Deliverance Creek Page #4

Master kept his papers and

money in a safe in his office.

I made a copy of that key and

broke in while he was sleeping.

You best watch yourself,

Hattie,

'cause that is a tall tale

if I have ever heard one.

Belle...

if she can do all that,

now, why is she here

instead of across the river

with her boys?

Because those bounty hunters

that hung the Spencers

are out looking for her now.

I'm sorry about all this,

truly I am,

but I can't put Franny and Abner

in this kind of danger.

You're just gonna have

to hide her someplace else.

I'm not asking you

to hide her.

We... Ben and I think that

in order to keep her truly safe,

it's not to hide her...

you at all.

The safest thing for Kessie

is to pretend to be

someone's slave.

Why would I

be needing to do that?

I've got freedom papers.

It worked down south.

We got no free slaves

here in deliverance.

So who's gonna be

my new master...

you or Mr. Crawford?

Well, no one's gonna believe

that a schoolteacher

or a banker needs a slave.

But a rancher who used to own

slaves, on the other hand...

We came back to murder

Jeb and Cordelia.

Robbing that bank

first thing in the morning.

Is that when

the gold is coming in?

We're gonna take 'em

for everything they got, Belle.

I want revenge too.

But a bullet for each of them

while they sleep

is little comfort.

I want them to suffer

as I have suffered.

I want them to feel

what it's like to have

everything they love stripped

away from them piece by piece.

Caleb was my boy.

So, if you want my help,

you do it my way.

So when do we figure

the gold comes in?

When every deputy

in five counties is on duty.

I know how to get

that information.

Belle.

Thank you

for the piano, Nate.

- It's...

- I could come by later...

Move it wherever you like.

Oh...

I would.

I would like that very much.

I'm so terribly thirsty.

- I'm sorry.

- Come on, sit down.

I'll get you a glass of water.

Are you all right?

I'm sorry

for your loss, Belle.

Thank you.

- Thank you, sir.

- Next.

I came to set up

a payment plan

for that lien y'all sent over,

Mr. Crawford.

I'm sure we don't have

to take care of all that now,

Mrs. Barlowe.

If she can afford a slave,

she can afford

to pay back her debts.

Take her money, Benjamin.

Perhaps we can let

Mrs. Barlowe

get back on her feet first.

The tragedy

that befell Mrs. Barlowe

was of her own doing.

Your husband

led those union soldiers

directly to our front door.

As the good book says,

"as ye sow, so shall ye reap."

"I have sinned, for I have

betrayed innocent blood."

Matthew, chapter 27, verse 3.

Even Judas felt guilt

for what he'd done, Cordelia.

Mm...

Mmm. Kessie makes

really good food.

Yeah.

Beets and corn on the cob

is really good.

What did you do

at school today?

I learned about bugs,

like flies...

- You best sit down.

- That sounds good.

It's still hot.

Hi, mama.

- So guess what.

- What?

There... there was

a chicken, and it...

- I learned about flowers.

- Were they roses?

So what are you

gonna do next?

I'll get my boys,

head north and try

and get some work,

earn enough money

to buy Moses out of slavery.

How long is that gonna take?

I could arrange for a white man

to buy Moses back.

Why are you saying all this?

You really broke

into your master's safe?

You show me how you did it,

you have your whole family

back together in a week.

White folks

always promise things.

But all they deliver is pain.

Maybe it'll be

different this time.

Look, here's one

she made earlier.

So all we got to do

is steal two keys,

which are probably

in the bank.

So what are we gonna do,

rob the goddamn bank twice?

They're not gonna keep

the keys to the bank

in the bank, jasper.

Look, I say we forget

all that, okay?

When the gold gets here,

we just hold 'em up

as they're loading it

in the back of the vault.

How many soldiers

you think they're gonna have

protecting that gold, Toby...

40, 50?

What, you think

the Gatlin gang is gonna be able

to fight off

an entire union regiment?

Belle's right, all right?

This is the only way to do this.

And if done right,

no one gets hurt...

not us, not anyone

in deliverance.

Only people gonna feel

any pain is Crawfords...

When they open that vault,

find it as empty as my pantry.

And what's

she doing here, Belle?

I mean, why are we trusting

a negro we don't even

damn well know?

Because she's quick as a wink,

and without her,

we don't have a clue

how to break into a safe.

Oh, yeah, and she can also

turn on us just like that.

Take all the reward money

and leave us hanging out

dry in the town square.

I'll be long gone by then.

You see what I mean?

She's uppity.

I'm a runaway slave.

Who am I gonna go running to?

Who am I gonna tell?

I'm here for one reason...

that's to get my share

and collect my family,

then I'm gone.

Cordelia's gonna have

one key.

It's probably hanging

around her neck.

Good, 'cause I'm gonna

strangle her with it.

Ben Crawford

probably has the other one.

- Mrs. Miller.

- Hello, Ben.

Why don't you let me

help you today?

That's mighty

nice of you, Ben.

Here we go.

Oh. Pardon me.

Now, let me...

Garret,

head on over to fontaine.

Pick me up a load

of pine planks.

Use Belle's wagon.

Runt, I want you to find me

four dead possum,

muskrat, whatever.

The deader, the better.

Dutch, you're about my size.

So take Finn here

over to Lafayette

and pick Toby and I up

a couple black wool suits.

And how about a couple

top hats and ties?

Top hats?

Ties?

I thought we was

robbing a bank.

Who the hell says we ain't?

What are we doing?

What is all this?

Y'all got a job to do.

Get.

Come on, then.

Hey, Cyril.

Cyril...

You ever question my authority

again in front of my men,

I will kill you.

I must say,

it's a point of pride

that you've chosen our bank,

major McCallister.

My family is loyal

union supporters.

The walls are solid brick,

- and the vault is solid steel.

- The vault's not ready.

Oh, they're just

finishing now.

Is it ready?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Mm-hmm.

I don't think many banks,

even in New York city,

have one.

It was just invented

last year.

Still, I'd like

to have one of my men

posted inside your bank.

Well, that won't be necessary.

We have our own security

inside the bank.

Oh, god, no!

No, not me, oh!

Look how easy that would be,

like picking fat ticks off

a sleeping dog.

Instead, here we sit, idle.

Seems queer, don't it?

If Toby and jasper

don't come out

that bank tonight

with bags of gold,

we're going in

and do what we should've done

in the first place.

As long as jasper's taking

orders from his little sister,

you're all taking orders

from me, you hear?

- Yes, sir.

- Yeah.

Oh, Ben.

I got your note.

Everything all right?

It is.

It's just, I went out

to see Kessie this morning,

and she's anxious

to see her boys.

She wants to head out tomorrow,

first thing.

That's when we're doing

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