Blackbeard's Ghost Page #9

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- If I may proffer a suggestion...

Shut up!

Both of you!

- Both of who?

- I am sick and tired...

of people thinking and suggesting

and giving me a lot of cheap advice.

What I am gonna do,

I am gonna find that happy hoodlum...

and I am gonna wring that money

out of his crooked little neck!

- Steve-Steve, you can't,

not in your condition.

- What condition?

Well, anyone can see you're

hallucinating again.

Steve, you can't fight

Silky and his men.

She's right, son.

This be a job what takes innards.

Innards? Oh, well, you just sit here

and contemplate yours.

- I've got a job to do.

- Permission to come with you, sir?

Oh, no, buddy boy.

No more of your big ideas.

- I'm calling the shots this time.

- Proud to serve under you, sir.

You mean that?

My word, sir,

is the ultimate warranty.

All right, shipmate, let's go!

- Make ready the boarding party, Captain.

- Thank ye, Admiral.

Cutlass. You might need that.

Uh-huh. What?

Oh, it's on the bed.

Oh, Steve.

You really have flipped.

Beat, two quarters, drummer boy.

Come cheer up, my lads

'Tis to glory we steer

With heads bearing high

We will banish all fear

To honour we call

You are free men, not slaves

- Free men!

- For who are more free

than the sons of the waves

Hearts of oak are our ships

Jolly tars are our men

Eyes right!

We'll always be ready

- Steady, boys, steady

- Steady!

- We'll fight and we'll conquer

- We'll conquer!

Again and again

Together now!

- Hearts of oak are our ships

Jolly tars are our men

- Steve!

- We'll always be ready

Steady, boys, steady

- Steve, wait!

I'm not letting you

go to that place alone.

Hearts of oak are our ships

Jolly tars are our men

We'll always be ready

Steady, boys, steady

We'll fight and we'll conquer

again and again

Once more, lad.

Sing out. Don't mumble!

Come cheer up, my lads

'Tis to glory we steer

With heads bearing high

we will banish all fear

- Steve, wait!

- To honour we call

You are free men, not slaves

For who are so free

as the sons of the waves

Hearts of oak are our ships

Jolly tars are our men

We'll always be ready

Steady, boys, steady

We'll fight and we'll conquer

again and again

- Oh, you again?

- We'd like to see Mr Seymour.

Look, sister, I'm telling you

once and for all...

Mr Seymour don't wanna see...

Come on.

I'll be with you in a minute.

Now, what can I do for you?

We're here to collect the money

you owe Professor Baker.

The money I owe her?

You gotta be kidding.

Mr Seymour, you're gonna pay

every cent of that money, or I...

Or what, Mr Walker?

Or we might have to get tough.

Now, do I get some action,

or don't I?

Mr Walker, I have got

to admire your style.

I really do.

I'll tell you what.

You know, there's no use beating up

a guy who's the town hero tonight.

It's bad for my image.

You know what I mean?

Professor...

here's the $900

you put down on the bet.

- Go ahead, take it.

- Oh, no!

You know very well we need

the full amount you rightfully owe us.

Professor, let me level with you.

If I pay you back all that loot,

then you'll give it to the old ladies...

who'll pay back the bank, right?

And bingo, there goes

my childhood dream...

namely, running one of

those class gambling joints...

like they have out west.

I'm sorry, no dice.

But I'll tell you what.

We have a very nice roulette wheel here.

Why don't you forget this phony bet?

Take the $900. Go out there

and win some money honestly.

I'll guarantee you, sweetie,

you'll sleep a lot better tonight.

Mr Seymour,

come up with the full amount,

or I'm gonna take this place apart.

- Yeah?

- You have exactly 15 seconds... What?

I said, take the money, lad.

Let the wench try her luck.

Let her what?

Suppose she loses?

You sure it'll work?

- Okay. We'll take it.

- What? We most certainly

will not take it!

Mr Seymour has made

a very meritorious suggestion.

You know, Mr Walker,

I do not understand you.

One minute, you are a-a-a knight

in shining armour.

- And the next minute, you are a...

- Well, we all make mistakes,

right, Mr Seymour?

Mr Walker, it's a smart man

who knows when to crawfish.

Come along. I'll show you

to a nice, quiet room...

reserved for our more

valued-type customers.

- But I don't know how to gamble.

- This is a good place to learn.

Harry, these are friends of mine.

Take good care of them, will ya?

- Okay, Mr Seymour.

- Good luck, folks.

- Uh, $900 worth, please.

- Yes, sir.

Now, don't worry about a thing.

Just let me handle this.

I'll take the chips, please.

Yellows are a dollar...

the reds are five...

the blues are 25, the whites 100.

- Don't you have any 50-cent chips?

- Not in this room, lady.

- Make your bets, please.

- It's 28 minutes to midnight.

Now hurry up.

- Oh! Oh, 29 is a good number.

- No, no, no, no. Bet 'em all.

- We don't have time to fool around.

- Mr Walker, are you trying

to lose my $900 from me again?

No more bets, please.

The number is 31.

Oh, that's not my numb...

- Oh, how nice.

- Make your bets, please.

Ride, ride. Let it ride.

Let the whole thing ride.

- Oh.

- No, no.

You can't win that way.

Put it on one number.

Would you please

just let me do it my way?

No more bets, please.

Number 32. And we ha...

And we have $36 on number 32?

- I won! I won! I told you

I had a talent for this.

- Okay, okay.

- Pay me! Pay me!

- 35 times 36...

Evening, folks.

- What goes on here?

- You tell me.

We're doing fine. We're doing

just great. Now let's see.

- Let's put 'em all on...

- No, no. Don't tell me! Let me do it!

- No, let me try one!

- Steve, have you ever

played this game before?

- No, but I can tell ya...

Then leave my chips alone,

because I have a system.

- A system? What system?

- Woman's intuition. That's what.

- Will you put 'em all on one number.

- No! Steve!

- All right?

Don't you understand?

Time's running out.

Spin the wheel, please.

Watch the board. Whatever happens,

watch those chips on the board.

One more like that and we're home.

35 times 36...

Well, now we let it ride.

- Don't fool with it any more.

Go to the gaff.

- Gotcha.

- Would you spin the wheel, please?

- Yes, ma'am.

Everything rides on number 20.

Oh! Oh!

Oh, we did it! We did it!

- What?

- Number 15.

So very sorry, ma'am.

You know what I think?

I think this is a stupid game.

I don't understand.

Something must have gone wrong.

I'll say something went wrong.

We lost almost everything.

All right. Don't panic.

Relax, relax.

We've still got half of the chips

we won the first time.

Scurvy cheat.

Look, put 'em all down.

Put all the chips down.

If we put all the chips

we've got left onto one number...

and it comes up...

- Yeah. We're still in business.

- Make your bets, please.

- The only question is...

- The only question is,

what if it doesn't come up?

Don't worry.

Everything is go, all on 11.

- Steve, that's all we have!

- No more bets, please.

Everything goes on 11.

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