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She told me not to wake you.

She was sitting outside your room

in a chair.

- Sitting outside my room in a chair?

- All night long.

She was still there

two, three minutes ago.

Most likely she hear you get up.

She told me not to wake you, seor.

Well, you can tell her...

- The fool!

- Tell her she's a fool?

No! I'll tell her myself.

You tell her she's a fool?

I didn't say I was.

He say, "Not to wake him up."

She say, "To wake him up."

Me, I'm in the middle.

- Who is it?

- It's me, the sheriff.

Oh, just a minute.

Come on in.

Hi.

- Did you get a good night's sleep?

- Who, me?

Yes, you.

There's nobody else in the room.

Carlos had to go and talk.

I couldn't sleep anyway. I was just

as well off out there in the hall.

If anybody had come in, you'd have yelled

before they shot you. Is that it?

Fool women.

- Didn't you hear me say that...?

- I know.

You don't want anyone to help you.

I heard you tell Carlos.

- Why did you do it?

- You weren't supposed to know.

Why didn't you just go out

and not talk to Carlos?

- He didn't wake me up!

- Don't blame him, that was my fault.

All right, nothing happened,

nobody got hurt.

You got some sleep, I lost some.

Now I'm tired and you're mad

and I'm getting mad. So...

you'd better go on.

I'm gonna get some sleep too.

Well, you can't go to bed now.

I can't?

Well, you just see whether or not

I can go to bed now...

You've got to get on that stagecoach.

- What did you say?

- The stage, it leaves in an hour.

- Well, why didn't you tell me?

- I just did!

Well, then you better get out then,

so I can get a bath and pack my things.

I can't do it if you stand around talking.

You're doing most of the talking.

That's right. And I can't do that

and bathe and pack.

- Will you just go on and go?

- I'm going.

Then do it, don't talk any more.

I'm doing enough

and neither of us are saying anything.

So, just go on

and let me get on the stage.

Oh, hell! Goodbye.

But I just wanted to...

You could have at least let me finish.

You try to help someone

who doesn't want any help.

I guess I talk too much.

You tell her?

- Tell her what?

- That she's a fool.

She's going on the stage?

She's going on the stage.

You make sure she does.

You say she was going,

why should I make sure?

Because I say for you

to make sure she does.

I hold you responsible.

Responsible, me? Yes.

Dude, he's up the street.

He told me to tell you he's gone.

So I see.

There's a lot of people in town today.

Did you hear why?

A man say he hear maybe Nathan Burdette

will come to see you today.

Most likely they here to watch.

Well, if he does,

they may see something.

- I don't like it.

- Neither do I.

Tom, hang your gun on the fence.

You'll pick it up when you leave.

Sure enough.

That's far enough.

I got orders to take your guns.

Suppose we don't wanna give them up?

Think you're good enough

to take them against six of us?

For a smart man, Mr. Burdette,

that's pretty stupid.

You won't need a gun no more

because you'll be the first man I'd get.

Come on, let's go.

Harris, you're pretty good right there.

- Hold it, Harris!

- He cut my rein.

I'd say he did it on purpose.

And I'm telling you to hold it.

Now just hang your guns on the fence

and you can pick them up when you leave.

Hang up your guns.

You're pretty good with that gun

when you're sober.

- Not bad, Mr. Burdette.

- How does that happen?

If you mean being good with a gun,

I've had a lot of practice.

If you mean being sober...

I'm getting practice on account

of your brother.

I don't follow you.

You don't have to follow me,

Mr. Burdette. Matt!

Didn't you hear the boss say

that I was sober?

That extra gun in your vest,

lay that on the fence too.

- You're enjoying yourself, aren't you?

- All right, Mr. Burdette...

let's get going.

I got no more to talk to you about.

You should enjoy it, Dude.

Every man should have a little taste

of power before he's through.

Stumpy!

Burdette and his men are coming in.

Well, don't put down

no red carpet for them.

And I'm staying right

where I'm supposed to.

You do that.

Good morning, sheriff.

Hello, Burdette.

Been expecting you.

I want to see my brother.

You can come in.

But that doesn't mean the rest of you.

He's not your brother.

Go on across the street with the others.

Do as he says.

What're all those people doing in town?

I didn't ask.

Didn't ask them to come,

or ask them why they're here.

But I think they're watching to see

what you're gonna do.

You don't like that, do you?

Too many witnesses.

Now do you wanna keep talking to me

or see your brother?

See my brother.

We're coming in, Stumpy.

Well, come ahead.

Don't wait for me to carry you.

All right, Stumpy, open up.

What's the password?

- Come on.

- Oh, I'm coming. I wouldn't miss this.

Just want him to see how we're set up.

Well, look who's here.

Place is getting all cluttered up

with Burdettes.

Come right in, Mr. Burdette.

That fellow round the corner

with a banged-up face is your brother.

Nathan.

Well, Joe.

Looks like they gave you a going-over.

Our friend here.

Why?

He didn't take too kindly

to being arrested for murder.

It wasn't murder.

If he says it wasn't murder,

why do you say it was?

Man gets shot that's got a gun,

there's room for reasonable doubt.

Man gets shot that hasn't got a gun,

what would you call it?

But you knew that already...

otherwise you wouldn't have

set things up the way you did.

Just what have I done?

You're a rich man, Burdette.

Big ranch.

Pay a lot of people to do

what you want them to do.

And you got a brother.

He's no good, but he's your brother.

If he committed 20 murders,

you'd try and see he didn't hang for them.

I don't like that kind of talk.

- You're accusing me...

- Let's get this straight.

You don't like.

I don't like a lot of things.

I don't like your men sitting on the road

bottling up this town.

I don't like your men watching us,

trying to catch us with our backs turned.

And I don't like it

when a friend of mine offers to help...

and 20 minutes later he's dead!

And I don't like you, Burdette,

because you set it up.

What're you gonna do about it?

I thought you'd get around to that.

I'm gonna sit here

with your brother in my lap...

until the United States marshal

gets here.

That'll be about six days.

He may ask a few questions

about that busted wheel.

But I think you're too smart

to have stopped that stage completely.

Now I'm running out of breath.

You talk if you want to.

He talks awful big for a man

that's all alone...

except for a barfly and a cripple.

- You can get me out of here any...

- Shut up, Joe!

You're not as smart as your brother, Joe.

He sees Stumpy here sitting around

the corner looked in with you.

And if that isn't plain enough,

I'll tell you why.

If any trouble starts around this jail...

before anybody can get to you,

you're gonna get accidentally shot.

I can practical guarantee that.

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