Escape from Fort Bravo Page #3

Don't you know it takes two women

to buy a dress?

Shouldn't there at least be one man?

There should always be at least one man.

All right, then, I'll go too.

I didn't mean that.

I know it, but I do.

Think she can do it?

If it can be done.

What's Roper going for, captain?

I don't know.

It seems that when anything

has to be gone and got for...

...this Roper has to be in with it.

He is the most going-

and-bringing-back mortal I ever run into.

Pretty soon, it might be me and you, boy.

It will be different

than bringing in Bailey...

...or getting a wedding dress.

A wedding dress, anyway.

When I got hold of a gun, Campbell...

...better start being careful

with what you say.

You can start being careful

with the gun, boy...

...because we're both

gonna get one at the same time.

Thank you.

Captain, could you show Carla

where Watson's store is?

Oh, no. I can find it.

I'll show you. I was going there myself.

- I'll see you back here, Carla.

- All right, dear.

What are you gonna buy?

Nothing for myself.

I thought I might find

some lace for Alice's trousseau.

Watch out for Watson.

He's a robber turned honest,

and it bothers him.

Well, Watson,

how's the world of business?

Oh, fair. Fair to middling, captain.

I brought you some.

This is Miss Forester.

- How do you do?

- She'd like to buy some lace.

- Oh, well, right this way, Miss Forester.

- Thank you.

This is very nice material.

From Captain Marsh.

Have you anything else?

Well, yes. Well, I have a shipment

that just arrived from St. Louis.

It's not unpacked, but it's in the back room

if you'd care to see it.

Yes, yes, I would. Thank you.

Right this way.

Are you out of your mind

bringing Roper here?

Don't worry about Roper.

- So you're a Southern sympathizer.

- Yes.

Have you got the money?

How much sympathy have you counted?

What will you need?

Four horses, supplies, old clothes,

remount horses at Lordsville and guns.

Yes, but this is only half.

- You'll get the rest at the fort.

- I see.

- Service the fort with dry goods?

- Yes.

All right.

There will be a wedding there on the 19th.

All will be invited for the reception.

Combine business with pleasure.

Fill your wagon with supplies

and leave with whatever you haul.

- Flour sacks, sometimes laundry.

- The men will leave in your wagon.

Have the horse and supplies

at Canyon Verde.

- I don't know.

- What's the matter?

- They told me you were a good rebel.

- I am.

- I'm just thinking-

- Well, just do it.

If you have to think, think about the money

you're getting for your patriotism.

Yes, this is very nice. I'll take it.

Better be careful. You'll cut yourself.

Oh, I had a few too many last night.

- Did you get what you wanted?

- Exactly.

- Did you?

- Yeah, a wedding present.

Oh, you can't do that.

You can't give her a nightgown.

Oh, it's not for her. It's for Beecher.

Don't it occur to you that this girl

and Roper are getting kind of thick?

Yes, it does.

- You trust her pretty good, huh?

- Mm-hm.

Pretty good.

Only it still cuts you a little, huh?

A little.

Not enough to bleed.

What makes you so sure of yourself?

You.

What makes you so sure about me?

The way you light a man's cigar.

You've been after me

from the first moment we met, Carla.

And I liked the way you did it.

Open and direct and just fast enough.

Well, I had that coming.

I've seen the view.

You can take me back now.

I've thought about you a lot.

I've thought of you fighting.

I've thought of you not fighting at all.

And have declared the same

by giving and receiving a ring...

...and by joining hands...

...I pronounce

that they are man and wife.

Amen.

How long is this thing gonna last?

Getting nervous, boy?

Roper's probably enjoying it.

Didn't she look lovely?

Beautiful.

The women always look beautiful

when they get married.

And the men always look scared.

They both get over it.

Everything's all set.

The only extra sentry's posted

on the far gate of the parade ground.

You go down and wait for Watson's wagon.

Don't worry about Roper.

Remember now.

Behind the mess hall,

through the blacksmith shop.

I know, I know.

Watson will be there?

He says he will.

Goodbye.

Now that the wedding's over,

I suppose you'll be leaving soon.

Yes.

Well, a fort's no place

for a woman, anyway, I guess.

Will you miss me?

Yes, I'll miss you.

Oh, for a week or a month maybe.

For the rest of my life.

I haven't stopped thinking about you

from the first moment I saw you.

It's been the same with you.

You have a way of hitting

with the truth that can really hurt.

I don't mean to hurt.

It's just that I have no other way

of telling you I love you, except...

I love you.

Oh, yes. I will miss you

for the rest of my life.

Come on. I'll walk you home.

Where's Watson?

He's in the shack

getting a pass or something.

All right. Climb in.

How do you feel, Bob?

- Scared.

Who isn't?

Don't look so sad.

You haven't lost me yet.

You don't have to go, you know.

Don't I?

Carla, I'm asking you to marry me.

There's a kind of life I always wanted.

I never got it.

Maybe I was afraid of it.

Afraid of trying for it. I don't know.

I know I could never have it by myself...

...but I do know

we could have it together.

I'd make it good for you.

I can promise you that.

Well?

Let me be alone

to think about what you said.

I'll ask you every time I see you

from now on.

Good night.

- Carla, what are you doing here?

- I'm going with you.

You're crazy. You can't do that.

I'm going.

What's she here for?

- She's going with us.

I don't care who goes, but get inside.

What are you standing here like this for?

I could be hanged for this.

Now, go on, get inside.

Hey, boy.

I got it here somewheres.

You leaving, Watson?

Yes, but I lost my pass. It was...

Oh, yes, here it is.

I have to pull out, captain.

I got a big day tomorrow.

On Sunday?

Well, it's the only chance I get

to check my stocks, on Sundays.

What's in the wagon?

There's nothing.

There's just flour sacks and laundry's all.

All right. I was wondering

why you're pulling out without escort.

Yeah, why would they want

to bushwhack a man...

...with nothing

but a load of dirty laundry?

Yeah, why would they?

Well, good night.

Good night.

They're missing, sir.

- Dismiss them.

- Yes, sir.

Dismissed.

Dismissed.

Right, face.

Forward, march.

Well, it's happened.

Marsh, Young, Campbell, Bailey.

We couldn't hold them,

we won't hold any of them.

Roper, get them back.

I've brought one of them back.

Nobody liked it.

Didn't do any good anyway.

Let them go. How far can they get?

It isn't just the prisoners, Roper.

No? What is it?

Carla.

What about Carla?

She's gone too.

Can't you see it?

The girl planned the thing.

She came here for that purpose.

She made fools out of us.

I can't believe it.

It just doesn't make sense to me.

It does to me.

I know how you feel.

I don't feel anything.

You see, we have to bring them back.

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