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Otherwise,

you can do

the loaves-and-fishes thing

with pounds!

Miserable sinners!

When you come

to confession,

you'll laugh

on the other side of your faces.

When that's finished,

we'll be too old to sin!

Either get on

about your business

or contribute to God's work

with labor or cash.

You must be new

around here.

Been away.

There used to be

only a small mine here.

Yes, a fellow named Spur

grubbed his life away here.

After he died, they found it,

Found what?

The mother lode,

A pity they don't dig as deep

into their pockets.

Jim!

G'day, Seb.

Come and have a beer.

G'day, Mrs. Darcy.

Hello, Sebastian.

This is Jim Craig.

Hello.

It didn't go well

down there?

I didn't think they'd put out

the red carpet.

It was like

a red rag to a bull.

We know they'd like

to run us out.

What are the boys

doing about that?

Nothing.

If you don't

stir the possum,

it won't bite you.

What can we do?

[Plays Piano]

I'm glad to hear

you're playing again.

It's been too long.

Do you think maybe

you could play some other tune?

It's not a tune.

It's a sonata.

Whatever

the hell it is!

If you're pining

for that drifter Craig,

you're just

wasting your time.

Jim isn't

a drifter.

The man disappears

into the mountains for months.

No one sees or hears

from him.

Whatever he is,

he won't be back here, Jess.

Now, I thought

you accepted that.

Ahh.

You haven't been

outside this house in days.

Everyone's been

asking for you.

Oh! I thought this is

where you wanted me,

looking decorative,

waiting for suitors to call.

One has called...

Alistair Patton...

and I'm running out

of excuses.

Then tell him

I don't want to see him.

That's fine,

either way.

You both treated Jim disgracefully.

I am sick

ofJim Craig!

Well, I am not!

He could never belong here.

You do.

And so does

Alistair Patton.

Affections are related

to property, no?

You are aggravating!

A chip off the old block!

I don't care

about the Pattons!

Neither do I!

What are we

arguing about?

Jim?

Morning.

Are you leaving today?

No... not yet.

I want to check

a friend's affairs.

Spur?

I bet he's still smiling

away to himself up there.

How's that?

He willed this place

to fossickers around these hills.

That's not playing the game

by the rules.

None of these people

work for bosses.

The Gentry

can't digest that.

Well, long live

Eureka Creek!

Heh heh.

Excuse me.

I came to talk

to you.

Couldn't

believe it

when I saw you

again.

It was like

an illusion.

I want to know

why you were away

for so long.

To get a start

for us.

Why is accumulating things

so important?

Because I've seen

the lack of it.

I don't want that

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