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or will be or what might have been...

because I'm not gonna listen.

Because, to me,

you're as dead as Bill is.

More dead...

because I'm gonna remember him.

I've put you out of my heart.

Do you hear me?

Now leave me alone.

Get out of here.

Get out!

Dick...

Jenny, you're an angel for doing this.

There'll be a reward in heaven

for girls like you.

Well, there better be

a reward right down here.

There's only enough here to last me

three or four days, darling.

You know I'll be back

as soon as it's gone.

Will you?

Have I ever lied to you, Jenny?

Yeah.

Oh, Jenny.

You start talking like that,

and I'll think you don't love me anymore.

Bye, gotta go.

I gotta go.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Just one sip to point the way

for the rest of this.

Now you be a good girl while I'm gone,

or I'll bash your pretty little head in for you.

Now give us a kiss.

Tis whiskey, not glory

That makes a man happy

I'd trade all my medals...

Now, now, now.

None of that.

Don't you worry your pretty little head.

I'll be coming back to ya all right.

Now give us a kiss.

That's better.

You just remember, darling,

I'll be thinking of you,

and only you,

every minute of the time.

Yes, every minute, darling.

Attention!

Prepare to mount.

Mount!

Forward... ho!

What about the cistern?

Dry. Bone dry.

How about the acequia down below?

Busted.

You gonna tell the soldiers?

They'll find out soon enough.

If you say so.

I think I'll take a look

at the other side of the pass.

There's something I can't catch quite.

When he's coming.

That's what I can't catch.

Sometime tomorrow, maybe.

Afternoon. Night.

Maybe not till dawn the day after.

On the other hand, he might

show up an hour from now.

You start trying to calculate that fella

to do something at

the time you calculate,

then's the time to figure

for just the opposite.

See ya, Dick.

Prepare to dismount.

Dismount!

Close it up.

Close it up.

Gilchrist, take Kebussyan as a detail

and close the gate.

Bring the ammunition

and put it up on the fire step.

Sergeant Murdock, I want you to locate

suitable quarters for all of us,

and see that the spare

canteens and the packs

are placed in whatever

quarters you choose for me.

Also detail someone

to corral the horses.

And Saxton, I want all calls sounded.

Lieutenant Winters, you'll accompany me

on an inspection of the walls.

You have your orders.

All right, fall to.

Just a minute, Onstot.

The horses seem to like you

better than any of the rest of us.

You take care of them.

Where you going with them canteens?

You heard the captain.

Just leave mine be.

I never saw you get so hot about water.

Never mind what you never saw.

Give me my canteens.

Gilchrist.

I can take care of anybody

that questions my rank, Lieutenant.

You'll get the same

water ration as everyone else.

Understand, Gilchrist?

Yes, sir.

Now get back to unpacking that horse.

Carry on, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

Well, that's one way to handle it.

He'd been drinking.

Gilchrist, I mean.

Water?

In this country?

You need any, you can

come around to my quarters.

I'll take what you

ration the men, no more.

Speaking of quarters,

you're entitled to share mine,

wherever they are.

I'll get by, thanks.

Suit yourself.

Let's take a look at these walls.

Captain, this is mighty thirsty work.

Most work is.

Now, to sum up, the wall's

in pretty good shape.

It'll stand up all right under rifle fire.

Yes, sir.

After all, they can only come

through that pass a few at a time.

We can bring enough fire to bear

to take care of that situation.

Wasn't taken care of last time,

and there was half the troop up here.

Well, maybe we got a couple

of tricks up our sleeves.

Captain Lance?

Yes, Sergeant.

Sir, I put the men in the old barracks.

They can fix the lean-to against the wall.

Put Lieutenant Winters in the QM building.

Good work, Sergeant.

And I figured the best place

for the captain was in the guardhouse.

Very good, Sergeant.

Go there.

I'll join you directly.

You better get some rest.

I'm gonna take some men

up to the pass tonight.

You'll be in command here.

In command of what?

The horses.

Hey, Captain...

Yes, I know.

It's thirsty work.

Mighty thirsty work.

Go easy with that.

More of it in there.

What is this stuff, Captain?

I don't want anybody in here

unless I'm here, understand?

Yes, sir.

There's something I'd like to discuss

with the captain, if he's got the time.

What is it, Sergeant?

There's a vacancy, sir.

On account of Lieutenant

Holloway being killed.

So?

Well, sir, I'm the senior

non-commissioned officer in line...

Your application for commission's

been in three times.

Each time I asked

that it be turned down.

I figured maybe you did it.

But seeing the way things are,

you know, if anything should

happen to the captain,

there ain't many of us

coming out of this.

Maybe only one or two.

Maybe only one.

That's quite possible.

But it'd be interesting

to see which one it is,

won't it, Sergeant?

Sergeant?

I want a fatigue detail tonight.

Half an hour after mess.

Laddie, I've learned two things in my life.

One of 'em is that you can't even up

a fingernail by biting it.

And the other is that you can't

drink a quart of whiskey

every day of your life

and stop it just like that.

It ain't healthy.

Every day of your life?

Well, no, not quite.

Just since I was three years old.

Maybe you better

go back to water, hmm?

Water? That's for fish.

Go get me a new pick.

That one's dull.

Yes, Corporal.

The holes are drilled

for the dynamite, sir.

A couple here in the pass, and one

halfway between the pass and the fort.

You think you can handle

this stuff all right?

Yes, sir.

You remember hearing them

tell us about it at the Point?

Yes, sir.

You've got a good memory, Rutledge.

All right, take it.

Turn that up a little brighter, Onstot.

Yes, sir.

Captain, sir.

If you'll pardon the liberty, sir,

have you got a cigar I can have?

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

When's Joe Harmony coming back here?

When he's ready.

I suppose so.

Hey, these things make you thirsty,

don't they, Captain?

Well, don't smoke 'em, then.

So far I can't do nothing

around this outfit.

- Gilchrist.

- Yes, sir.

The rest of us go back

to the fort tonight,

you stay here on guard duty.

First shift.

If the Apaches should

put in an appearance,

all you have to do

is touch off the dynamite.

Yes, sir.

Me with a 20-year thirst.

Captain Lance.

What is it?

- Lieutenant Winters.

- I came up to relieve you.

Get back to the fort

or I'll put you under arrest.

I'm tired of being put on the shelf by you.

Go on back.

I'll take over here.

You fool, you haven't even got

the strength to stand up straight.

You think I'm so sick,

why'd you bring me here?

You're drunk.

- And what if I am?

- Where'd you get it?

There's a whole river of it running

right through the middle of the fort.

Well, there won't be for long.

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