Virginia City Page #6

All right. I'm coming.

Are you Doc Cameron?

Yes. What do you want?

Anybody else in here?

Yes, a patient. I'm busy.

That can wait.

Oh, Murrell.

You should remember, doctor...

...it is not the first time I am here.

Whoever you got in that other room,

tell him to come out.

- Oh, what is it, doctor?

- Well, it looks as if he's been...

Nothing.

Don't worry.

It's just to fix my arm.

Why do we wait?

Do something for me, quick.

All right.

Bring him in here.

Will you help, Vance?

Marshall, Robert Gill, Cameron...

All right, you two take Dr. Cameron.

I'll see Armistead.

That, I think, just about takes care

of every Southerner here. Go ahead.

All right.

Hey, look out, doc.

You hurt a little bit I don't care.

Next time you get a bullet wound, better

not try to cauterize it with gunpowder.

It worked pretty good for a snake bite.

Then it should've worked for you...

...but it didn't.

It's a good joke, huh?

You. You know me, who I am?

Yes, I know you, Murrell.

You used to be in Morgan's cavalry.

You've got a gang together now,

not far away from here.

Yeah.

I hope you are not thinking

about collecting this reward.

No, I'm thinking of one you can collect.

You, see who is there.

If he's smart man, get rid of him.

Get over there, you.

Are you Doc Cameron?

Yes. Why? Anything wrong?

We can't tell from here.

Who you got in there?

A patient with a smashed shoulder.

If you've got any business,

it'll have to wait. This man can't.

Just a second, doc.

- Can't we take a look?

- What for?

Gosh, I ain't never seen

a operation before. Doggone.

What do you fools think this is?

A sideshow?

Maybe a man who's bleeding to death

doesn't mean much to you...

...but he does to me.

- Just a second, doc.

There ain't no cause for you to go

and getting all riled up.

No. You'll got yourself so excited,

you'll cut him up the wrong way.

I had the measles once.

You don't operate on no measles,

you big lummox.

Thank you, doc. That was nice work.

You lie almost so good like me, huh?

But nobody knows I am in Virginia City.

Who are they looking for?

They're looking for me, Murrell.

- For you?

- Yeah.

We are in the same boat, huh?

And maybe we can pull together.

Maybe. What you mean?

I'll give you $ 10,000 to do a job for me.

What kind of job?

Listen, here's what I want you to do.

On the west side of the city

is the Union garrison...

Oh, you.

Well, did you come back to tell me

how much you liked the act?

No. No, I came back to ask you

if you'd forgive me for...

For being disappointed in me?

Well, I suppose you couldn't help it.

No, it wasn't that.

But it was such a surprise

seeing you up there.

If things had been

the other way around, you'd...

I couldn't imagine you

out there dancing the cancan.

That's a funny thought.

I'd probably get mixed up in my skirts.

- You know what I mean, though, don't you?

- Yes, I know.

But you see, Kerry,

no matter how much a man's in love...

...he really wonders whether the woman's

quite good enough for him or not.

But when a woman's in love, well,

she's just in love and that's the end of it.

You see,

if you'd told me everything at first, I...

Have you told me everything?

No, I haven't. You're right.

I just made a silly fool of myself.

I'm sorry.

Will you forgive me?

I forgave you a long time ago.

Maybe...

Maybe I even wanted you

to care that much.

That's all I wanted to know.

In case anything should happen to me,

I just wanted to be sure of that.

You're in some kind of danger,

aren't you, Kerry?

Well, Virginia City's a dangerous place.

Besides, there's a war on and...

Yes, there's a war on.

- Could I see you for a moment, sir?

- Yes.

Excuse me. What is it?

Someone reported they saw Irby around

the rear door of the Sazerac a half-hour ago.

Good, we'll take a look around.

Wait here.

- I'll be right with you.

- Yes, sir.

Is that why you came here?

I can't tell you about it now, darling.

But I want you to know this,

I do love you...

...and that's the most important thing

in the world.

Remember that always, will you?

Close that door.

Vance.

Lock it.

Why did you risk coming here?

Bradford's downstairs now looking for you.

Yes, I saw him. He found the hideout. Every

street leading out of town is blocked...

...with soldiers but we're going tomorrow

night and the gold is going with us.

But how can we?

Remember Murrell, the outlaw?

I made a deal with him.

His gang is camped

a few miles from here.

Between 2 and 3 tomorrow night,

they'll attack the garrison.

That'll draw every soldier

out of Virginia City.

When they arrive,

we slip out of town with the four wagons.

The others will be up in Box Canyon

waiting for us.

Waiting for us?

But you can't stay here now, Julia.

Or would you rather stay?

Why, I have nothing to stay for, Vance.

Of course I'm going with you.

There's just one other thing

left to be done, Julia...

...but it's the most important,

and you are the only one who can do it.

What is it, Vance?

Get in touch with Bradford, tell him you

know where I'm hiding and send him to me.

Send him to you? What for?

He's the one man in Virginia City

who could stop us.

The moment he saw us start, he'd arouse

a posse to grab us and the gold.

The only way to stop that

is to grab him first.

What are you going to do with him,

Vance?

I don't know yet.

You're going to kill him, aren't you?

Of course you are.

You couldn't afford to leave him here alive,

he knows too much about us.

So I must lead him quietly and unsuspecting

to his death because I'm a woman.

That's something only a woman could do.

Why, all of this was your idea, Julia.

Taking the gold from here.

Remember the look

on Jefferson Davis' face when he said:

"We are very proud of you

and deeply grateful"?

I remember.

"And the hopes of 10 million of us

will be riding with you."

I remember.

That's why your decision right now

is so important.

Oh, but why must I be the one, Vance?

Can't you see this is murder?

It's even worse than murder,

Kerry trusts me.

And what about those

who are trusting us?

When these people leave

with their children...

...they're turning their backs

on their homes.

Some of them are facing death

and they know it, but not one hesitates.

Yes.

I know what this means to you, Julia...

...but there's no alternative,

you are the only one who can do it.

What shall I tell him?

Now, listen...

All right, we'll spread out from here.

Moose, you take the north section.

You men check everything up that way.

Come on, Marble, we'll look around here.

By golly. Ain't a man got time

to get a little grog around here?

You're groggy enough, partner. Wait here.

How do you do? I understand

this is a boarding house, is that correct?

- We're filled up.

- Well, thanks. I wasn't looking for a room...

...I was looking for a boarder.

Mind telling me who your guests are?

That's their business. I never ask them.

- Well, would you mind if I looked around?

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