Only the Valiant Page #3

I tremble.

Why?

He'll beat your children

and break your heart.

Every day?

Every single day.

Wonderful!

Yes, he will be wonderful, Cathy.

Has he asked you yet?

Not yet.

Do you know what he's gonna do

when you say yes?

No, what?

This.

Good night, Joe.

See you in the morning, Dick.

Lance, I was over in your quarters

looking for you.

The Colonel wants to see you.

Where's Holloway?

Courting.

Come in.

- Good evening, Captain.

- Mrs. Drumm.

If you'll excuse me.

You sent for me, sir?

I certainly did, Richard.

What do you think you're doing?

Sir?

I told you to assign an officer to the detail

that is taking Tucsos back.

I didn't say assign yourself.

You didn't say not to, sir.

I thought you'd have

more sense than that.

You know we've got

nothing but a cadre here.

And you should know if you don't

that you're the only officer

I have any faith in.

I'm a sick man, Richard,

despite what Jennings tells me.

I'm in no position to handle the post.

You're the only person here

I can depend on.

I don't want you taking

Tucsos up to Fort Grant.

Too many lives depend

on your being here.

Well, the orders are out, sir.

You can't change...

I can change any orders I ever gave,

and I'm changing those right now.

I want you to wake up the adjutant

and tell him to put Lieutenant Holloway

in charge of the detail

that is taking Tucsos back.

Holloway?

He's a good man, isn't he?

Well, yes, sir,

he's one of the best, but...

Then he's the officer

commanding the detail.

I've never argued with you

about an order bef...

Then don't argue with me now, Captain!

That's the way I want it.

Yes, sir.

Anything else?

That's all, Richard.

- Lance...

- Save it.

The minute they started,

we knew we had 'em.

And it was a slaughter.

High watermark

of the Confederacy, they called it.

Come in.

Hello, Dick.

Not asleep yet?

You're taking over the Tucsos detail, Bill.

I'm sorry.

You're joking.

I wouldn't joke about a thing like that.

No, of course you wouldn't.

Looks like tonight's my unlucky night.

That's funny.

First time I remember an order

being changed around here.

Like rewriting the Bible.

Well, it's the one time I don't mind

making it easy on the captain.

Do I, Cathy?

And I guess I'm the one

who needs sleep now.

Good night, Cathy.

- Dick.

- Good night, Bill.

Good night.

Dick.

That was a cruel thing to do.

Cruel?

Why did you do it?

Why?

I don't know what you're

talking about, Cathy.

You're not fooling me.

I've lived in an army post all my life.

Dad's right.

Orders don't get changed

unless someone goes

to an awful lot of trouble to change them.

Cathy, believe me,

it's just the way things are.

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