"Hello!" "Over here!" "Whoo!" "Please help me!" "Help!" "Whoo!" "Can you hear me?" "I see you!" "Ah, the Lord has answered my prayers." "Bless you, my son, bless you." "Good dog." "That's me poor mule here." "She's hurt." "She's hurt really bad." "How long you been walkin' her like that?" "Ah." "Not far." "Well, if she's in pain, you oughta put her down." "Nah." "I don't think I could do that." "She was good to you." "It's only right." "No sense in letting' her suffer." "No, you misunderstand me." "See, it's not that I lack the conviction to shoot this animal." "The Lord is Himself would give me the strength for that." "No, no, it's more it's a..." "It's a matter of practicality." "See, do you believe in God, my son?" "Ah, well, me and this mule here, we do the Lord's work..." "Been traveling all across this land preaching the good word." "And over that hill there down into the valley is the town of Denton." "That's our next stop." "You familiar?" "Ah, let me give you a little insight into our situation." "Denton is a town that is run by sinners." "Just like many of the others that we visited." "No church, no religion left to speak of." "Many of its residents have..." "They've lost their way." "So you see, traveler, if I cannot get this goddamned mule over that goddamn hill, then I cannot heal those poor souls with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." "Praise his name." "I've been praying, and I've been praying all day for the Lord to hear my troubles." "I've asked him..." "And I know that he wants me to help those people." "I know that he wants me to save those that need to be saved." "Especially the women." "They are ripe with sin." "So I asked the Lord, I said, "Do not forsake them, and do not forsake me." ""Send me someone to help get over that hill."" "And sure enough, he answered my prayers." "Now, I'm afraid I'm gonna be needin' that horse of yours." "So, please, my son, kindly climb down, hand over the reins..." "For the Lord." "Did you not hear me, boy?" "Aren't you listening?" "No, Father." "I don't believe I was." "Get it off me!" "Get her off of me!" "I stopped listening to men like you a long time ago." " Don't shoot." "Don't shoot." " Quiet." " Don't shoot." " Be quiet!" "Or you'll be speaking to your Lord directly." " Now, I'm willing to make you a trade." " Trade?" "Yeah, I ain't no thief." "I'll trade you your life for these bullets and whatever water you got left there in your canteen." "Considering the circumstances, that seems more than fair." "Unless, as a man of God, you don't fear death, and you're content in your convictions and prepared to meet your maker, right here and right now." "In which case, I will oblige you." "Because I'm not a thief, but I am a killer." "And I've killed better men than some drunk wandering' around pretending to preach the word of God." "So are you prepared?" "You got confidence in your convictions or you wanna make a deal?" " Deal." " What?" "Yes, I want to make a deal." "All right, good, 'cause I promised my dog I wasn't gonna kill anybody on this trip, and I don't wanna break my promise here today." "Hey, now, the trade wasn't for the whiskey." "No, it wasn't." "There." "You!" "You say there's a town right beyond that ridge?" "Well, you give this mule a little rest, he'll get you there just fine." "But I don't ever wanna see you again." "I hate charlatans." "I want you to stay right here..." "Till you learn to respect your animal." "God damn you." "You'll pay for this." "The devil is waiting for men like you." "He's waiting!" "Well, if the devil's looking for me, you can tell him I'm headed to Mexico." "He can meet me there." "Come on." "That's all there is." "I know." "I'm thirsty, too." "I'd say the border is about 10 days away." "What do you think?" "We'd waste a lot of time going around that valley, and there's no guarantee there's water on the other side." "Oh, it's a straight shot right through that town." "Oh, Jesus." "I don't know about you, but..." "A fresh meal and a warm bath sound pretty good right about now." "Cathy'd roll her eyes if she could see us now, huh?" "All dirty and starving'." "You can't live on flies alone, you know." "We gotta keep our heads down, okay?" "No trouble." "You gotta be on your best behavior." "Yeah." "I know." "I know." "Same goes for me." "Looks like that priest was right." "God must've packed up and left with the rest of 'em." "Come on." "Shit." "How would someone spend an hour in this town?" "Huh?" "If your name was Dollar Bill, is that where you'd be?" "All right, listen, you stay here with Lady." "If I'm wrong and he comes back, you give a bark." "You got it?" "Okay." "I'll take that as a yes." "Now, gentlemen, gentlemen, please allow me to keep your attention for just a few moments more." "I came all this way, and I must admit that I have indeed saved the best for last." "Although I am disappointed you did not take to the lilac powder or the ladies elixir," "I am certain these next two items are just what you're looking for." "Men of your ilk require something very special, very special indeed, and if I can't see to that, well, then my name isn't William T. Baxter." "Now, I know that sounds braggadocious of me to say, but as you can no doubt see," "I'm quite confident in what I have to offer." "What'll it be?" "I'm looking for a man named Dollar Bill." "Oh, DB's shop's across the street." "Yeah, sign on his door says he's out." "Well, 2:00, he takes a break to feed his pigs." "Now it's almost 3:00." "You should be able to catch him then." "Can I get you a drink?" "Some water." " Just water?" " Yeah, and, uh..." "A bowl?" "You want the water in a bowl?" "The bowl is for my dog." "Bowl is for the dog." "These here are the finest handguns currently available." "The greatest equalizers." "Forty-five calibers designed by Samuel Colt himself." "Twenty-four karat gold inlaid." "Raised elephant ivory grip." "And when I tell you that the front sight is accurate enough to pick a flea off a dog's ass..." "I do not exaggerate." "Now, I can let you have them for only $30 apiece or 50 for the pair." "Now, gentlemen, please, before you speak, that isn't just a bargain." "That is a steal." "Quite frankly, there's no better revolver on the market today, and I lay my reputation on it." "As you can imagine, being in the industry that I am in, my reputation, gentlemen, is everything." "You never mind your..." "Reputation." "So you're saying that this, this is the best gun on the market?" "Yes, sir." "I say it with pride." "Well, nobody west of Texas will be able to handle it better than me." "Hell, that is nice." "What do ya say, boys?" "Oh." "Harris, you even see that?" "No, can't say I did." "I almost put one right between your eyes there." "What about you, Roy?" "Did you see anything?" "I ain't seen nothin'." "Tubby, I know you didn't see shit 'cause you were too busy thinking what you were gonna have for lunch, right?" "Hey!" "Stranger." "You ever seen anybody so neat with a pistol before?" "Hey!" "Pard!" "You deaf or something?" "I'm talking to you." "You think this thing's loaded?" "What do you say we find out?" "You should be careful who you point a gun at." "So, do we have a deal here?" "Thirty dollars?" "Do I look like I have $30?" "Oh." "You take a look around this town." "Nobody buying nothing from you." "Do you, uh..." "Do you know what they call this place?" "Hmm?" "They call it "Valley of Violence."" "Now, why don't you pack up, before you find out why." "Move." "Now..." "What were you sayin' to me?" "You answer me when I talk to you." "What's the matter?" "Cat got your tongue all of a sudden?" "Well, you look like a bum." "You smell like a bum, too." "Jesus." "That's one ugly scar you got." "Hey, fellas." "I don't think this bum knows where he is." "And you must not know who I am neither." "Wanna find out?" "Huh?" "You talk too much..." "Whoever you are." "All right!" "Anyone who wants to see a fight better get out here right now." "I'm about to show you what it's like when you run your mouth at Gilly Martin." " You gonna get him, Gilly?" " Oh, Tubby, I'm gonna get him so good, he's gonna be lookin' to you for tips on places to sit." "Ellen." "Ellen!" "Sweetheart!" "Where the hell are you?" "Get out here and see this." "You are definitely gonna wanna see what I am about to do to this man." "What's going on?" "What's all this hubbub?" "What's goin' on?" "Baby, some dried up dick licker came into town this morning and I'm about to teach him a lesson on how things work around here." "You gonna fight him?" "Oh, I'm gonna beat him bad, baby." "It's time to watch your man go to work." "Oh, I love a good fight!" " Y'all could learn somethin' out here today." " Yes." "This here..." "This is my town." "Anybody who don't know it, you better take notice." "Now you gonna face me like a man or what?" "No offense, mister, I don't know you and I don't think nothin' cross about you." "But that shot is on the house if you will get outta here." "Now don't worry, everyone, you are gonna see a fight." "Get him, baby!" "Be a man." "I know what the problem is." "Now I know." "You're afraid I'm just gonna pull my pistol, lean into you." "All right, well, listen." "Nobody here is shooting nobody today." "No guns." "This here, this is a fair fight." "No jumping in neither, all right?" "Man to man." "Tubby, you hang on to this." "Don't eat it." "There, now you have it." "All right, come on." "Let's get this over with." "Everybody's waitin'." "Son of a bitch." "All right, $5 to the winner." "What do you say to that?" "Do you even have $5?" "Now wait just a minute." "What..." "Is that?" "Is that..." "Is that your dog?" "Come here, pooch." "Come here." "Oh, dear." " Hey!" " Here he comes now, Gilly!" "Get away from my dog." "Is that your wife?" "Roy, I've seen you with some long in the tooth ladies, but this one here takes the cake." "You started this." "And I'm gonna finish it too." "I don't care where I am..." "And I don't care who you think you are." "Men like you don't scare me, you understand?" "What's the matter?" "Cat got your tongue?" "I don't want any trouble with y'all." "Put it away." "Put it away." "Harris, he just laid Gilly out in front of half the town." " We can't just..." " Yes, we can." "He's right, it was a fair fight." "It's settled." "What do you think the Marshal is gonna say when he finds out we didn't do nothing?" "I imagine he'll be upset." "We'll deal with it." "Oh!" "He just spit on him." "He just spit on Gilly." "Get up, kid." "How's the pigs, Bill?" "Oh, my God, Gilly!" "He shouldn't have threatened me or my dog." " A man can only take so much." " Yes, sir." " How much for all of this?" " No charge." "I'm not a thief." "How much?" "I..." "I insist." "What, you afraid of me?" "Yes, sir." "That's..." "Tell you what, there's a man out there who owes me $5." "When he wakes up, you take all this outta that, okay?" "Thank you." "What are y'all lookin' at?" "Go back inside!" "You should be ashamed of yourselves!" "Oh." " Oh, he's leaking, he's leaking!" " Wait, why are we outside?" "Clean, clean him, he's leaking." "Ugh, come on, come on..." "Get up, get up." "Gilly." "Don't break my hat." " Come on." "Get up." "There we go." " Okay." "Sit down." "Don't worry." "We're okay." "Coming!" "I'm coming!" "I'm sorry, I fell asleep." "My sister should be down here, I don't know where she is." "I'll let her have it." "Ellen!" "Hi." "What can I do for you?" "You got any, uh, hot water?" "Sure do, you want a bath?" "Yeah." "Oh, my goodness, who is this?" "Huh!" "Hi there, cutie." "What's your name?" "Aren't you just precious." "She do any tricks?" "She bites." "Oh, she's not gonna bite me, look at us." "We look just like each other." "Oh." "Anyways, about that bath." "Uh, you could use one." "Yeah." "Oh, my, what happened to your hand?" "You're bleeding." "Let me get you a rag." "Oh, no, it's all right." "Just need some hot water." "Uh, I know, I know you want a bath." "But I can't have you painting my floors." "Ellen!" "Ugh, where is she?" "She got red hair and a white dress?" "Yeah, that's right." "Tall and dimwitted too." " You know her?" " She's outside." "Figures." "I swear she's about as useful as a fork in a sugar bowl around here." "How'd you do this to your hand anyway?" "Well, it was..." "It was an accident." "Hold that on there." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Oh, my goodness!" "Did you punch Gilly?" "Oh, my goodness." "This is the best day of my life." "Let's get you right on up to this bath." "In fact, let's get both of you a bath." "Come on, whatever your name is." "Come on." "Okay, here we go." "Got some fresh towels and a comb and brush if you wanna wash your teeth." "And one for you, Abbie." "I hope you don't mind me being in here for the moment." "Trust me, I've seen it all." "Not that I'm a whore or nothin'." "I'm not." "This is just a hotel." "So if you're looking for someone to give it a rub, you're out of luck." "There's no women for sale here." "They all left with the silver." "Can I get you anything else?" "No." "I can't believe I missed you punching Gilly." "I would've given anything to have seen that." "I gotta say, I'm just real interested in who you are." "We don't get many visitors anymore." "Not since the mine went dry." "I spend more time sweeping dust than I do prepping rooms." "It's exciting to have someone new to talk to." "You a miner?" "No." "You a cowboy?" "No." "You a gunfighter?" "No." "Is that 'cause you ain't, or 'cause no one's hired you yet?" "'Cause let me tell you, there are plenty of people in this town that..." "I'm not a gunfighter." "Well, what are you then?" "I'm passing through." "Well, I know that." "Nobody stays." "Not even my husband." "Anyway, let me know when you're done, I've got some coffee brewing." "You do like coffee?" "Ah, well, good." "At least I got something right." "Abbie, next time I'm just gonna talk to you." "You might have more to say." "Where the hell is he?" "Mary-Anne, Mary-Anne, you better not be serving that man." "I am too, you shut your mouth!" "I don't want him hearing none of this." "Did you see what he did to Gilly?" "Look at my dress!" "The whole town practically saw." "Good!" "Gilly deserves some egg on his face the way he treats people!" "Oh, you watch your mouth." "No!" "I'll say what I want, and I'll serve who I want." "Dad said for us to run this hotel, not just you." "He could be a criminal." "So have some sense." "Oh, Ellen, shut up." "You let me worry about this." "I think he's handsome and I like his dog, and I wanna know more about them both." "I'm not scared, and you're not gonna ruin this for me." "You foolish little girl." "One day you'll realize there's no sense in being difficult." "You make the best of what you can." "Now Gilly takes care of me." "So every time you put him down, you ought to remember that he's why" "I'm always in nice dresses and jewelry and you're still lookin' like a little old farm girl." "There's a reason we have it better than most people in this town." "So wise up." "Maybe then you'll find someone to take care of you too, but it's not gonna be that man upstairs." "Because he is a rapscallion and we don't serve rapscallions." "Well, maybe I like rapscallions!" "Now go tend to that nincompoop fiancé of yours and leave me be." "Show him how he ruined your dress." "See if he buys you a new one then." "Maybe he can fix that black tooth of yours while he's at it." "Gilly!" "I'm coming, baby." "What did I tell you about staying out of trouble?" "Yeah, I know." "Probably was all my fault." "You know what Cathy'd say?" "She'd say, "You got sand..." ""But you could use a little bit more in your mouth."" "Ain't that funny?" "Shit." "Fair fight or no fair fight, whatever law they got in this town is gonna wanna talk to us soon." "So, we best be moving on." "Thank you." "From your description, I expected you to be a lot taller." "Have a seat." "The coffee's ready." "I thought you both might like some." "I have some pig-stew boiling if you're hungry." "Mary-Anne, sweetheart, find something else to do." "Do you want me to watch Abbie for you?" "No." "Are you sure?" "I'll be real nice to her, I promise." " Mary-Anne!" " Yes, sir?" "Move your feet." "Yes, sir." "Now you don't wanna sit, that's fine." "But all you're doing is giving me a sore neck." "See, I got to take the weight off it once in a while." "I'm not proud of it." "That's a sweet doggie." "She do any tricks?" "She bites." "All right." "Down to business, I guess." "I am Clyde Martin." "I am the Marshal here in Denton." "You got a badge?" "Hmm..." "Damn pin broke." "Satisfied?" "You busted up my deputy pretty good." "I had no idea he was your deputy." "I was just trying to defend myself." "I know you were." "Nobody dare tell me that 'cause it's my son." "And I know how he is." "But defending or not, he's still my son and he's my deputy too." "So all of this is kinda lousy for me." "Well, I can't have people thinking this kind of business goes on around here." "First the fight breaks out, then another." "And all the sudden all hell breaks loose and everybody's got something to say." "This town's fallen on some hard times." "The last thing I need is a stranger starting trouble." "Yeah, but, I'm not gonna cause any troubles." "No." "We're just, uh, passing' through." "Well, that's what I hear." "Now is that your horse over there at Bill's outfit?" "That's a McClellan saddle." "And would I be right to suspect that that is a Springfield trapdoor rifle that you got tied up there too?" "I could throw you in jail right now." "You want that?" "I don't think so." "Only one reason I don't." "And that's the two items on your horse." "'Cause what they tell me is that you're just not another vagabond or a criminal that I should be locking away." "It tells me that you're army." "But what it does not tell me is why the hell are you all the way out here?" "Now last I heard, the cavalry was still busy killing Injuns in Kansas and Oklahoma." "Now we are a long way from Kansas, soldier." "You mind filling me in?" "We're leaving." "Now just a minute." "If you're a deserter, I have a duty as a US Marshal to turn you in." "I took an oath." "But that would cause extra attention that I don't want." "You see, I have a way of doing things around this town that some think of as non-traditional." "And I don't wanna turn that upside down." "And I have a feeling, neither of us want the extra attention." "Am I right?" "Frankly, I feel like I've given the military enough." "And from the looks of it, so have you." "And I have sympathy for men who have fought in wars and even those who have abandoned 'em." "So, you find yourself another town far away from here." "One with fancy whores and fine whiskey and a chink with a pot of opium that's just begging for a man like you to come into his life." "You do what you need to do." "I expect you earned it." "But don't you ever, if I ever hear a whispering of you or that dog being even near these parts again, you'll be begging for the army to come get ya." "But they won't." "They won't ever find you." "Nobody will." "Are we clear on that, soldier?" "All right, fellas." "Our visitors have decided to leave." "They are ready to move on." "So please see that they do so." "And Mary-Anne?" "I believe I will have some of that stew." "Oh, and my understanding is, Harris, it was a fair fight." "Yeah." "So don't bring any aggravating on this no more." "And tell Gilly that too." "His nose is gonna heal up like a crooked boot, but he's gonna have to accept that." "Maybe he'll even learn something from all this, I don't know." "All right, you're dismissed." "Well, all right." "I know you're not coming back, but..." "I just wanna say it was nice meeting you today." "I wanted to give you this." "You can fold it or rip off Ellen's part if you don't wanna look at her." "I just thought maybe you could..." "Remember me sometimes when you get wherever you're going." "Mary-Anne!" "Well, goodbye." "Heck, I don't even know your name." "My name's Paul." "Well, goodbye, Paul." "Good girl." "You know what Cathy used to say one of the greatest things about Mexico was?" "Nobody speaks any English." "Oh, shit." "I'll tell you what though." "One thing I did realize today?" "Is that words don't come so easy anymore." "I'm so used to talking to you that I barely know what to say when somebody talks back." "You speak Spanish?" "Oh." "Yeah." "Come here." "Come here." "What'd you think of that girl today, huh?" "I thought she was pretty funny." "No, she was nothing like Cathy." "When I first met Cathy I couldn't get three words outta her." "You know, she only spoke if she had something meaningful to say." "But this one." "Shit." "She'd speak every time she wasn't taking a breath." "No..." "She's young enough to be my daughter." "She was funny though, didn't you think?" "I thought she was funny." "Not as funny as you, don't worry." "All right, let's go to bed." "Don't you want your blanket?" "Be quiet." "Don't make a sound in case he wakes up." "You sure he's asleep?" "God damn it, Tubby." "Just do what I say." "Cut him off." "Gilly, I don't know about this." "Harris, go." "Now." "Abbie, quiet down." "Come here." "Where'd it go?" "Where is it?" "No, no." "Shh." "I can't see where you're hit." "Oh, it's okay." "It's okay." "Where you hit?" "I can't find where you're hit." "Bullseye." "All right." "Listen to me." "She needs my help." "Okay, just, you can have whatever you want." "Please let me just make sure that she's okay." "Now you shut up." "You are not in charge." "All right, I'm not in charge." "That's fine." "Just..." "Just please let me make sure that she's okay." "You back away from her or I will kill her." " It's..." " Back up." "Okay." "Oh, no, no, no." "The Marshal told you to leave me alone!" "The Marshal ain't here." "No!" "Oh, God damn, you're making a mistake!" "I am going to murder you!" "I am going to murder all of you, I swear to God!" "God!" "There ain't no God here." "And there ain't nobody here but us." "Shh." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "My dad said..." "That this is probably an Injun's dog." "He most likely got her off a pack of Cheyenne out there in Kansas." "Cheyenne, who raped and killed white folk." "Did you steal this dog?" "Please." "Please." "Don't do this." "Okay, please." "Please don't do this 'cause of what happened today." "I mean, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "You answer my questions..." "And maybe I will consider your request." "Now did you kill her tribe or not?" "Come on, now." "There ain't nobody here that's gonna snitch on you." "Nah." "See, we all heard the stories, we just ain't never had a chance to talk to somebody in the flesh." "Tell us about it!" "You want us to believe that you were the one man in the cavalry too good for all of it?" "Shit, I hope that you killed every last one of those wagon burners that you saw." "That's what I would have done." "Those goddamn savages deserve nothing less." "Please leave us alone." "Please." "How many?" "I don't know!" "I don't remember!" "I wanna go to Mexico." "You'll never see me again!" "I swear, please." "Take whatever you want." "Oh, no." "No." "You see, we ain't here to rob you." "You're the thief." "Not us." "Yeah." "What do you say, fellas?" "Suppose we let this thief and this traitor run off to Mexico?" "I don't think so." "I don't think so, neither." "You're awfully quiet, Harris." " Look, Gilly..." " Yes or no, Harris?" "Well, that's a shame." "Because I vote no, too." "So that's..." "Four to one." "Please!" "She needs me." "I'm begging you." "I'm begging you." "I'll..." "Oh, no, begging ain't gonna do you no good." "See, it ain't a time for begging." "It's time for praying." "You are a coward." "You left good men behind." "They trusted you and you ran out on them!" "What if they needed you?" "Just like this dog here..." "Needs you." "I think that it's time that someone let you know what that feels like." "No!" "Help!" "Help!" "Get him up." "Get him on his feet." "Get up, you motherfucker." "Nah, nah." "I ain't gonna cut you." "Looks like somebody already did that." "But you will remember me." "You will remember my name." "And the last thing that you will remember is that you shoulda never come up against Gilly Martin." "You're a disgrace." "Get this coward out of my sight." "You're dead." "You're dead, too." "All of you are dead." "I think you got that wrong." "I think it's you who's dead." "Oh!" "Whoa!" "That's a long way down." "Now let him go, Harris." "Harris!" "Let him go." "Adiós, stranger." "Let go." "Whoo!" "You see him bounce off that rock there?" "I didn't see where he landed." "I did." "On the bottom." "Well, you better go down there and make sure he's dead." "You crazy?" "I'm not climbing down there." "You hear that?" "Tubby ain't climbing down there." "Whoo!" "Damn!" "Hey, you two." "You take his horse and you go through his bags and you hurry up." "I wanna get back to town before my dad knows we're gone." "Harris!" "You gonna stand there all night or what?" "Get outta here!" "I'm so sorry." "Oh, my God, I'm so sorry." "I'm not sure what you'd want me to do." "I could just keep heading down to Mexico, like we planned." "I know I promised you that I was done killing." "But I think I'm gonna have to break that promise." "I'm not done..." "Not yet." "And it's not done with me either." "Those men left me with nothing..." "I'm gonna leave them with less." "Hey, hold up, boy." "Oh, God." "Don't come any closer." "I thought I took your bullets." "Huh?" "I bought more." "What's a priest need so many bullets for?" "Sinners." "I'm gonna need your belt." "And I'm taking your mule." "I thought you said you weren't a thief." "Now you're thieving me gun and me mule." "Yeah, times have changed." "Give me that." "What happened to you?" "Well, let's just say the Marshal in Denton wasn't keen to my cause." "Told me I'd need to pay if I wanted to preach and said he didn't see the need for the word of God in his town." "Yeah, well, I bet he didn't." "I tell you, if this country keeps turning its back on faith, there'll be nothing worth left saving." "Well, you're right about that, Father, you are right about that." "This country's all but lost." "You're right about something else, too." "That town back there, it's full of sinners..." "But they don't need saving." "Oh." "Bless you, my son." "This is my father's house." "He's sick." "You got a family?" "Not anymore." "They die?" "No." "Are you gonna kill those men?" "'Cause I could help." "They deserve to die for what they've done to you and for what they've done to this town." "I could tell you where to find them." "I could do that for you." "The Marshal and Gilly got everybody scared." "They say if you aren't with them, you're against them." "And a lotta people here took that to heart." "There's nobody brave enough to stand up to them anymore." "You've killed before, haven't you?" "What I mean is, you was in wars." "I can tell by the way you don't wanna look me in the eye." "You don't want me to know what you're capable of, but I wanna know, I wanna know that you'll get them." "After it's done, stay with me until I bury my father." "Then I'll go with you anywhere, please." "I know how to treat a man." "I know what a husband likes..." "Stop it." "Please take me with you, I need to get outta here." "There are no good men left in this town." "I'm not here to save you." "I'm not here to save anybody." " Don't say that, you don't have to be alone." " Yes, I do." "You imagine that you know who I am just 'cause you think everybody outside this town has it better than you, that other people somehow aren't suffering the same." "Well, you're wrong about that." "It's a big old world." "Everybody's suffering." "I had a wife named Cathy." "I had a daughter named Abilene and she was real pretty and smart, just like you." " What happened to them?" " I left them." "Now, I'm sorry for the hand you've been dealt, truly I am." "But I can't stay here and help you bury your father and run you off to someplace better." "I'm not the man you see in your head." "I deserted my family the day I enlisted and I ain't been nothing but a coward for not going back." "I don't even wanna see their faces, not after what I've done." "Paul..." "You seem like a good girl, all right, you do, I mean that." "A good man will be proud to be with a woman like you." "All right, but I'm not a good man, not anymore." "I'm taking your horse." "You think just because I'm young I must be naive." "I've spent my whole life helping people who can't help themselves and what is there to show for it?" "You're not a good man?" "Well, I am good!" "So why should I be punished for that?" "You act like everybody's given up on you, but you've just given up on yourself." "You might be suffering, but you're not dead, not yet." "You're not even sick like my father in there." "You could still go back to them, your family, they'd understand." "I'm sure your wife and daughter would wanna see you again." "Mary-Anne, how would you feel about seeing your husband again?" "We're not meant to be alone, Paul." "People, we belong together, just like animals in a herd." "Just like you and Abbie." "Abbie's dead, Mary-Anne." "I wish you well." "Come on." "God damn it, you stink." "Oh." "Oh, Jesus." "Ellen, sweetheart, will you make sure that Roy here gets a bath," "I can't even be in the same room with him." "I sure will." "See now, what he's not used to is the smell of a real man." "I mean, I can make babies with this shit." " Y'all just don't know." " Whew!" "God, you are sour!" "All right, I'm gonna go help Tubby collect the rest of the taxes." "Maybe later I'll bring you something nice." "Something nice?" "I'd like that." "I thought you would." "Make sure he don't drown, he's like a cat to water." "I may need him." "I'll see to it." "Ellen!" "Ellen, where are you?" "Stop shouting, I'm right here, you're so loud." "What do you want?" "I thought you was out with Dad." "I need to talk with you." "He didn't die, did he?" " No, not yet." " Oh." " Oh, thank God." " Not like you'd care." "Mary-Anne, how dare you say something like that to me." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, but please, it's important." "Roy is in 353 and he needs hot water." "Go warm him up and then we can talk about whatever nonsense you got in your mind this time." "I'll be in our room." "Don't let that man get cold." " Ellen!" " Nope." "Fine, I'll get him the damn water." "And a shave kit." "His chin is looking like a nasty old billy goat." "And don't you dare tell him I said that." "Yeah, what is it?" "Got some more hot water and a kit for a shave." "Yeah, well, bring it in." "Oh, I feel real good." "How old are you now?" " Sixteen." " Oh." "You know that husband of yours never coming back, right?" "I mean, you're old enough to know that by now." "Yes, sir." "You're real pretty, like your sister." "You ought to find a new man." "One with connections..." "And a home outside of this hotel." "You know, you don't wanna wait till your looks grow out." "No shave today." "I think I'll keep the beard." "You back already?" "Why don't you just..." "Slip that little dress of yours off and climb right into the tub here with me?" "The water's real nice." "I don't want you to be shy." "Mmm." "Oh." "I said no shave today." "Don't move." "Don't make a sound." "Put your arms in the tub." "Put your arms in the water." "I told you I'd find you, didn't I?" "And before you start asking for anything, there's not gonna be any sympathy today." "Now get your arms back in the water." "Put 'em in the water." "Now listen to me." "I didn't come here today with any compassion at all." "The four of you killed my dog and you tried to kill me." "Now, it was a mistake to leave me alive." "I'm not gonna make that mistake." "I've killed more human beings than I care to remember." "And I will not hesitate or quit until the four of you are in the dirt." "Now take a deep breath." "And that's your last." "Mary-Anne, what's goin' on?" "Mary-Anne?" "Mary-Anne?" "Mary-Anne, what is it?" "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "Roy." "Roy?" "Oh, Lord." "Tubby, catch your breath somewhere else and get away from the goddamn window." "Yes, sir." " What happened?" " You went after that man, didn't ya?" "I told you not to." "I made it perfectly clear that you were not to aggravate the situation." "But ya did, didn't ya?" "All of ya did." "We couldn't let him get away with what he did." " It would have made us look weak." " Weak?" "Stop." "Stop." "Stop." " You think that I let him go 'cause I'm weak?" " No." "Look at this." "That's not done by an angry drunk or a minor that has a sense of entitlement." "This was done by a military man." "A man trained to kill by one of the most ruthless divisions our country has ever seen." "Something you would know nothin' about." "And you think just 'cause you got a prick and a pistol you can kill somebody?" "Well, get a look at death." "Take a look at it." "If you'd done what I said, Roy wouldn't be breathing out of his neck right now." "Give me that cane." "Stop." "Just stop!" "Marshal." " Stop it!" " Marshal!" "We thought he was dead." "Honest." "I don't know how he could've survived." "I told you we should have gone down there, made sure." "Oh, shut up." "Both of you." "Y'all should have known better than to let him get away with something like this." "Why the hell am I even paying you?" "Now, which one of you girls seen him?" "Well, we both did." " He have a gun?" " I don't know." "It happened so fast." "All I saw was blood." "Mary-Anne, did you see if he had a gun?" "Mary-Anne?" "I don't know." "Now, think hard." "It's important you say the right thing." "People's lives are depending on it." "I don't know, Marshal." "Honest." "All right." "Harris, get over to the jailhouse." "Lock up all the guns and get up on the roof with a rifle." "Now, if we're lucky, he's not armed." "But if he is, it's gonna get worse before it gets better." "Now, Gilly, you make sure you get them girls someplace safe." "And Tubby, you come with me." "Why do I have to stay with the women?" "You almost got us all killed today." "Now, I would appreciate it if you didn't act on every idiotic thought that comes into your mind and just do what I say from now on." "We don't know if this man is deranged." "We don't know what he's done." "Anybody could be next including the women." "So get them safe." "Now!" "Get!" "Move!" "Marshal, what about Roy?" "We don't have time to dig a hole." "Let's just let him soak." "Now, if he's out there and he's got a gun, most likely one of us is gonna take a bullet." "And since I've already been shot in this life, I think you ought to go first." "Why do we have to go out there?" "Because you don't run from battle with a man like this." "Hesitation will get you killed." "It's the stick or the whip." "Either way I want a fighting chance." "And I've got a shotgun waiting for me in that jailhouse and I intend to use it." "So, you go from door to door and make sure he ain't hiding out with anybody." "Now we gotta move fast." "We ain't gonna wait here to die." "We're gonna take it to him." "Do you understand what I mean?" "Yes, sir." "Now, you be careful 'cause you're a big target." "Gilly, why is this happening?" "God, that man, he was covered in blood." "Looked like he had on red gloves." "Why would he do that?" "Poor Roy." " Poor Roy." "He didn't deserve this..." " Ellen." "Ellen..." "Be quiet." "I need to think right now." "And you are grinding down my ears with all of your babbling." "My babbling?" "My babbling?" "Gilly, he almost took Roy's head off." "I know, Ellen." "I saw." "I looked down his throat." "But you going on and on about it ain't helping me sort any of this out." "You're gonna kill him, right?" "You and the others, I mean, he can't get away with this." " He can't." " Ellen..." " What did I just say?" " Or maybe he's gone." "Maybe he killed Roy and he just moved on." "Yeah." "Yeah." "We don't know for sure that he's even still here." "He's not moving on." "They killed his dog." " What?" " That's why he's back." "That's why Roy's dead." "He's not going anywhere until he gets even with all of you." "You shouldn't have done what you done." "How did you know about that?" "How did you know about his dog?" "You talked to him, didn't you?" " Are you helping him?" " Mary-Anne, is that what you were trying to tell me earlier?" "You knew this man was coming?" "You knew this would happen, and you didn't say nothing?" "I did say something." "You didn't listen." "Gilly, Gilly." "Gilly!" "Shut up, Ellen!" "I'm talking to your sister." "Now, are you helping him?" "You answer me." "Are you helping him?" "No." "He didn't want my help." "But I would have, though." "Gilly!" "Gilly!" "No." "Ellen, get off of me." "Enough!" "Enough." "I should shoot the both of you right now." "But I need all the fucking bullets that I have in this gun for that asshole out there." "So you lie there and you ache." "And you lie there and you bleed." "But the both of you, please shut up." "All clear now." "And just move on down the line like I said." "Do it quick 'cause I'll be right behind you." "And you're sweatin' a lot." "You all right?" "You're not gonna pass out on me or nothin', are you?" "No, sir." "I just sweat sometimes on account of my biology." "Shoot 'em." "Shoot 'em both." "Mister..." "I'm real sorry for what we done." "I told Gilly, but he just wouldn't listen." "He ain't reasonable when he's like that." "But you remember, though, right?" "You remember I didn't want to do this to you." "Shoot 'em..." "Or I'll shoot you." "On a count of three now." "Yes, sir." "You can do this." "Yes, sir." "Move straight out." "Yes, sir." "All right." "One." "Two." "Yes, sir." "Three." "Go." "Go." "No!" "What are you doing?" "That's Tubby, God damn it!" "Don't shoot." "What the..." "Tubby, you hit?" "Shoot them now." "They're getting away." "Shoot them." "Come on." "Get up!" "I can't, I don't want to die." "Look, I don't want to die neither." "Ahh!" " Ow!" " Get up!" "I can't." "I can't shoot 'em." "I know there's not a lot of dignity in this." "But I have a daughter I'd like to see again." "But I don't suppose I ever will." "Harris?" "Get away from the window." "He's still on the roof." "We can trap him." "You move in front of the building." "I'll cut him off in the back." "But we got to move fast." "This is our only chance." "We can't blow it." "Shoot." "Did I get you?" "No!" "I'm not here for you, Marshal." "I'm here for the men who killed my dog!" "Shit." "God damn it, Gilly." "Well, I didn't know about that." "But I can't allow this to go on." "Now, I wouldn't be much of a father if I let you kill my son." "And I wouldn't be much of a marshal if I let you kill anyone else." "Well, if you get in my way, I'm gonna take you down." "Yeah." "I suppose you will." "Well, the feeling's mutual." "Tubby, how long does it take you to get your fat ass around that building?" "I'm coming to get you." "I'm coming to get you." "Shit." " That's it." "I'm going out there." " No." "No." "No, you can't leave us here." "The hell I can't." "He's not after you, he's after me." " She said it, you remember?" " He's crazy." "And the Marshal told you to protect us." "And I'm your fiancée, you don't just up and leave your fiancée." "Ellen, right now I wouldn't care if you were the tip of my dick!" "I am going out there." "You forget about what my dad said, because he doesn't care about either of you." "He just doesn't think that I can handle it on my own." "But I'm gonna end it, and I am gonna prove to him what I am capable of!" "Now you get away from the door before I put another hole in you." "Move!" "Gilly," "I'm pregnant." "Please don't leave me alone here." "I can't lose you." "I can't have this baby all by myself." "Uh..." "I need you?" "Ellen." "Do you honestly think that now is the right time for this conversation?" "Are you seriously bringing this up right now?" "Yes." "There is a man outside who is systematically trying to kill everyone that I know, including my father!" "And you've decided that now is a good time to tell me that you are pregnant?" " Gilly." "Gilly." " Ellen!" " Come on." "Why?" " Ellen!" "Stop talking." "The worst thing that you could do right now is to say another word." "Let him go, Ellen." "He wants to die, let him." "You know what?" "Maybe I can spare one more bullet." "No, no, please." "Please, Gilly, don't." "I love you, I love you, I'm just so scared." "I'm scared, please." "Please." "There is no denying that the two of you are related." "You truly are pathetic." "Both of you." "What the hell's wrong with you?" "Couldn't you hear me yelling out there, waiting for your fat ass to get around the building?" "Get away from the window!" "How many times do I got to tell you?" " Tubby!" " It's Harris's face." "It's gone." "What?" "His whole face is gone." "What are we gonna tell his wife and kid?" "How are we gonna tell them he got no face no more?" "And Roy?" "He's up there pruning in a tub of his own blood." "I can't do this, Marshal." "I'm sorry." " I just can't." " Okay." "It's a lot to take." "I didn't know it would be like this." "All right, now, Tubby." "Stop calling me Tubby!" "I don't want to be called that anymore." "I'm not even that fat!" "You all act like all I do is sit around eating all day." "I don't!" "I work!" "And I eat less than you all." "This is just the way God made me." "And I accept that." "But if I'm gonna die here today, I am not gonna be called Tubby." "I mean it!" "Now, look, I will call you whatever you want if we just get through this." "But please..." "Lawrence!" "My name is Lawrence!" "All right, Lawrence." "Larry, please, for the love of God, get away from the goddamn window!" "Fuck!" "Son of a bitch!" "Marshal!" "This doesn't have to concern you." "You don't have to die today." "But you're gonna have to have a real good long think about where you stand from here on out." "Come on, come on, come on, you cocksucker." "Just let me see your face." "All right." "I'm beat." "Let's talk." "But if I come out, are you gonna talk or are you gonna shoot?" "I'm prepared for both." "Well, that doesn't make me feel comfortable." "Well, you got a gun, Marshal?" "You know I do." "Better leave it behind." "Well, if I come out unarmed, how do I know you won't shoot?" "Well, you don't." "What better option you got?" "Well, I can see your point." "No gun." "No gun." "What the hell is he doing?" "Where's your son?" "I don't know." "But I just don't want anyone else hurt." "Now you got to know that this is a deeply embarrassing moment for me." "But I've done the right thing by surrendering and I hope that you do the same." "I wasn't planning on it." "Now, look, I know my son and the others have done you wrong." "And I know you want my boy dead." "But that ain't gonna bring your dog back, no more than I could regrow my leg." "So let's stop the killing and let's be reasonable." "Reasonable?" "That how you run this town?" "Well, now, you don't know nothing about that." "This town needs me." "This town wouldn't be standing here without me." "These people need a leader." "Now, they don't always like it, but they can't survive without it." "Now, you ought to remember that, soldier." "Now, come on." "Leaders are chosen, Marshal." "You ain't given nobody a choice." "Your son?" "He killed my dog." "So now, I ain't got no choice." " All right, enough talking, Dad!" " Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Now, hey!" "No!" "I said I got it and you get out of the way!" "No." "Stand back, Gilly!" "Now, both of you all put your guns down." "Now, that's enough is enough!" "You're just saying that because he's got you beat." "He thinks he won, but he ain't won shit, not while I'm still here." "Gilly!" "Put your guns down!" "No, he'll shoot me!" "He won't shoot you!" "Now look, we can stop all of this." "No, he killed Roy, and then he killed Harris." "He killed Tubby, and I'm not gonna let him get away with it." "He's got to die for what he did!" "He does not have to die." "Nobody's got to die." "Now, look, I'm begging you, don't shoot my son." "The time for begging is over." "Now's the time for praying." "Well, don't worry, Dad, everything is under control." "You just step away." "Just can I..." "Just let me talk to him." "Just let me talk to him." "No." "We're done talking." "Dad." "Dad." "You all saw what he did!" "He did this!" "He killed him!" "This is all his fault!" "And anyone who helps that man is as good as dead!" "Now, where the fuck are you?" "Where the fuck are you?" "Lady?" "What are you doing here, huh?" "What are you doing here?" "Shit." "What do you say we get out of here, huh?" "Give me a second." "Move!" "Where are you?" "I know you're in here." "Now, you show your face, you coward." "Why did you kill my dog?" "Why would you do that?" "Why would you hurt my dog?" "No!" "No!" "Stop, please!" "Please, not again." "Please, stop!" "Please, stop!" "I don't want to die!" "Please, get off of me." "Come on." "Come on." "I told you I could help you." "Hey, now." "Gilly?" "Gilly?" "Where are you?" "Gilly?" "Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and his mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit." "May the Lord who sets us free..." "You ought to stick around a while this time, Father." "We could all use a little saving." "It's okay, I got you." "Let's just get inside."