!" " Your thieving gang has robbed and killed!" " No!" "No!" "The soldiers at Monterey, bandit, were massacred by your lily-livered Mexican rabble!" "You stabbed poor Tommy in the back!" " No!" "It's not true!" " Yes, it is!" "Not a month since, a Pony Express rider was killed in the valley!" " You Killed him!" " No!" " Kill him!" "Kill him!" "A curse upon me!" "I was a thief, but a murderer never!" " No, it's not true!" " You just had luck on your side!" "You came to the "Polka" that night to steal!" "But Minnie's sparkling eyes and her smile disarmed you!" " You've stolen her from us, too!" " Thief!" " Robber of gold and girls!" " Lynch the Spaniard!" "Kill him!" " Billy is a crack hand!" " And you shall be king of the forest!" "We'll make you dance your last quadrille..." "We'll make you pay for Minnie's caresses..." "Kill him!" "Don't fret, caballero!" "It's nothing at all..." "Spare me your sneers..." "I don't worry about dying, and well you all know it!" "Pistol or rope, it's the same to me." "If you untie my arm, I'll cut my throat with my own hand!" "I want to talk about something else:" "of the woman I love..." " Two minutes left to love her!" " That's enough, by God!" "Make him shut up!" "That's enough!" "String him up!" "Shut him up!" "He can talk from that branch!" "Let him speak!" "He's got a right to!" "Thank you, Sonora!" "For her, for her alone whom you all love," "I ask a favour and a promise of you." "Never let her know how I died!" "One minute..." "Be brief." "Let her think I'm free and far away, on my way to a new life of redemption!" "She'll wait for me to return..." "The days will pass, and I won't come back..." "Minnie, only flower of my life!" "Minnie, you who have loved me so much!" "Oh, you, the only blossom in my life!" "You impudent skunk!" "Anything else to say?" "Nothing." "Get on with it!" "It's Minnie!" "It's Minnie!" "Hang him!" "String him up!" "Oh, no!" "You won't dare!" "Justice demands it!" "What justice do you mean, you old blackguard?" "Mind your tongue, woman!" "What can you do to me?" "I'm not afraid of you!" "Come on now!" "Hang him!" "You won't do it!" "None of you would dare!" "Drag her away from there!" "Hasn't any of you got blood in his veins?" "Are you scared of a skirt?" "Drag her away from there!" "Go on!" " Come on, then!" "Just try!" " Stop that!" "Justice must be done!" " Lynch him!" "Lynch him!" " We've had enough!" " That's enough!" "Let me go, or I'll kill him and myself, too!" "Leave her alone!" "None of you ever said:" ""That's enough!"" "when I gave you the best years of my youth, when, lost amid curses and brawls," "I shared your troubles and your hardships!" "Nobody said "That's enough", then!" "Now this man is mine, as he is God's." "God in Heaven had blessed him!" "He intended to seek new horizons far away!" "The bandit that was, died up there in my cabin." "You can't kill him!" "No!" "Oh, Minnie, he's robbed us of more than gold, he's stolen your heart!" "My kind Sonora will be the first to forgive." "Minnie!" "You will forgive, just as you'll all forgive." "No, we can't!" "Where there's a will there's a way!" "And you want to, too, Joe..." "Wasn't it you who brought me flowers like the ones that used to grow on the heath back home?" "And you, Harry, all those nights I sat up with you when you almost died, and in your delirium" "you thought I was little Maud," "the sister you adore, come to see you from so far." "We must, we owe her too much!" " Trin, remember how I guided your hand..." " Say you will, too!" " when you wrote..." " No, we can't!" " You shut up!" " the first unsteady letters..." " She has every right!" " that were posted from here..." " You must..." " What will Ashby say?" " to San Domingo?" " We can't!" " He can say what he likes!" " And you, dear Happy, and you, Bello,..." " We're the bosses!" "Don't go against her!" " with your baby blue eyes." " Come on!" "We have to!" " We can't!" " All of you, brothers of my heart,..." " Say you will, too!" " rough, good-hearted souls..." " Come on!" " You want to!" " Look, I'll throw down this gun!" " We can't refuse!" " I'm once more the girl I was before to you..." " You, too!" " She's made me cry!" " Your friend, your sister..." " Look how she loves him!" " who one day taught you..." " How beautiful she is!" " It's cowardly!" " the supreme truth of love!" " Minnie deserves all we can give!" " My brothers..." " They'd laugh at us!" " there is not a sinner in the world..." " No!" " Minnie deserves all we can give!" " to whom the path to salvation is denied!" " Do it for her!" "Do it for me!" "Your words come from God." "You love him more than anyone in the world!" "On behalf of us all, I give him to you." "Thank you, boys!" "Go, Minnie, goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "Never again, never again..." "Goodbye, sweet country!" "Goodbye, my California!" "Lovely Sierra peaks, snows, goodbye!" "You'll never again come back..." "Never again!" " Goodbye, my California!" "Goodbye!" " Never again..." "Never again!" "Goodbye!"