Hangman's Knot Page #4

He might've...

- Your son?

- Hers.

My grandson.

- It might make you feel better if...

- Get away from me.

I want you to hear this.

If your son is dead,

it's because he was a soldier.

If he was killed,

it was by another soldier.

Eight of us came up here

to Nevada six weeks ago.

The war was still going on then.

We'd been ordered to attack

a convoyed gold shipment.

We carried out those orders.

Over a dozen men were killed,

Union and Confederate soldiers.

It wasn't until afterward

we learned that...

That the war had ended.

Now, that's a tall one.

Being honest soldiers,

you left the gold...

...and reported to the nearest

Union Army post.

No, we decided to go home

and take the gold with us.

I wanted to tell you what happened

because I thought it might help you.

Nevada's full of you

Confederate deserters...

...and your lying excuses

for being what you are.

Martha, please, don't say no more.

My son wasn't the first.

You killed my husband too...

...at Gettysburg.

Don't pay her no mind.

Get the fire going now

with that coal oil!

- Hey, what happened to Maxwell?

- I don't know.

Maxwell. Maxwell!

- Somebody calling me?

- Come here.

Boys, let's get this straight.

Nobody's leaving here.

Go get the rest of the horses

and bring them here.

From now on, that's where they stay,

all of them.

And when we do leave here,

we're all leaving together.

He talks pretty big, don't he?

Think maybe that reb

was telling the truth?

All that gold lying back there

just waiting for some prune picker...

...to stumble over it?

- Maybe.

I wouldn't try riding off to find out

if I were you.

- Who said anything about riding off?

- I did.

- Hey, Quince!

- Yeah?

Come on, you're awake.

Wait a minute! Don't kick a man

when he's down. It ain't sporting.

Besides, he's gonna answer some

questions, nice and straight.

Now, we'll start with the gold.

Where's it at?

I said, where's the gold?

I don't remember. I'm all fogged up.

It's in the house there, ain't it?

No.

- No, we left it behind.

- Where?

I don't know. I can't think.

It's no use. He's passed out again.

Molly...

...you know why I told

them that, don't you?

That we were...

That I was your fiance?

I thought it would be safer

for you that way.

Maybe I was trying to push you

into making up your mind...

...the right way.

Jamie, let's try it again.

Rolph, go ahead.

Wrong again! Weren't nobody there!

We ain't in no hurry!

We can wait for you to come out!

The moon will be down

in a few minutes.

Can that rear door be opened

without too much noise?

It's always been quiet enough

to suit me.

I don't wanna put gags

in your mouths.

I won't, if you'll give me

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