In a Valley of Violence Page #4

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Oh, it's okay.

It's okay.

Where are you hit? I can't

find where you're hit.

Bull's-eye!

All right.

Listen to me.

She needs some 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.

Look, I know I'm not

in charge. That's fine.

Just please, just let me

make sure that she's okay.

You back away from her,

or I will kill her!

It's...

Back up.

Okay.

No, no, no, no, no!

No, no!

The marshal told you

to leave me alone!

The marshal ain't here!

All right?

No! He told you!

You're makin' a mistake!

I am gonna murder you!

I am gonna murder all

of you, I swear to god!

Whoo, god!

There ain't no god here.

There ain't nobody

here... but us.

Shh!

It's okay. Huh?

It's okay.

My dad said that this...

Was 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?

I...

Come on, now!

There ain't nobody here

that's gonna snitch on you.

No! 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?

Sh*t, 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 want to 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.

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.

But 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... 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!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Get him up!

Get him on his feet!

Get up, you motherf***er!

No, no.

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 should have 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, that's a long way down!

Now let him go, Harris.

Harris!

Let him go.

Adios, stranger!

Let go!

You see him bounce off

that rock, there?

I didn't see where he landed.

I did. On the bottom!

Tubby, you better go down

there make sure he's dead.

You crazy? I'm not

climbin' down there.

You hear that?

Tubby ain't climbin' down there!

Whoo-wee!

Damn!

Hey, you two. You take his horse

and you go through his bags.

And you hurry up.

I want to get back to town

before my dad knows we're gone.

Harris! Gonna stand

there all night, or what?

Get out of here!

I'm so sorry.

Oh, my god, I'm so sorry.

Oh, my god.

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 killin'.

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.

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 takin' your mule.

I thought you said

you weren't a thief!

Now you're stealin' 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, that...

I bet he didn't.

I'd say, if this country keeps

turning its back on faith,

there'll be nothing

worth left saving.

You're right about that, father.

You are right about that.

This country's all but lost.

You were 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 done to you.

And for what they done

to this town.

I could tell you

where to find them.

I-I could do that for you.

The marshal and Gilly

got everybody scared.

They say if you ain't with

'em, you're against them.

And a lot of 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

want to look me in the eye.

You don't want me to know

what you're capable of.

But I want to know. I want to

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...

I know what a husband likes.

Stop it.

Please take me with you.

I need to get out of 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. I mean...

You don't have to be alone.

Yes, I do.

You imagine that

you know who I am,

just because you think

everybody outside this town

has it better than you.

Other people somehow aren't

sufferin' the same way.

You're wrong about that.

It's a big old world.

Everybody's sufferin'.

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 'em.

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 have been nothing but a

coward for not going back.

I don't even want

to 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

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