True Grit Page #2

Why did you come here to tell me this?

Oh, I thought I might shop around up here next year

but I guess we are doing alright in Little Rock.

I'm Mattie Ross.

Daughter of Frank Ross.

Aw, tragic thing.

May I say, your father impressed me.

With his manly qualities. He was a close trader

but he acted a gentleman.

Well I propose to sell those ponies back to you that my father bought.

Well that I fear, is out of the question.

I will see that they are shipped to

you at my earliest convenience.

We don't want the ponies now, we don't need them.

Well that hardly concerns me. Your

father bought the ponies, and paid for them.

And there's an end to it. I have the bill of sale.

And I want $300 for Papa's saddle horse that

was stolen from your stable.

You'll have to take that up with the

man who stole the horse.

Tom Chaney stole the horse

while it was in your care.

You are responsible.

Yeah, I admire your sand

but I believe you'll find I'm not

liable for such claims.

You were the custodian.

If you were a bank and were robbed you could not

simply tell your depositors to go hang.

I do not entertain hypotheticals.

The world as it is is vexing enough.

Secondly your valuation of the horse is high

by about two $200.

How old are you?

If anything, my price is low.

Why, Judy is a fine racing mare.

I've seen her jumping eight-rail fence with a

heavy rider. I am fourteen

Oh, it's all very interesting.

The ponies are yours, take them.

Your father's horse was stolen by a murderous criminal.

I have provided reasonable protection for the creature

as per our implicit agreement.

My watchmen had his teeth knocked out

and can take only soup.

Then I will take it to the law.

You have no case.

Lawyer J. Noble Daggett of Dardanelle, Arkansas

may think otherwise, as might a jury,

petitioned by a widow and three small children.

I will pay $200 to your fathers estate.

When I have in my hand a letter from your lawyer,

absolving me of all liability from the beginning

of the world to today.

I will take $200 for Judy,

plus $100 for the ponies.

And $25 for the grey horse

that Tom Chaney left.

He was easily worth forty.

That is $325 total.

The ponies have no part in it.

I will not buy them.

And the price for Judy is $325.

I would not pay $325 for winged Pegasus.

As for the grey horse, it does not belong to you.

The grey horse was lent to Tom Chaney

by my father.

Chaney only had the use of him.

I would pay $225.

And keep the grey horse.

And I want the ponies.

I cannot accept that.

There can be no settlement after I leave

this office. It will go to law.

All right, this is my last offer.

$250.

For that I get the release, previously discussed.

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