The Alamo Page #5

Republic.

I like the sound of the word.

It means people can live free...

...talk free...

...go or come, buy or sell...

...be drunk or sober.

However they choose.

Some words give you a feeling.

Republic is one of those words that...

...makes me tight in the throat.

Same tightness a man gets when his...

...baby takes his first step or...

...his first baby shaves...

...and makes his first sound like a man.

Some words can give you a feeling

that makes your heart warm.

Republic is one of those words.

Crockett!

I have, I believe, learned

two things about you.

Worthwhile, I hope.

You're not the illiterate country bumpkin

you would have people believe.

You speak an excellent and

concise English when you wish.

The... uh... bad grammar is a pose.

A fella has to do a lot to get elected to

Congress. I've kissed many a baby, too.

The other is that you came

to Texas to fight with us.

Don't tell my Tennesseans that.

They think we came south

to hunt and... get drunk.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

They... uh... seem

to have accomplished that.

Good evening, my almost-vanishing lady.

- Puedes irte, Juan.

- S, Seor Sand.

Trae el equipaje.

Incredible! I arranged for this carriage...

I would be heartbroken

if you left Bexar just now.

Even more so if you left

with my team of horses...

...which would bring

a pretty penny in these times...

...with two factions

buying anything on four legs.

Do you have business here?

I promised Mother.

Your mother?

Pray to the North Star.

Ten minutes every night.

A long line of star-worshippers.

It keeps the rheumatiz away.

It seems to me you're looking for trouble.

It do?

Let's go upstairs. Unless you prefer

discussing your business...

...in front of every drunken loafer in Bexar.

ndala, pues!

I suppose that overdressed ignoramus...

...is one of the riffraff

here to resist Santa Anna.

They'll find graves and nothing else.

Santa Anna will sweep across...

Overdressed?

I paid good money for these clothes.

Why?

Lady's luggage.

Gratuity for the boy. You forgot.

Dinero.

Son, I guess he isn't gonna tip you.

Another thing I promised Mother.

Never to get in situations

where people pointed guns at me.

Ma'am, it is possible that I am mistaken...

...but it seems to me you find this

gentleman's company distasteful.

Tell him to get out.

Thank you, sir, but there is no way

in which you could be of help.

- And I am in no danger.

- I bid you good night, ma'am.

Gratuity for the boy.

Your property, sir.

Muchsimas gracias!

We are guaranteed the protection

of the generalissimo himself.

Ah, but please don't misunderstand me.

I don't want all of your lands.

Half will be sufficient for me.

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