INT. RIVERBANK TRAIL - NEAR NIGHTFALL
882Please respect copyright.PENANAjNTx2acXTf
882Please respect copyright.PENANAX88nHPQdOg
(Marius rides down a trail by the riverbank. He looks very weary. His horse looks even more weary than he does.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANA50cK9UR3f0
882Please respect copyright.PENANAWsk2FNbv9M
MARI
(Patting his horse on the neck. )
You need to stop girl? Alrighty. We can't stop for too long though. They'll be following us.
882Please respect copyright.PENANACiUovzQdTE
882Please respect copyright.PENANAqnB7djaEil
(Mari hops off the horse. Cut to him sitting in a makeshift camp eating a biscuit. He has his rifle out and sitting on his lap. A branch snaps in the woods and he jumps up and aims his rifle. He looks back and forth for a few moments before he sits back down.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAybUb9WGbPz
882Please respect copyright.PENANAmu3zkp7TIg
MARI
(Speaking quietly to the horse (but more to himself))
It ain't nothing, girl. It ain't nothing. Be calm. Just be calm.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAOndaX4Lxi7
882Please respect copyright.PENANAtozL9BNekc
(There's another snap and Mari stands up again. He is very jumpy. There is another snap. And another one. It becomes clear that something is crashing through the woods and headed right for him. He aims his gun at the oncoming sound. A girl, filthy and bloody comes crashing out of the brush. He jumps back at the sight of her and she freezes in her tracks.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5nSeEq2pU
882Please respect copyright.PENANAGggaPZCHDN
MARI
(With voice shaking.)
You stop right there!
882Please respect copyright.PENANASlAod8bS5V
882Please respect copyright.PENANAKMojEvMGwT
EDITH
Shhh! Quiet mister!
882Please respect copyright.PENANA3J9TZfc396
882Please respect copyright.PENANAGHOcAO926a
MARI
Don't you shoosh me, girl!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAiaAQwXQ3Gr
882Please respect copyright.PENANAw88Davvj50
EDITH
You gotta be quiet or he'll hear us!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAoK3iiRwKCq
882Please respect copyright.PENANAiep7Sl3yvp
MARI
Who'll hear us?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAZGux2FP04d
882Please respect copyright.PENANA2LCOepShwz
(A voice cries out in the distance.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAPskTDuTegJ
882Please respect copyright.PENANA66x8Hrr8gw
STUMPY
(Still far away)
Edith! Where are you girl? You best get back to me before I give you a beatin you ain't never gonna forget!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAjmi2ocj0yL
882Please respect copyright.PENANAqhpteWd64P
EDITH
(In great distress. She is almost to the point of having a panic attack.)
Oh! He heard us! He's gonna pound me proper this time!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAUvJ8ffhWXt
882Please respect copyright.PENANAU72Od2P754
MARI
Is that your daddy?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAyl8ZKVOnQb
882Please respect copyright.PENANAHvtVicT1av
EDITH
It ain't my daddy. My daddy wouldn't never lay hands on me the way he does. He killed my daddy over a game of horseshoes and took me for his own.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAGyPw0crjtq
882Please respect copyright.PENANAEpiPH7lP6w
MARI
Then who is it?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAua4VWoiEdP
882Please respect copyright.PENANAVRA5tlB903
EDITH
It's my husband, Stumpy.
882Please respect copyright.PENANABLlDTGXaS9
882Please respect copyright.PENANAilnn6dzFhD
(Mari looks taken aback. The girl couldn't be more than nine or ten years old.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANA7jbSjSy4C8
882Please respect copyright.PENANAVJnlYwhSZK
MARI
You ain't old enough to be married!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAVVp6GKiXSF
882Please respect copyright.PENANA9YBOaVrObU
EDITH
Tell that to the bastard chasing me. I been married to him for two years now!
882Please respect copyright.PENANA5HldsztzNT
882Please respect copyright.PENANAz3E5D0kIOX
MARI
But that ain't legal? Have you gone to the law?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAT2DZqN9U4F
882Please respect copyright.PENANAsNPwiX11RH
EDITH
The law don't give a coon's ass about what lowborn hill folk do. A judge rode up while Stumpy was putting himself in me. They both laughed about it. The judge stayed the night in our barn, but before he went to bed he and Stumpy took turns on me. Then the next day Stumpy hit me in the head so hard that my bell was rung for three days. Said it were for laying with another man.
882Please respect copyright.PENANA6XyF337wXc
882Please respect copyright.PENANAh7hSN11xfB
(The crashing and yelling through the woods gets closer. )
882Please respect copyright.PENANApIIADfk6qq
882Please respect copyright.PENANAAkQgs46yhw
MARI
So you running away?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAtyfHCMl4dE
882Please respect copyright.PENANA7imlk2avsm
EDITH
I'm ta try finding my aunt in the west. Last I heard she was in EverGreen. Are you headed that way, mister? Will you help me?
882Please respect copyright.PENANADwIsus8aex
882Please respect copyright.PENANAIosFY2qdjV
(Mari contemplates the situation. It's obvious he is torn. )
882Please respect copyright.PENANAIZ7sQDTe6F
882Please respect copyright.PENANAQgxnzf2mEV
EDITH
I won't be no trouble! I promise! Please mister! He gonna kill me this time!
882Please respect copyright.PENANACUj8hv6UnH
882Please respect copyright.PENANAzTYqW5nUUR
(The voice is almost to them.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAR1vuHX3uVh
882Please respect copyright.PENANA44egjhZ9qT
STUMPY
I hear ya, girl! Who you talking to?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAdk4crOmp8l
882Please respect copyright.PENANAGVeV4k78rA
MARI
Get behind me.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAVqbwppKoBc
882Please respect copyright.PENANAtU65lXjm1i
(Edith quickly cowers behind Mari. A dirty little hillbilly man with a shotgun and a lantern comes crashing out of the brush. Mari has his rifle leveled at him.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAJyxwGJzjhF
882Please respect copyright.PENANA8STugJ8mHf
MARI
She's talking to me.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAd2PECCBkfL
882Please respect copyright.PENANABcRUq4K5Ka
STUMPY
Who the fuck are you?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ9ZXjBeea
882Please respect copyright.PENANAlikj0VOJEJ
MARI
Stay back. You put that shotgun down. Now.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAZASigM5YYV
882Please respect copyright.PENANA1BJc84vnFD
(Stumpy considers aiming the shotgun, but he knows he would die quickly. So he begrudgingly sits it down with open arms.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAArr7HDTvT0
882Please respect copyright.PENANACXD0EkTI1Z
STUMPY
That's my goddamn wife.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAquqhSSgQm1
882Please respect copyright.PENANANh4mhTlk1H
MARI
She's a child. She ain't old enough to be anybody's wife.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAQcIJ2xUhSp
882Please respect copyright.PENANAivGugJW3aw
STUMPY
She's plenty old. And that ain't your damn business. Now, girl, you get over here or I'm gonna come over there and fetch you.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAqEvH3YfXZv
882Please respect copyright.PENANAE3kHkaF6wa
EDITH
I ain't going nowhere with you, Stumpy! I'm done with your beatings!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAwXwsUkPHYk
882Please respect copyright.PENANA290wWF7wn3
STUMPY
Damn you girl! You get over here now or I'll be sticking myself in your butthole tonight! You won't be able to sit proper for a month!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAK7O5ELR6Yc
882Please respect copyright.PENANAmqAZIZayR7
(Stumpy lunges forward. Mari's training kicks in. He pushes his rifle forward and hits Stumpy right between the eyes with the barrel. Stumpy cries out in pain and staggers back. When he looks back at Mari there is blood running from the cut. )
882Please respect copyright.PENANA69l9JYrjNT
882Please respect copyright.PENANAuZEqkLId4h
MARI
I told you to stay back!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAXE0ekkVAra
882Please respect copyright.PENANATW0YVmY2z6
STUMPY
You son of a bitch!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAJT5aL8Lcv5
882Please respect copyright.PENANAivpX9iJ6n6
(Stumpy moves for the shotgun. Right as he is about to grab it Mari shoots him in the shoulder.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANA7NFOP7rgXA
882Please respect copyright.PENANAfoXM16BDuJ
STUMPY
You cocksucker! Oh you son of a cunt!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAGe3TdeoT2r
882Please respect copyright.PENANASuSVZZicE1
MARI
The next one's going into your chest.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAuzaZEMmOKz
882Please respect copyright.PENANAOFnLEtK4QN
STUMPY
The fuck do you want? I have twelve dollars! You want it? I'll give it to ya? Just give me that damn girl back!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAvFtvogznba
882Please respect copyright.PENANAkr1stBKuA0
EDITH
I ain't never laying with you again, Stumpy!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAWQoFxmsPTA
882Please respect copyright.PENANAMQPuLaobu9
(Edith picks up a rock and pegs Stumpy right in the eye with it.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANArwbHCS7AGd
882Please respect copyright.PENANAhP6E1hP77v
STUMPY
Oh you're dead, bitch! Imma cut you from head to hole!
882Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xo4WgMzqk
882Please respect copyright.PENANAPVMQllkJkW
MARI
You walk back the way you came, mister.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAkLiuwX40DD
882Please respect copyright.PENANAWvlmKLXI63
STUMPY
Imma find the Judge and be back! The whore is real familiar with him! You'll hang!
882Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6brMI3hRH
882Please respect copyright.PENANAM3LuO43uYQ
(Edith throws another rock and strikes Stumpy in the forehead. Stumpy is now bleeding from three different wounds.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAjfx2a7MoOp
882Please respect copyright.PENANAEvbhMPoo9h
STUMPY
You mother whore!
882Please respect copyright.PENANATWRxI7qdtp
882Please respect copyright.PENANArm93EcFe6r
MARI
Walk away, mister.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAY8HHoMl2Ft
882Please respect copyright.PENANAmBAT5v9zi3
STUMPY
Fine! But this ain't over. I'm taking my boom stick and going home.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAh85LTIhjif
882Please respect copyright.PENANAYfnHK55x2F
MARI
You ain't touching that gun. Now walk.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAbtVNwVCGYL
882Please respect copyright.PENANAoa7MPniC5T
STUMPY
Dirty cocksucker. I'll split your throat for this.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAY37NV8RqYn
882Please respect copyright.PENANAivz53QAxJ4
(Stumpy walks into the woods. Muttering curses and threats the entire way. Mari walks over and takes the shotgun. He hands it to Edith.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAVY96qp61SG
882Please respect copyright.PENANAN1iAcGK9VI
MARI
You know how to use this?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAJKgoJVlcTr
882Please respect copyright.PENANAFa7hNmq6SF
EDITH
Turn it towards someone and pull the trigger.
882Please respect copyright.PENANA0MGDpHXlcM
882Please respect copyright.PENANA8tfnmXdOhc
MARI
Close enough. Anyone comes here tonight you turn it to them and pull the trigger.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAl3G6dRZySk
882Please respect copyright.PENANAwpMY4VzR4i
EDITH
He ain't coming back tonight. He ain't got the gumption for it. His brothers is four days away towards Oxpoint. He ain't nearly as mean as they are.
882Please respect copyright.PENANA2U6UYoyba5
882Please respect copyright.PENANADhtNcIpDoR
MARI
Stumpy ain't the only one I got to worry about.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAeTfzFjuvFh
882Please respect copyright.PENANAEdIam0YJMW
(They both sit down by the fire. )
882Please respect copyright.PENANA81l4vZmdNf
882Please respect copyright.PENANAR0TSzCwGFX
EDITH
Will you help me get to my kin in Evergreen?
882Please respect copyright.PENANAbG20w41lSr
882Please respect copyright.PENANAXJlK0gIMz6
MARI
(Thinks for a moment.)
I have to get West myself, but I can't have you holding me up. I gotta get there fast.
882Please respect copyright.PENANANPLq7vOswM
882Please respect copyright.PENANAe9X3l9iU7K
EDITH
I won't hold you up none. I know a place where we can get horse for me tomorrow. We will be on the way before mid morning.
882Please respect copyright.PENANAomn0LOvO0K
882Please respect copyright.PENANA9JsBYndfPy
(Mari nods. It's clear he is worried about the situation.)
882Please respect copyright.PENANAdm3iv7dF6u
882Please respect copyright.PENANAeQfjA1IQxI
MARI
It'll probably get me killed, but I'll get you to Evergreen. Now get some rest. We have a long haul to the crossing tomorrow.
ns3.22.242.110da2