Angel in Exile Page #7

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we can go together.

My father will see you very gladly...

He's missing you.

I'll wait here for him.

I'm afraid he will not be back

for several hours.

There is much sickness

amongst the shepherds.

Two have already died.

I see.

Alright... I'll go with you.

Is everything finished at the mine?

Yes.

You will be leaving soon, now.

Tomorrow.

Take me with you!

No.

Take me with you, 'amor mio'!

I can't take you with me

or tell you where I'm going...

You wouldn't believe me,

if I told you!

I only believe I would die,

if I could not be with you.

Look... I'm no good for you...

Forget about me.

Which am I to trust...

your words or my own heart?

Raquel, I...

Don't you want me, Seor Dakin?

Want you?!

Then take me with you!

What did he say?

Maria Gonzales... she is dying!

Hello, Doctor.

Ah... Seor Dakin...

The snakes have allowed you

to reach here safely, eh?

How's she doing?

I do not know.

I do not know anything.

I am no longer a doctor.

I am just a tired man...

that does not know anything.

What's the matter with her?

The matter with her?

The matter with her is San Gabriel.

The matter with her is poverty.

No education.

No sanitation.

No hospital.

Bad food.

Water that comes from a well,

that should've been condemned 10 years ago.

If she dies, I shall report that she died

from a little germ called typhus.

Typhus?

But the truth will be

that she died of poverty.

And nothing else.

100 times I've told them

not to drink that water...

To boil it...

Or to get water from the well

at the Durango.

As I have done, with Raquel.

But they think this well

in the town is charmed.

The Blue Lady has appeared.

You mean... because of the gold

in the mine...

Because of ME?

No, my friend,

you are not to blame...

No one is to blame.

Look... Doctor...

Doctor... they said you were here...

It is Ysidro lvarez...

He is very sick!

Can you go to him?!

That is the 10th one, Seor.

He asked me also to say

to Seor Dakin if I could thank him.

Can you go, Doctor?

There is nothing

that can be done.

I've sent down the mountain for help...

we can only wait.

If I went along with you and talked to him...

maybe it'd help.

You do not fear the typhus,

my friend?

You are willing to come along...

...because you have the faith

and the energy...

My friend, I need you desperately.

Our people need you.

Come along!

Together we will work.

Ysidro...

Here's the doctor and Seor Dakin.

Hi, Ysidro...

Ah... Mr Dakin...

Now try not to worry...

You must get some sleep.

I'm alright... Mr Dakin's here.

Then I'm alright.

Hello there!

Hello, Mr Dakin.

You've come here to see me?

Yessir!

Tell me Mr Dakin...

how The Blue Lady was.

Is she pretty?

Yeah... she was pretty.

I'll need some cold cloths.

How it was?

What did she tell you?

Well, she was tall...

...very slender...

...and she had on a blue dress...

And a great light upon her?

Yeah.

Hey, Doc...

Doc!

He will be alright.

The night that I saw her...

she stood just inside the mine.

She was very pretty.

And she had a great light around her.

As bright as day.

And it was clear... just like

a sunset after a storm.

Now I have indeed seen a miracle.

Her fever has broken.

Were you scared of The Blue Lady,

Seor Dakin?

No, I wasn't scared.

Nothing to be scared of.

She was quiet, kind, gentle like your mother is...

when you're a good boy.

Now, you go to sleep.

That's it.

Her eyes were as bright as stars...

She smiled like a million dollars.

You tell all the sick kids

to believe in me.

If they do...

they'll all get well.

Taking Charlie an awful long time

to get back.

Don't worry about him...

He's not gonna pull anything

as long as he's got his little chum here.

It ain't like Mr Dakin

to stay away for so long...

I think maybe he got hurt

or something.

Why don't you let me

go look for him?

Shut up!

Why don't we pull out of here?

We got enough dough.

Relax, Carl... I wouldn't miss

that showdown tomorrow, for anything.

We can handle everything now, Doctor.

Our trucks couldn't get by the landslide.

They had to transfer everything

to horses and mules.

Sorry we took so long.

The county ought to do something

about that road.

Better get that woman down ahead...

I'll join the others for inoculations.

Come on dear...

You go and get in line

and have your vaccination.

More nurses and supplies coming in, Doc...

where do you want them?

Take everything into the mission, sheriff...

we'll use that as a hospital.

How's everything here?

This one'll pull through alright.

But I'm hanged if I know why.

Are you Charlie Dakin?

Yeah.

You're doin' great work.

Mr Dakin... You are awake... eh?

Where is Raquel? She alright?

She's alright... I sent her home

for a few hours... to sleep.

Sorry I passed out on you

last night, Doc.

That's alright... I cannot tell you

how grateful I am, for all you have done.

Those stories I told about The Blue Lady

last night do any good?

Yes, they did.

It has given the people faith.

Faith in YOU, my friend.

A faith that can remove mountains.

Faith in ME?

Do you mind if I get a little air?

Of course not.

So, that's Charlie Dakin?

Yes... Oh, thank you.

They seem to think quite a lot of him

round here, don't they, Doctor?

You cannot possibly imagine

how much, Seorita.

You know... I've seen this happen

time and again.

People find a man they can believe,

they can trust...

And all of a sudden

they aren't frightened anymore.

A beautiful day, my friend.

It's a day that will long be

commemorated in San Gabriel.

The people will say

this is the day that Seor Dakin...

...with fire in his eye

and faith in his soul...

...with The Blue Lady beside him...

...wrestled Death throughout San Gabriel.

You have given them a legend

to tell to their grandchildren.

Nobody on earth would have

given me anything but a...

Doctor...

Yes, my friend.

I want you to do something for me.

Of course... anything I can do.

I'm going back to the Durango...

In a half hour, I want you

to bring the sheriff.

The sheriff?!

That's right.

Tell him you've found a strongbox,

full of money.

You also found

the men that stole it.

Those men who were with you...

I knew there was something

wrong with them, Seor.

There'll be a reward.

Of course!

I shall see that it goes to you.

No, I want it to go to San Gabriel.

To Raquel... to you.

To build a new well.

And your clinic.

Just tell them it came

from The Blue Lady.

I don't understand, Seor.

Don't try, Doctor.

Just bring the sheriff in a half hour.

But surely we can go with you?

No, there's something

I've got to do by myself.

Alone.

I do not understand.

- Will you bring the sheriff?

- Alright, my friend.

If that is what you wish.

But the snakes might be dangerous

along the trail.

The door to my house

is always open.

You will find a gun on the mantle

in the front room.

It ain't like Charlie to run out

on a million bucks.

Even if the cards ARE stacked against him

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