Hondo Page #4

Did you ever see a crow's wing,

how black and gleaming it is?

- Yes.

- That's the way her hair shined.

l'd like to pay you for that rope.

Riding dispatch,

l have the right to give U.S. script.

- You loved her?

- l don't know.

l needed her.

- But if she was dark and Im fair...

- Why you reminded me of her?

- Yes.

- l don't know.

l thought about it.

You don't look anything like her.

l am fully aware

that l am a homely woman, Mr. Lane.

l didn't mean that.

l have a bad habit of telling the truth.

But being pretty isn't much.

l know a lot of pretty people

l wouldn't trust

with a busted nickel-plated watch.

But some others, something comes

out of the inside of them and

you know you can trust them.

Destarte had that.

And you've got it, too.

- Im a married woman.

- l thought about that, too.

l guess l kissed you

because you remind me of Destarte.

Or maybe it was because

l hate to think of your hair

hanging from the center pole

of an Apache wickiup.

Well, a long time ago l made me a rule.

l let people do what they want to do.

Sam!

You are a strange man, Mr. Lane.

l don't know about that.

Goodbye, Mrs. Lowe.

- You are Vittorio.

- l am Vittorio.

Your horses have been watered here.

- You were told to go.

- l couldn't leave.

My husband is away,

and l didn't think that l...

Your people water their horses here.

You leave my mother alone.

Stop him! Stop him!

- l ain't scared of you.

- You're not fear Apache?

No.

He fear hurt to mother,

but not death to self.

He brave. Like Apache boy.

Him now blood brother.

l call him Small Warrior.

Him belong Moon Dog Lodge,

Chiricahua Apache.

You care for him well.

You now mother Chiricahua warrior.

Live safely here.

l hope someday,

someone befriends your sons.

My sons are dead. White man kill them.

Figured your scalp would be hanging

in some Apache wickiup by now.

- Hi, Buffalo.

- Been making bets on it.

You're sure a disappointment to me,

Hondo.

You like to win your bet.

l wore out some horses.

You wore out you while you was at it.

Here, let me get that.

Where's that water?

- Looks like l won a bet, Buffalo.

- Hi, Dick.

Yeah, l owe you a jug of red-eye.

- This feels good.

- There's times when water is good.

That's exactly what l mean.

l say l got a right to talk to

this here bow-necked Major,

- l don't talk to no underlings.

- Major's asleep.

That's just too bad about him.

Im a citizen and l want to see him.

Major ain't had any sleep for three days.

l can tell you everything

just as well as he can.

We ain't heard nothing from up north.

lf you ask me, the Cavalry's scared of

Vittorio. L think the U.S. Cavalry...

l am greatly interested in your opinion of

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