The Mighty Quinn Page #3

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$10,000 he couldn't do what he did.

- Which was what?

- Drink whatever it is he's throwing up.

- $10,000, huh?

- That's what the man say.

- What happened, Nick?

- Chief, am I gonna die?

Yes, man. But we're gonna try

and put it off for a little while.

We're going to take you to the hospital.

You collect your bet?

The police got there before he could pay.

And what make you think

him had a $10,000 bill?

I... I see it.

It was green, with the president.

A ten and three zeros.

Nick, there's no such thing

as a $10,000 bill.

Send somebody over and check it out.

Also call the hospital about the autopsy.

Already did. Said they had to

send the body to the airport.

Direct orders from Governor Chalk.

Sh*t. OK.

Do you think Maubee did it?

Cut a man's head off?

That f***er, he does that.

That's why he's like that.

Try and make sense when you talk, Jump.

OK. The little notebook.

But how could he lose a thing like that?

He'd have to stand on his head.

Not if he was going through windows.

Not if there was a struggle.

Yeah. So, you think he did it, then?

No.

Do you?

$10,000 bill.

$10,000 bill.

There's no such thing as a $10,000 bill.

It must have been counterfeit.

Why? If there's no such thing

as a 10,000 d... Oh, sh*t.

- What?

- My son.

Oh, great. That was great!

- Why you didn't go home?

- I was waiting for you.

Mm-hm.

- Your mother's gonna be mad, you know.

- At me too?

So... what you learn in school today?

About the fer-de-lance. It's the most

poisonous snake in the world.

If he bites you,

that's all there is any more.

You go blind and die in 15 seconds.

- You know how it come to be here?

- No.

Well, way back in the old days,

plantation owners imported a snake

to discourage the escape of slaves.

- That was us.

- Yes, that was us.

But... the snake don't know the difference

between black and white.

The snake start bitin' the white man?

- That's right. So you know what they did?

- No.

They brought in the mongoose

to kill off the snake.

But you know what them forget? They

forget that the mongoose is nocturnal.

See, that means he likes the night,

whereas the snake, he likes the day.

So, while one was on his way to work,

the other was on his way to bed.

- What you think of that?

- That's the kind of place this is.

Yes.

Let's go.

Hurting Inside")

Happiness, come back, I say

And if you don't come

I'm gonna go looking, yeah

For happiness

And if you don't come

I'm gonna go looking, yeah

For happiness

I've done you no wrong, no

I've done you no wrong, yeah

Reveal yourself to me

I say, I say

I'm hurtin' inside

You've got to believe me

I'm hurtin' inside

I'm hurtin' inside

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