Crossroads (2008)
Crossroads
““I’m going to write out the pardon for you,” he said, “not because I’m afraid of your gun, but because I always humor an hysterical woman.”“Partner,” answered Jack calmly, “I don’t care why you do it, as long as it’s done.”“Of course,” he went on, “the moment you’re gone, I’ll call in a marshal, explain how I was held up at the point of a gun for the pardon, swear out a warrant for your arrest, and send a messenger to Double Bend to cancel the pardon.”“That,” said the girl with unabated cheerfu...lness, “sounds smooth, but it wouldn’t work. First, because they don’t make marshals in these parts that could stop me, and because I’d come back and get you…and you know it! Second, because you don’t dare let ’em know that a woman bluffed you out at the point of a gun. They’d never stop laughin’ in this state if they knew that, Governor.”He had not thought of that. It made him wince and turn yellow. Once more he saw the face of Oñate turning yellow with vindictiveness when he heard of the governor’s pardon.MoreLess
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