The Last Rites of Ransom Pride Page #3

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Not now, Ransom.

Show some patience.

Patience is a virtue

I do not possess.

Yeah, well, you ain't much for

wisdom or temperance, neither.

I feel like I'm back in Glory

finishing up his chores.

For whatever reason,

he honestly believed

certain tasks were beneath him.

''A man with vision

can't be bothered

by pissant detalls.''

How many times

I hear that?

That goddamn ranch

in Michoacn.

Never even been there,

but he'd get it in his head

we were gonna get it.

When we got it,

he was gonna get you

and bring you down here.

His pride

wouldn't let him get you

when he was hiding out,

sleeping in caves.

I'll hide the horses.

You got any whiskey?

You got any whiskey?

I-I-I tell ya-

I'll tell ya

one thing, Matthew.

That Ransom Pride

was a lucky son of a b*tch.

He killed a federal judge

back in Tyler.

He jumped out

a second-story window,

didn't even break his foot.

He was a lucky

son of a b*tch.

Luck had nothing

to do with it.

Serves him right

for trying to do

a gun-running deal

by hisself.

Shouldn't go and do

something like that.

Whoa.

What?

You think they've been here?

They've been here, haven't they?

Hyah, hyah, hyah.

Wherever you are,

good enough place as any

to start over.

I'm ready to start over.

Now, how are you

gonna start over?

You ain't even

begun to start.

This is as good

a time as any.

If you're gonna

start something,

by God, you ought to...

You ought to finish it.

And whatever you do,

it better goddamn

be worth it.

'Cause when you-

when you make an investment,

a commitment...

You follow through.

You know the difference

between an investment

and a commitment?

Hmm? Yeah.

You take a plate

of ham and eggs.

Now, the chicken...

is invested.

The pig...

is committed.

If I had my life

to live over,

I would live very, very little

of it the same.

When you hear folks say

that they wouldn't change

their life,

I think they're either

liars or fools.

Life is about learning.

And if you respect life

and you learn from it,

you would, of course,

not do things the same way.

To start with,

if I had my life

to live over,

I would never say no

to a woman.

And I would do nothing

purely for money.

If we were to sell

them pistols in Tres Piedras...

How dare you heat me up

for the sole purpose

of selling

some shitty old gun?

We won't be in Tres Piedras

more than a couple of hours.

Oh, I ain't going.

Ride in.

We do the deal.

Then we ride out.

I ain't going.

Well, I gave him my word.

Yeah, you gave your word

to Louie Chama.

You gave him your word

before talking to me.

What'd he say?

He wasn't talking to you.

Hola, chiquita.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

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