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[ [ "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "SNOW WHITE\n Do you mind, Gus?\n\n GUS\n Not at all.\n Snow White walks over to the Huntsman, holds out her hand.", "SNOW WHITE\n No...\n They gaze into each other's eyes, close enough to kiss.", "SNOW WHITE\n Him! He's the one! He came at me with a\n knife!\n Eric holds her tight, one arm around her neck.", "William cradles Snow White in his arms, trying to revive her,\n but it's no use. Eric stares in dismay as he sees the poison", "arrow of his own, striking him in the chest. The Yakut topples\n over, dead at last but still astride his horse.\n Snow White falls to her knees in anguish, cradling the dying", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "Eric studies the forest floor. He sees Snow White's footprints,\n then looks up at an area of disturbed undergrowth.\n Snow White peers through the bushes and sees the huntsman's", "Duke Hammond considers, then raises his sword. Snow white\n glances at the huntsman. He breaks rank and rides closer to her.", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "SNOW WHITE\n Thank you, huntsman.\n He looks at the sky.\n\n ERIC\n It's getting dark.\n He walks away.", "SNOW WHITE\n What does she want from me?\n His finger move from her hair to her cheek, stroking it\n gently, and then to her chest. With his free hand he reaches\n back for his dagger.", "Snow White stares at him for a moment, his face, his pain.\n Anna shakes her out of the moment and they all race out.", "The last thing he sees is Snow White struggling in Finn's arms,\n being hauled back into the castle.", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "until it finally turns and strides away.\n Eric stares in disbelief. Snow White is rooted to the spot,\n also confused but strangely moved by what's happened. Eric" ], [ "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "Duke Hammond considers, then raises his sword. Snow white\n glances at the huntsman. He breaks rank and rides closer to her.", "Snow White and the huntsman look on, smiling.", "SNOW WHITE\n Do you mind, Gus?\n\n GUS\n Not at all.\n Snow White walks over to the Huntsman, holds out her hand.", "ANNA\n You have travelled far Huntsman. With a\n heavy burden.\n Snow white is playing with Lily. They are making little dolls\n from straw.", "Snow White stares at him for a moment, his face, his pain.\n Anna shakes her out of the moment and they all race out.", "We get our first good look at grown Snow White as she shaves\n wood for a fire. She's done this every day for years. A\n regimen. Her hands work precisely as she stacks the wood and\n blows on the kindling.", "MIRROR MAN\n Snow White.\n Ravenna is shocked by this, staggers a bit.\n\n RAVENNA\n Snow White?", "Eric studies the forest floor. He sees Snow White's footprints,\n then looks up at an area of disturbed undergrowth.\n Snow White peers through the bushes and sees the huntsman's", "SNOW WHITE\n Thank you, huntsman.\n He looks at the sky.\n\n ERIC\n It's getting dark.\n He walks away.", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "SNOW WHITE\n What is this place?\n The huntsman looks just as dazzled.", "SNOW WHITE\n Leave him, huntsman. He's our friend.\n He glares but his eyes glisten with tears. Snow White is", "SNOW WHITE\n She's beautiful.\n Lily smiles and runs off to play. Behind her Eric appears.", "Snow White, who has changed. She is now a woman, lying in a\n darkened cell. Asleep.\n Around the corner, Finn secretly eyes his sister, who doesn't", "Snow White. He rides into the Yakut's horse, knocking him off\n balance just as he fires --\n The arrow narrowly misses Snow White, thudding into a tree. Gus", "She feels eyes on her - turns to see the huntsman watching her\n with a slight smile. She smiles back and breaks away.", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "SNOW WHITE\n Who is she? The one you bargained for.\n The one that spoke to you. Who is Sara?" ], [ "MIRROR MAN\n Yes, my Queen! Yes!!!!\n The Mirror Man laughs because Ravenna's face is younger, her", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "Eric and William, exhausted and battered climb the steps of \n the mirror chamber. It is over. \n Ravenna stares up at Snow White's face in a shining halo of\n light above her from the ceiling.", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "She swings her sword at Ravenna. She parries every attack \n with her bare hands.\n Snow White is breathless. One more strike... but Ravenna", "QUEEN\n You possess a rare beauty, my love. In\n here.\n (She touches Snow white's heart)\n Never lose it. Hold it dear. You will need\n its strength to one day become Queen.", "Thomas falls to his knees in horror, trying to revive his son.\n Finn draws his sword to behead him when Ravenna raises her hand.", "NO! \n She pulls out the dagger, her face starts to age. \n Ravenna is aging at an incredible pace. Her body gives way", "ERIC\n Nothing will bring her back.\n Ravenna moves even closer, looks him right in the eye. She\n is incredibly persuasive as she says --", "LIFTS HER OFF HER FEET. Rose opens her mouth to scream but\n instead of sound, ENERGY pours out. Ravenna opens her mouth,", "(LAUGHING)\n Ravenna's skin blisters and heals. Ravenna raises her arms\n and black shards start to cover the walls behind her...\n entombing them in darkness... the trap closes.", "ERIC\n Coin's no good to me if I'm lying dead\n with crows picking at my eyes.\n Ravenna steps off her throne now, approaching him.", "13a EXT. OUTSIDE ROYAL BEDROOM 13a\n Several Guards line the hallway. The door opens and Ravenna\n emerges. As she moves past them...", "Ravenna slams Snow White down onto the stone floor next to\n the mirror altar.\n Snow White stretches for her sword as Ravenna approaches.", "Snow White opens her eyes and sees Ravenna. This is not the\n first time this has happened. Their eyes locked. Then...", "Snow White, behind, holding the folds of silk from the\n wedding dress. Snow White looks up, adoringly, at Ravenna.", "DUKE HAMMOND\n The Queen cannot be defeated. She cannot\n be killed. And therefore there can be no\n victory.\n Snow White hesitates, her heart pounding, then replies:", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face." ], [ "ERIC V/O\n And all this time, she kept Snow White in\n a cell in the north tower.", "Snow White runs down the steps into a corridor and sees ARMED\n GUARDS appear at the other end. She hurries into another tower,\n bolting the door shut behind her, and charges down the steps.", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "Snow White, who has changed. She is now a woman, lying in a\n darkened cell. Asleep.\n Around the corner, Finn secretly eyes his sister, who doesn't", "SNOW WHITE\n Ten years you locked me away!\n Ravenna seems to relish this.", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "in her bed and pretends to sleep.\n A GUARD opens a cell opposite Snow White. A few seconds\n later the door CLANGS SHUT.", "As soon as the Guard is gone, Snow White rises, walks to her\n cell door and looks down the hall to the other cell.", "The last thing he sees is Snow White struggling in Finn's arms,\n being hauled back into the castle.", "We get our first good look at grown Snow White as she shaves\n wood for a fire. She's done this every day for years. A\n regimen. Her hands work precisely as she stacks the wood and\n blows on the kindling.", "GUARDS!\n Snow White tosses the keys into an empty cell and races away.\n\n 40 INT. CORRIDOR/ CASTLE - DAY. 40", "Snow White hurtles down the steps to Greta's cell. She is\n shocked by what she sees. Rose, now an old woman, looks to her.", "SNOW WHITE\n I'll look after it.\n The King watches Snow White, hiding his sorrow behind a smile.\n So does the Queen, holding back her tears.", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "Snow White paces in her cell, frantic.\n Two magpies appear in the window. She looks at them and\n watches as they flap their wings. Like they're trying to", "10\n\n 16 INT. SNOW WHITE'S ROOM/ CASTLE - NIGHT 16", "Snow White's eyes open, gazing up at the ceiling, her\n thoughts far away. There's a strange calm about her now, a\n quiet acceptance, as if she knows what she must do.", "Snow White sits on a rock, away from the camp, reflecting\n quietly.\n She stares out at the surrounding mountains and valleys when", "SNOW WHITE rushes into the castle. As soon as she passes the\n door a dozen of Ravenna's men come outside closing the trap.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "He smiles, almost sweetly, disarming her. Snow White looks at\n her other captors now, noticing a blind dwarf, (MUIR), who sits" ], [ "MIRROR MAN\n Yes, my Queen! Yes!!!!\n The Mirror Man laughs because Ravenna's face is younger, her", "He smiles, almost sweetly, disarming her. Snow White looks at\n her other captors now, noticing a blind dwarf, (MUIR), who sits", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "MUIR\n All the lions and wolves in the kingdom\n have tried to defeat the Queen and\n failed. Why not a mutton?\n The dwarves stare at him incredulously.", "RAVENNA\n My powers... fade.\n This is about as much as Ravenna can confess. Finn watches", "Eric and William, exhausted and battered climb the steps of \n the mirror chamber. It is over. \n Ravenna stares up at Snow White's face in a shining halo of\n light above her from the ceiling.", "MUIR\n You have eyes, huntsman, but do not see.\n You who have been with her the longest.\n Eric doesn't understand.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "(LAUGHING)\n Ravenna's skin blisters and heals. Ravenna raises her arms\n and black shards start to cover the walls behind her...\n entombing them in darkness... the trap closes.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber.", "DUKE HAMMOND\n The Queen cannot be defeated. She cannot\n be killed. And therefore there can be no\n victory.\n Snow White hesitates, her heart pounding, then replies:", "Thomas falls to his knees in horror, trying to revive his son.\n Finn draws his sword to behead him when Ravenna raises her hand.", "She swings her sword at Ravenna. She parries every attack \n with her bare hands.\n Snow White is breathless. One more strike... but Ravenna", "QUERT\n The white hart bows before the princess,\n father.\n Sure enough, the HART lowers its head before Snow White. Muir's\n face is lit up in the golden light, his blind eyes shining.", "MUIR\n As am I, princess. As am I.\n GUS walks over to Snow White.", "MUIR\n Even our own legends speak of the\n redeemer who will heal the land.\n\n GORT\n That little mutton?", "the mirror room. Now Snow White is exactly where Ravenna\n wants her to be.\n The two women circle each other like heavyweight boxers.", "MUIR\n She is life itself. She will heal the land.\n She is the one.\n\n GORT\n So you're saying she is destined?...\n Muir can only shake his head.", "MUIR\n No!\n (a beat for emphasis)\n She is destined.\n They all trade looks. Muir is the spiritual leader of the\n group and they dare not speak against him, even Beith.", "RAVENNA'S MOTHER\n You must trust me, my love.\n With a small blade she nicks Ravenna's wrist. Three drops of" ], [ "Eric arrives to see the village in flames. He rushes to the\n centre of the village, pulling a mercenary off his horse and\n running him through with his own sword, then fighting and", "Finn and his hunters scour the inferno on their horses.\n\n FINN\n Run, rats, run. Find her!\n William looks around the burning village in panic.", "Eric, moving away from the village, spins to see the ARROWS\n LIGHTING UP THE SKY BEHIND HIM. He races toward the village.", "The fields and woods are even more devastated than the village.\n Farmland has been burnt to cinders and trees chopped down. All\n around Snow White the world is stubble and ash.", "The sky BLAZES WITH BURNING ARROWS all raining down on the\n village.\n 104a EXT. WOODS - SAME - NIGHT. 104a", "village.\n More women emerge from their huts to view the newcomers, no\n men in sight. They all have scarred faces.\n All the women have assembled alongside the group, watching", "119 EXT. FENLAND VILLAGE - NIGHT 119\n\n Finn, surrounded by smoke and fire, is beyond frustration.\n He screams to the heavens in despair.", "Eric pulls Snow White onwards, the blazing fires from the\n village lighting up the marsh. He sees a lake up ahead when a", "Eric and Snow White are far down river. They make their way to\n the bank, drenched and exhausted. Snow White's hands shake -\n distraught over the violence at the village. Eric looks at her\n guiltily.", "CUT TO:\n The men ride out of the village. Suddenly they stop.\n Standing up ahead is William, blocking their path. He calls\n to them.", "devastation and the state of villagers all around her.\n At first their approach seems harmless but as they get closer\n their faces reveal dangerous desperation and --", "RAVENNA\n Then lure him out! Burn every village\n that supports him. Poison their wells.\n If they still resist put their heads on\n pikes to decorate the roads!", "Eric goes after her now, swinging his twin hatchets. The\n ravens scream and pluck at his eyes but he hacks at them\n fiercely, William joining in, until the shrieking birds", "still bowed over Gus's body, sobbing, mourning.\n The prayer chant ends. Nion spits with anger and walks away.", "ERIC (V.0.)\n As for the huntsman...\n Eric goes under the village arch, back toward the forest.\n\n ERIC (V.O.)\n He returned to the forest where he\n belonged.", "Snow White rides towards the village -- only it's unrecognizable\n now -- most of the cottages have been razed to the ground or\n boarded up.", "Eric looks up to see ALDAN the Yakut emerging through the trees\n on horseback, notching another arrow to his bow.\n A FIERCE WIND rips through the sanctuary now, shadows spreading", "RAVENNA\n As my people were destroyed. As my family\n was destroyed. As I would have been\n destroyed.\n He is slightly confused by this and his face begins to show\n discomfort.", "89 EXT. FENLAND VILLAGE - DAY 89\n\n The fenland village is made up of mud huts, elevated on stilts\n to protect them from flooding.", "Finn speaks to a group of people assembled by his men.\n\n FINN\n The Queen demands the services of someone\n to navigate the Dark Forest.\n The villagers stay mum, shaking their heads." ], [ "RAVENNA'S MOTHER\n Drink! And with it the ability to steal\n youth and beauty! For that is your\n ultimate power and only protection.\n Finn steps forward.", "RAVENNA\n My powers... fade.\n This is about as much as Ravenna can confess. Finn watches", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "ERIC (V.0.)\n The spell Ravenna's mother placed on her\n gave her the ability to steal youth and", "FINN\n They're coming! The King's men!\n\n RAVENNA\n Drink!\n Ravenna chokes it down.", "LIFTS HER OFF HER FEET. Rose opens her mouth to scream but\n instead of sound, ENERGY pours out. Ravenna opens her mouth,", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "RAVENNA'S MOTHER\n You must trust me, my love.\n With a small blade she nicks Ravenna's wrist. Three drops of", "MIRROR MAN\n Yes, my Queen! Yes!!!!\n The Mirror Man laughs because Ravenna's face is younger, her", "the ground. Ravenna's mother moves forward, ready to attack.\n The Guard holding Ravenna pulls a dagger and puts it to\n Ravenna's throat, which stops her mother.", "RAVENNA\n But when a woman stays young forever - no\n man can resist her - and the world is hers.\n He suddenly STARTS TO CHOKE, his eyes widening in surprise.\n As he struggles for breath...", "She has broken their connection. We pull away from her. \n Ravenna's head is down, depleted, forlorn. Completely still.", "(LAUGHING)\n Ravenna's skin blisters and heals. Ravenna raises her arms\n and black shards start to cover the walls behind her...\n entombing them in darkness... the trap closes.", "The men try to protect themselves. Some are caught out and \n skewered to the stone floor. Ravenna looks down at them in \n complete satisfaction.", "RAVENNA'S MOTHER\n But be warned Ravenna: By fairest blood\n it is done and only by fairest blood can", "RAVENNA'S MOTHER\n This - is all that can save you, Ravenna.\n The young Ravenna looks away, distracted by SHOUTS and", "RAVENNA\n Now you are mine.\n Her eyes gleam in the firelight. Magnus tries to playfully\n wrestle her off, but she grabs his hands and holds him down\n firmly.", "NO! \n She pulls out the dagger, her face starts to age. \n Ravenna is aging at an incredible pace. Her body gives way", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "RAVENNA\n The King has laid down his sword for the\n night.\n Their eyes take her, lustfully, in as she strides away and\n disappears around a corner.\n\n CUT TO:" ], [ "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "RAVENNA\n That is kind, child. Especially when it is\n said that yours is the face of true beauty\n in this kingdom.\n Snow White doesn't quite know how to answer this.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "reverential, standing a few feet away.\n Ravenna's face softens as she looks at the face of Snow\n White. Ravenna beckons to her with a look and then holds out", "RAVENNA\n You see, child, love always betrays us.\n A sigh escapes Snow White's lips, condensing into steam.", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "the mirror room. Now Snow White is exactly where Ravenna\n wants her to be.\n The two women circle each other like heavyweight boxers.", "RAVENNA\n Oh... please!\n Ravenna back hands Snow White, sending her crashing to the", "SNOW WHITE\n (whispers to Ravenna)\n By fairest blood... it is undone!\n Ravenna looks down. Three drops of blood fall onto Snow\n White's armor.", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face.", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "I feel it here.\n Snow White mimics, touching her own heart, and smiles at\n Ravenna. It should be a touching moment but something in", "Ravenna gasps, locks eyes with Snow White.", "Snow White opens her eyes and sees Ravenna. This is not the\n first time this has happened. Their eyes locked. Then...", "RAVENNA \n But you are right... it is over. \n Ravenna's laughter pierces Snow White like a dagger.", "White's.\n Ravenna smiles. She gently taps on Snow White's... in a \n strange and affectionate motherly way.", "RAVENNA\n I hope you'll invite me?\n\n YOUNG SNOW WHITE\n Of course.\n Snow White smiles, enchanted by her new friend." ], [ "The dwarves and their captives arrive at a rocky outcrop. Duir\n and Coll pull back a large root exposing a cave entrance.", "The GUARDS in the gatehouse look over as the door splinters and\n the dwarves come crashing through in their battle masks. Even", "A shaft of light pours through the cave roof high above, BATS\n circling. The dwarves move effortlessly down the labyrinth but\n Snow White and the huntsman have to squeeze through the cracks.", "Snow White sees the portcullis shoot up now, the dwarves hanging\n onto the counterweights for dear life. Smiling in relief, she\n gallops through the open gates with Eric and William.", "Eric and the dwarves are asleep. Flowers have grown around them,\n as if they've been asleep for months.\n Cull and Duir sleep sitting up, back to back, at the ready.", "Snow White suddenly sees tiny dots of firelight on the castle\n walls. Eric realizes what they are and rides faster. The", "FROM INSIDE THE SEWAGE TUNNEL\n We look out at the faces of the dwarves, peering inside.", "Eric makes his way back into the courtyard and he, too, is\n stunned as he slides in next to the dwarves in the crowd.", "Two unsuspecting guards collapse outside the gatehouse. Before\n the other guards can react, Coll and Duir are on them, moving\n fast and hard, the assault over in seconds.", "stares in wonder, then quickly wakes the other dwarves.\n They all stare in amazement now, even the blind MUIR. Eric is", "A huge pulley controls the portcullis. Beith, Gort and Nion draw\n their pickaxes while Coll and Duir tie up the guards.", "a small troop remain behind. Realizing they have no choice but\n to retreat further, Duir and Coll signal and the dwarves follow\n them deeper into the cave system.", "The Duke's riders charge into the courtyard. ARCHERS fire at\n them from every corner of the castle, but they raise their\n shields and leap off their horses, forming a defensive wedge.", "The huntsman grabs his axe. So do the dwarves, pulling on their\n battle masks.\n WILLIAM emerges through the trees to see ALDAN aiming his bow at", "GORT\n Shut it, you hedge pig.\n The Dwarf confab breaks up and they approach.", "SNOW WHITE rushes into the castle. As soon as she passes the\n door a dozen of Ravenna's men come outside closing the trap.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "BEITH\n Hi-Ho boys. Off to work.\n And they begin to crawl inside.", "WILLIAM\n What are you looking at? Help her!\n The dwarves stare back at him gravely but don't respond. He's\n desperate now, irrational --", "Coll and Duir wade through the sewage, their axes held up in\n front of them, not a flicker of emotion on their faces.\n\n DUIR\n Seven dwarves against an army.", "He smiles, almost sweetly, disarming her. Snow White looks at\n her other captors now, noticing a blind dwarf, (MUIR), who sits" ], [ "King Magnus lies on the bed, drunk - half with wine and half\n with lust. His eyes fixed on --", "KING MAGNUS\n You are now free. You have nothing to fear\n from me.\n Duke Hammond watches from outside the cage, a bit wary, as the\n King kneels beside the terrified woman.", "King Magnus stares at her through the prison bars, then with a\n mighty blow of his sword shatters the lock and enters.", "KING MAGNUS\n What is your name, my lady?\n Slowly, the woman turns. For a moment the King wonders if it's", "KING MAGNUS\n A hell they'll soon revisit!\n King Magnus SCREAMS A BLOOD CRY, kicks his horse and rides", "As the bride and groom reach the altar, KING MAGNUS turns and\n smiles, the happiest man alive.", "RAVENNA\n I will destroy you.\n\n KING MAGNUS", "From above we see horses movie through the forest and enter a\n clearing. At the head is --\n King Magnus, with Duke Hammond by his side, surrounded by a", "A CAGED PRISON WAGON. Odd. Not even sure how it got there.\n King Magnus moves toward it, with a little trepidation. When", "KING MAGNUS\n What...?", "RAVENNA\n Sup, my lord.\n King Magnus drains the goblet, tosses it and gropes her body.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "Magnus walks with his arm around Snow white, heartbroken.\n A single tear rolls down Snow White's cheek. Palace onlookers\n and mourners, fixed on her face, feeling what she feels, move", "ERIC (V.0.)\n The unholy army was defeated, leaving\n King Magnus with the spoils of victory.", "KING MAGNUS\n My daughter will need your son's friendship\n more than ever, Duke Hammond. As will I\n yours.", "FINN\n I feel...\n Then the light goes out of his eyes. He is finally dead.\n Slowly, Eric pulls himself free of the branches cutting into his\n flesh.", "Hand to hand combat at its most brutal.\n King Magnus swings his great sword, and a SHADOW WARRIOR", "it be undone.\n Ravenna looks back to see her mother and other gypsies put to\n the sword.\n Finn struggles free and chases after the King's men as they", "The men try to protect themselves. Some are caught out and \n skewered to the stone floor. Ravenna looks down at them in \n complete satisfaction.", "FINN\n You are a drunk and a fool. My Queen has\n many powers; she can take life or sustain\n it. But she can't bring your wife back\n from the dead.\n\n ERIC", "KING MAGNUS\n (Gazing at her lustfully)\n Who are you?" ], [ "The millions of shards assemble themselves into three seven \n foot tall, razor sharp creatures. The DARK FAERIES: Ravenna's \n ultimate soldiers.", "William gets smashed aside, saved only by his shield. The \n Dark Faerie grabs the soldier right behind William and sends\n him crashing into the wall.", "DUKE HAMMOND\n From what hell comes this army?", "silhouetted on a misty plain -- a VAST SHADOW ARMY of faceless\n warriors.\n King Magnus and the Duke trade a look -", "A silent pact has been made at this moment between the two\n men.\n The remaining Dark Creature freezes. Eric and William are\n barely alive.", "He runs towards it. Eric sees him and goes for it too.\n Behind William and in front of Eric, a Dark creature shapes\n up. William doesn't see it.", "The Duke's army pours out of the great gate, their torches\n blazing in the night. From above, it looks like a river of", "Ravenna exits the castle and crosses the courtyard with a\n lantern. A portcullis opens and DARK FIGURES emerge from the", "Dark Forest.", "(BEAT)\n I have no powers in the Dark Forest. Bring\n me someone who knows it well. Someone who\n can hunt her!", "The Faerie powers up gathering shards from another creature,\n doubling in size and density.\n Like a fire hose of black shards, the Dark Faerie unloads a", "Finn speaks to a group of people assembled by his men.\n\n FINN\n The Queen demands the services of someone\n to navigate the Dark Forest.\n The villagers stay mum, shaking their heads.", "(LAUGHS)\n An army? The Duke fights? He hides behind\n walls. I know sheep that have more fight\n in them.", "59 CONTINUED: (2) 59\n They are all stopped at the entrance to the Dark Forest fifty", "The huntsman grabs his axe. So do the dwarves, pulling on their\n battle masks.\n WILLIAM emerges through the trees to see ALDAN aiming his bow at", "FINN\n Have you traversed the Dark Forest?\n\n WILLIAM\n No.\n\n FINN\n Then what use are you?", "The King and the Duke watch in amazement as the rest of the\n SHADOW ARMY melts away, DISSOLVING INTO THE MORNING MIST until", "Coll and Duir wade through the sewage, their axes held up in\n front of them, not a flicker of emotion on their faces.\n\n DUIR\n Seven dwarves against an army.", "Finn sits astride his horse like a demon king in the firelight.\n He spots William in the distance, searching for Snow White and\n rides toward him.", "DUKE'S COMMANDER\n No, my lord.\n Gloom descends on the gathering." ], [ "ERIC\n Then what makes you so damn valuable?\n\n SNOW WHITE\n You should know. You're the one hunting\n me.\n He backs away. Paces.", "ERIC\n I will take you to Duke Hammond's.\n Snow White slowly nods.", "RAVENNA\n I can. Believe me, huntsman.\n Eric's eyes say he wants to believe. Needs to believe.\n\n RAVENNA\n A life for a life.", "ERIC\n Why does the Queen want you dead?\n\n SNOW WHITE\n She wants us all dead. All of us-", "ERIC\n Back from the dead and instigating the\n masses.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n So the Huntsman fights for something\n other than himself.", "SNOW WHITE\n Thank you, huntsman.\n He looks at the sky.\n\n ERIC\n It's getting dark.\n He walks away.", "ERIC\n I'm not sure, Beith. If I had any sense I'd\n have abandoned her long ago.\n Beith eyes Eric as he watches Snow White dance.", "ERIC\n We'll stay the night here.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n You haven't answered me.\n\n ERIC\n I don't recall a question.", "ERIC\n Run!\n Snow White turns and flees. Eric runs at the Troll. He ducks", "ERIC\n I saved this girl from the Queen. Out of\n the goodness of my heart.\n Snow White gives him a look. He calms her with a look of his\n own.", "Snow White and the huntsman are still trussed up like chickens\n now. The dwarves are grouped together, arguing and occasionally\n throwing angry glances toward Eric. As they bicker the dwarves", "ERIC\n A name you'll not mention again.\n He tosses a knife to her. She's surprised but catches it.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n What?", "ERIC\n Here.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n What is it?\n\n ERIC\n I've carried it a long time.", "SNOW WHITE\n Him! He's the one! He came at me with a\n knife!\n Eric holds her tight, one arm around her neck.", "SNOW WHITE\n Two hundred gold pieces. Do we have a\n deal?\n More, a lot more, than he was expecting.\n\n ERIC\n I'll deliver you to safety m' lady.", "SNOW WHITE\n Why do I need to learn how to kill?\n He looks at her.\n\n ERIC\n There's a lot you need to learn lass.\n Eric backs away.", "Eric studies the forest floor. He sees Snow White's footprints,\n then looks up at an area of disturbed undergrowth.\n Snow White peers through the bushes and sees the huntsman's", "SNOW WHITE\n She's going to kill me! The Oueen!\n He ignores, keeps moving.\n\n ERIC\n Sure she is.", "Snow White, terrified, races off into the forest. They\n notice her exit but keep fighting.\n Eric fights on three sides now - holding his own until Finn", "ERIC\n And I you.\n William looks over to where Snow White is." ], [ "Finn sits astride his horse like a demon king in the firelight.\n He spots William in the distance, searching for Snow White and\n rides toward him.", "WILLIAM\n It's me. William.\n Snow White stares in disbelief, tears of surprise welling in her", "William jumps on his horse again, looking for Snow White through\n the clouds of billowing smoke. Finn and Aldan ride up.\n\n FINN\n Have you seen her?", "FINN\n Replace him.\n William looks at Finn gratefully. Finn studies him with a\n curious smile then rides on.", "WILLIAM\n Once people find out you're alive they\n will rise up in your name.\n Snow White stares back at him uncertainly.", "WILLIAM\n Walk with me.\n They walk into the silver birches.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n Up here it's as if nothing's changed. The\n world looks beautiful again.", "FINN (O.S.)\n Quick work!\n Eric looks up to see Finn and his men approaching. Snow White\n gasps at the sight of Finn.", "ERIC\n And I you.\n William looks over to where Snow White is.", "Snow White, who has changed. She is now a woman, lying in a\n darkened cell. Asleep.\n Around the corner, Finn secretly eyes his sister, who doesn't", "William collapses in prayer, the light in Snow White's eyes\n almost gone. Eric looks over, sees William's grief is as\n great as his own, and finally stops fighting.", "SNOW WHITE\n It's strange, but... I feel only sorrow\n for her.\n William is taken aback by this but pushes on.", "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "Finn and his hunters scour the inferno on their horses.\n\n FINN\n Run, rats, run. Find her!\n William looks around the burning village in panic.", "WILLIAM\n (With mock innocence)\n What trick?\n Snow White holds his gaze, then snatches the apple from him", "WILLIAM\n I'm sorry I left you.\n She looks over and sees the remorse in his eyes.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n You didn't.", "SNOW WHITE\n I saw you at the village.\n William looks up at her, out of breath:", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "WILLIAM\n No, my lord.\n Finn spits fury and continues to race around, frantic.", "WILLIAM\n And unlike him, I have two good legs.\n Finn considers for a moment, then smiles, nods to the guy on\n the ground.", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber." ], [ "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "RAVENNA\n Let her come to me...ALIVE!\n Ravenna's soldiers are merely there to hold Snow White's army\n back. She has planned the whole thing, calculated every move.", "Ravenna gasps, locks eyes with Snow White.", "RAVENNA\n Oh... please!\n Ravenna back hands Snow White, sending her crashing to the", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "the mirror room. Now Snow White is exactly where Ravenna\n wants her to be.\n The two women circle each other like heavyweight boxers.", "Snow White opens her eyes and sees Ravenna. This is not the\n first time this has happened. Their eyes locked. Then...", "reverential, standing a few feet away.\n Ravenna's face softens as she looks at the face of Snow\n White. Ravenna beckons to her with a look and then holds out", "Ravenna slams Snow White down onto the stone floor next to\n the mirror altar.\n Snow White stretches for her sword as Ravenna approaches.", "Snow White, behind, holding the folds of silk from the\n wedding dress. Snow White looks up, adoringly, at Ravenna.", "RAVENNA \n But you are right... it is over. \n Ravenna's laughter pierces Snow White like a dagger.", "RAVENNA\n That is kind, child. Especially when it is\n said that yours is the face of true beauty\n in this kingdom.\n Snow White doesn't quite know how to answer this.", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face.", "White's.\n Ravenna smiles. She gently taps on Snow White's... in a \n strange and affectionate motherly way.", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "Snow White rushes towards her father's chamber and sees Ravenna\n at the end of the corridor. Relieved, she hurries towards her", "RAVENNA\n (A warm smile)\n Would you like to be dressed up like this\n and married one day?\n Snow White nods.", "213 INT. MIRROR CHAMBER - DAY. 213\n\n Ravenna approaches and grabs Snow White by the throat,\n squeezing hard.\n Snow White is chocking.", "RAVENNA\n I hope you'll invite me?\n\n YOUNG SNOW WHITE\n Of course.\n Snow White smiles, enchanted by her new friend." ], [ "village.\n More women emerge from their huts to view the newcomers, no\n men in sight. They all have scarred faces.\n All the women have assembled alongside the group, watching", "devastation and the state of villagers all around her.\n At first their approach seems harmless but as they get closer\n their faces reveal dangerous desperation and --", "ON THE BANK\n The boat stops and they get out. The women of the village\n move from their hut to greet them as they walk into the", "A group of people including children - skeletal, hungry,\n desperate - see her approach and move out to greet her.\n She stops her horse for a moment, gazing past tears at the", "The fields and woods are even more devastated than the village.\n Farmland has been burnt to cinders and trees chopped down. All\n around Snow White the world is stubble and ash.", "An unmistakable brown sludge pours out of a sewage tunnel\n into the sea. It is the same sewers where Snow White escaped.\n We hear the sound of splashing oars and grumbling:", "89 EXT. FENLAND VILLAGE - DAY 89\n\n The fenland village is made up of mud huts, elevated on stilts\n to protect them from flooding.", "More terrors rage at her from the swirling mist. She stumbles\n again and when she looks up vampire bats scream at her from the", "SLAVE MERCHANT\n Her nose is on the large size and her\n chin's a little weak.\n\n ERIC\n Your eyes are dim.", "of the water -- skewering him -- and drags him into the\n depths.\n The others turn as they hear a scream but there's no sign of", "The mirror starts to ripple, distorting Ravenna's face into\n something even more awful.", "Finn and his hunters scour the inferno on their horses.\n\n FINN\n Run, rats, run. Find her!\n William looks around the burning village in panic.", "Eric and Snow White are far down river. They make their way to\n the bank, drenched and exhausted. Snow White's hands shake -\n distraught over the violence at the village. Eric looks at her\n guiltily.", "mirror. Her MOTHER, a gypsy woman in tattered clothes, moves\n the mirror closer.", "She has broken their connection. We pull away from her. \n Ravenna's head is down, depleted, forlorn. Completely still.", "THOMAS, a grizzled old rebel, looks badly bruised and beaten,\n while his handsome son, LAIN, is unmarked. They both stare at\n her defiantly.", "staring at him accusingly. He has no idea who they are or what\n he's done wrong. Finally he comes before the Queen, sizing her\n up like a tavern beauty.", "wrists and ankles bound and reacts in horror, struggling to free\n herself of her bonds.\n WE PULL UP, UP, UP until we can see the full scope of the", "Snow White rides towards the village -- only it's unrecognizable\n now -- most of the cottages have been razed to the ground or\n boarded up.", "beauty, and indeed all things good, for\n her own evil purposes. But for every\n life there must be a death, for every\n gain, loss, and under the reign of" ], [ "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "Snow White, behind, holding the folds of silk from the\n wedding dress. Snow White looks up, adoringly, at Ravenna.", "MIRROR MAN\n Snow White.\n Ravenna is shocked by this, staggers a bit.\n\n RAVENNA\n Snow White?", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face.", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "SNOW WHITE\n (whispers to Ravenna)\n By fairest blood... it is undone!\n Ravenna looks down. Three drops of blood fall onto Snow\n White's armor.", "MIRROR MAN\n Yes, my Queen! Yes!!!!\n The Mirror Man laughs because Ravenna's face is younger, her", "Snow White opens her eyes and sees Ravenna. This is not the\n first time this has happened. Their eyes locked. Then...", "reverential, standing a few feet away.\n Ravenna's face softens as she looks at the face of Snow\n White. Ravenna beckons to her with a look and then holds out", "RAVENNA\n That is kind, child. Especially when it is\n said that yours is the face of true beauty\n in this kingdom.\n Snow White doesn't quite know how to answer this.", "the mirror room. Now Snow White is exactly where Ravenna\n wants her to be.\n The two women circle each other like heavyweight boxers.", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "I feel it here.\n Snow White mimics, touching her own heart, and smiles at\n Ravenna. It should be a touching moment but something in", "Snow White, overwhelmed by compassion, places her hand on\n Ravenna's chest. Ravenna puts her own wrinkled hand on Snow", "RAVENNA\n Oh... please!\n Ravenna back hands Snow White, sending her crashing to the", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber.", "Ravenna slams Snow White down onto the stone floor next to\n the mirror altar.\n Snow White stretches for her sword as Ravenna approaches.", "White's.\n Ravenna smiles. She gently taps on Snow White's... in a \n strange and affectionate motherly way." ], [ "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "Duke Hammond considers, then raises his sword. Snow white\n glances at the huntsman. He breaks rank and rides closer to her.", "Snow White and the huntsman look on, smiling.", "SNOW WHITE\n Do you mind, Gus?\n\n GUS\n Not at all.\n Snow White walks over to the Huntsman, holds out her hand.", "ANNA\n You have travelled far Huntsman. With a\n heavy burden.\n Snow white is playing with Lily. They are making little dolls\n from straw.", "Snow White stares at him for a moment, his face, his pain.\n Anna shakes her out of the moment and they all race out.", "We get our first good look at grown Snow White as she shaves\n wood for a fire. She's done this every day for years. A\n regimen. Her hands work precisely as she stacks the wood and\n blows on the kindling.", "MIRROR MAN\n Snow White.\n Ravenna is shocked by this, staggers a bit.\n\n RAVENNA\n Snow White?", "Eric studies the forest floor. He sees Snow White's footprints,\n then looks up at an area of disturbed undergrowth.\n Snow White peers through the bushes and sees the huntsman's", "SNOW WHITE\n Thank you, huntsman.\n He looks at the sky.\n\n ERIC\n It's getting dark.\n He walks away.", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "SNOW WHITE\n What is this place?\n The huntsman looks just as dazzled.", "SNOW WHITE\n Leave him, huntsman. He's our friend.\n He glares but his eyes glisten with tears. Snow White is", "SNOW WHITE\n She's beautiful.\n Lily smiles and runs off to play. Behind her Eric appears.", "Snow White, who has changed. She is now a woman, lying in a\n darkened cell. Asleep.\n Around the corner, Finn secretly eyes his sister, who doesn't", "Snow White. He rides into the Yakut's horse, knocking him off\n balance just as he fires --\n The arrow narrowly misses Snow White, thudding into a tree. Gus", "She feels eyes on her - turns to see the huntsman watching her\n with a slight smile. She smiles back and breaks away.", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "SNOW WHITE\n Who is she? The one you bargained for.\n The one that spoke to you. Who is Sara?" ], [ "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "William cradles Snow White in his arms, trying to revive her,\n but it's no use. Eric stares in dismay as he sees the poison", "WILLIAM\n It's me. William.\n Snow White stares in disbelief, tears of surprise welling in her", "arrow of his own, striking him in the chest. The Yakut topples\n over, dead at last but still astride his horse.\n Snow White falls to her knees in anguish, cradling the dying", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "SNOW WHITE\n No...\n They gaze into each other's eyes, close enough to kiss.", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber.", "As Snow White chews, a flicker of a smile crosses William's\n face. Snow White stares curiously, then suddenly gasps,\n struggling to breathe --", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Snow White sees the portcullis shoot up now, the dwarves hanging\n onto the counterweights for dear life. Smiling in relief, she\n gallops through the open gates with Eric and William.", "SNOW WHITE\n I'll look after it.\n The King watches Snow White, hiding his sorrow behind a smile.\n So does the Queen, holding back her tears.", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "QUEEN\n You possess a rare beauty, my love. In\n here.\n (She touches Snow white's heart)\n Never lose it. Hold it dear. You will need\n its strength to one day become Queen.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "-- when an arrow strikes him in the shoulder. He falls,\n revealing a young warrior holding a bow.\n It's WILLIAM. Snow White stares at him through the flames, with" ], [ "The GUARDS in the gatehouse look over as the door splinters and\n the dwarves come crashing through in their battle masks. Even", "The dwarves and their captives arrive at a rocky outcrop. Duir\n and Coll pull back a large root exposing a cave entrance.", "Snow White sees the portcullis shoot up now, the dwarves hanging\n onto the counterweights for dear life. Smiling in relief, she\n gallops through the open gates with Eric and William.", "Two unsuspecting guards collapse outside the gatehouse. Before\n the other guards can react, Coll and Duir are on them, moving\n fast and hard, the assault over in seconds.", "The Duke's army pours out of the great gate, their torches\n blazing in the night. From above, it looks like a river of", "The Duke's riders charge into the courtyard. ARCHERS fire at\n them from every corner of the castle, but they raise their\n shields and leap off their horses, forming a defensive wedge.", "Eric and the dwarves are asleep. Flowers have grown around them,\n as if they've been asleep for months.\n Cull and Duir sleep sitting up, back to back, at the ready.", "Coll and Duir wade through the sewage, their axes held up in\n front of them, not a flicker of emotion on their faces.\n\n DUIR\n Seven dwarves against an army.", "A shaft of light pours through the cave roof high above, BATS\n circling. The dwarves move effortlessly down the labyrinth but\n Snow White and the huntsman have to squeeze through the cracks.", "A huge pulley controls the portcullis. Beith, Gort and Nion draw\n their pickaxes while Coll and Duir tie up the guards.", "a small troop remain behind. Realizing they have no choice but\n to retreat further, Duir and Coll signal and the dwarves follow\n them deeper into the cave system.", "DUIR\n Riders!\n The dwarves look round to see a DOZEN SILHOUETTED HORSEMEN\n appear on the crest of a DISTANT HILL.", "The Duke's army are still circling the gates, stones and hot oil\n pouring down on them from above. Arrows slam into Snow White's\n shield but she still refuses to retreat.", "Snow White suddenly sees tiny dots of firelight on the castle\n walls. Eric realizes what they are and rides faster. The", "The huntsman grabs his axe. So do the dwarves, pulling on their\n battle masks.\n WILLIAM emerges through the trees to see ALDAN aiming his bow at", "FROM INSIDE THE SEWAGE TUNNEL\n We look out at the faces of the dwarves, peering inside.", "Eric makes his way back into the courtyard and he, too, is\n stunned as he slides in next to the dwarves in the crowd.", "Ravenna exits the castle and crosses the courtyard with a\n lantern. A portcullis opens and DARK FIGURES emerge from the", "GORT\n Shut it, you hedge pig.\n The Dwarf confab breaks up and they approach.", "The Duke rides under the portcullis with William. His bodyguard\n is about to follow when an ARROW FROM FINN STRIKES HIM IN THE" ], [ "Horses crest the hill. And now, all around Snow White, we see\n her army -- not just Duke Hammond's men -- but REBELS --", "line of the King's Army. They are frozen as they look at--\n Across the battlefield - Horsemen in a line. THE RIDERS are", "(LAUGHS)\n An army? The Duke fights? He hides behind\n walls. I know sheep that have more fight\n in them.", "The Duke's army pours out of the great gate, their torches\n blazing in the night. From above, it looks like a river of", "silhouetted on a misty plain -- a VAST SHADOW ARMY of faceless\n warriors.\n King Magnus and the Duke trade a look -", "We see the shadows of the invaders sweeping through the\n corridors, putting the King's sleeping soldiers to the sword.", "FINN\n You fought in the west? Against the armies\n of the five kings?\n Eric nods without looking at him, gazing at the forest.", "DUKE HAMMOND\n From what hell comes this army?", "The King and the Duke watch in amazement as the rest of the\n SHADOW ARMY melts away, DISSOLVING INTO THE MORNING MIST until", "Ravenna stares out. On the distant cliffs she sees the banners\n of the rebel army. A ray of sunlight pours through the clouds,\n lighting up the tiny figure of Snow White.", "BLACK KNIGHT GENERAL\n A half day's march away. Every hour their\n numbers grow. Rebels, peasants and\n deserters rally to them wherever they -", "Coll and Duir wade through the sewage, their axes held up in\n front of them, not a flicker of emotion on their faces.\n\n DUIR\n Seven dwarves against an army.", "The Duke's army are still circling the gates, stones and hot oil\n pouring down on them from above. Arrows slam into Snow White's\n shield but she still refuses to retreat.", "The millions of shards assemble themselves into three seven \n foot tall, razor sharp creatures. The DARK FAERIES: Ravenna's \n ultimate soldiers.", "BLACK KNIGHT GENERAL\n My Queen.\n (chooses words carefully)\n They have taken the fight to us. Rebels\n harry our supply lines and rob our pay\n wagons.", "Four against one. As they burst toward him he tosses Snow\n White to the ground and in the same motion throws his knife\n into the chest of one of the Guards, who crumbles.", "There's a tense silence, then the Duke BRINGS DOWN HIS SWORD and\n his riders charge down the dunes.", "THOMAS\n Because under your rule we have lost\n everything. We will not stop until this\n kingdom is free.\n\n RAVENNA\n Lost everything?", "177b EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT. 177b\n The army is amassed and ready to leave the gates. Snow White,", "Eric arrives to see the village in flames. He rushes to the\n centre of the village, pulling a mercenary off his horse and\n running him through with his own sword, then fighting and" ], [ "RAVENNA\n The King has laid down his sword for the\n night.\n Their eyes take her, lustfully, in as she strides away and\n disappears around a corner.\n\n CUT TO:", "RAVENNA\n You would kill your Queen?\n She pulls the dagger out - there is no\"wound, no blood - and\n drops it on the ground. Iain and Thomas are shocked.", "RAVENNA\n The bane of Kings.\n When she does arrive she slowly crawls onto the bed, rolls\n him on his back, straddles him and offers the goblet.", "In a flash Iain grabs a Guard's dagger and rams it into\n Ravenna's chest. She makes a pained face, looks down at the\n dagger, then up to Iain.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "The men try to protect themselves. Some are caught out and \n skewered to the stone floor. Ravenna looks down at them in \n complete satisfaction.", "it be undone.\n Ravenna looks back to see her mother and other gypsies put to\n the sword.\n Finn struggles free and chases after the King's men as they", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "Like a spider waiting in her web, with no concern about her\n soldiers' situation, Ravenna remains calm and calculated.\n Ravenna turns around and leaves the balcony to the throne\n room.", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "the ground. Ravenna's mother moves forward, ready to attack.\n The Guard holding Ravenna pulls a dagger and puts it to\n Ravenna's throat, which stops her mother.", "Thomas falls to his knees in horror, trying to revive his son.\n Finn draws his sword to behead him when Ravenna raises her hand.", "RAVENNA\n My name is Ravenna, sire.\n The King is speechless now, gazing upon the face of an angel.", "ERIC\n Coin's no good to me if I'm lying dead\n with crows picking at my eyes.\n Ravenna steps off her throne now, approaching him.", "Ravenna sits alone, naked. Her spine stretches through her \n taut skin. \n In front of her sits the CROWN on a dark cushion, a matted", "FINN\n They're coming! The King's men!\n\n RAVENNA\n Drink!\n Ravenna chokes it down.", "Ravenna smiles, moves to the center of the room, raises her arms\n and drunk with power --\n SCREAMS! The scream becomes --", "Finn, with Rose. Ravenna almost smiles.\n Rose holds her gaze defiantly. Ravenna walks over, admires\n her face, smiles, then takes her by the throat and --", "RAVENNA\n So you wish to be reunited with your\n beloved?\n Eric reacts instinctively, grabbing her by the throat. The", "Ravenna stares out. On the distant cliffs she sees the banners\n of the rebel army. A ray of sunlight pours through the clouds,\n lighting up the tiny figure of Snow White." ], [ "All around the forest the shadow of death is spreading. Gus\n runs, dragging Snow White behind him. Galloping through the\n trees, WILLIAM spots them up ahead, riding faster.", "Tree roots gleam with an eerie phosphorescent light. The mist\n closes in. Snow White looks around the forest, unnerved by\n the haunting silence and the deep shadows. Reluctantly she", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face.", "As Snow White sits up, they direct her to the woods WHERE A\n DAZZLING LIGHT SHINES THROUGH A TREE. As she walks animals fall\n in alongside her.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Snow White feels like the whole forest is pursuing her. Running\n out of breath, she hides in some bushes. As she stares into the", "Snow White, terrified, races off into the forest. They\n notice her exit but keep fighting.\n Eric fights on three sides now - holding his own until Finn", "from the forest like an evil miasma. Snow white hesitates --\n then sees the riders closing in and urges her mare on --", "BRIDGE below -- LEADING OUT OF THE DARK FOREST. Snow White\n stares at it too, relieved. Beyond the bridge there are open\n fens.", "Snow White crests a hill, her mare rearing as she sees -- THE\n DARK FOREST -- A VAST WALL OF PRIMORDIAL TREES. A mist seeps", "Snow White. He rides into the Yakut's horse, knocking him off\n balance just as he fires --\n The arrow narrowly misses Snow White, thudding into a tree. Gus", "Shadows everywhere. The mare charges into the misty bog then\n suddenly loses her footing. She rears -- throwing Snow White\n onto the safety of solid ground.", "-- the bridge LEADS OUT OF THE DARK FOREST -- and birds\n circling on the distant horizon.\n Snow White looks relieved as she follows him down a slope.", "87a EXT. DARK FOREST - DAY. 87a\n Eric pulls Snow White along. Beyond a bridge we see open fens", "ANNA\n They say only demons or spirits can\n survive the dark forest. Which are you?\n Eric, unsure, pulls his hatchet and steps in front of Snow\n White protecting her.", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "Snow White finally shakes free of the vines, jumps up and senses\n she's being followed. She looks up at the trees but all she sees", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "Ravenna stares out. On the distant cliffs she sees the banners\n of the rebel army. A ray of sunlight pours through the clouds,\n lighting up the tiny figure of Snow White." ], [ "RAVENNA\n I can. Believe me, huntsman.\n Eric's eyes say he wants to believe. Needs to believe.\n\n RAVENNA\n A life for a life.", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "RAVENNA\n You will do this for me, Huntsman.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "RAVENNA\n That is kind, child. Especially when it is\n said that yours is the face of true beauty\n in this kingdom.\n Snow White doesn't quite know how to answer this.", "reverential, standing a few feet away.\n Ravenna's face softens as she looks at the face of Snow\n White. Ravenna beckons to her with a look and then holds out", "WILLIAM\n It will be. When you are Queen.\n Snow White turns, surprised by his words.\n\n WILLIAM\n The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna\n with their very fiber.", "Duke Hammond considers, then raises his sword. Snow white\n glances at the huntsman. He breaks rank and rides closer to her.", "FINN\n Well done, huntsman. Hand her over.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n You can't trust him!", "Ravenna gasps, locks eyes with Snow White.", "RAVENNA\n I hope you'll invite me?\n\n YOUNG SNOW WHITE\n Of course.\n Snow White smiles, enchanted by her new friend.", "SNOW WHITE\n (whispers to Ravenna)\n By fairest blood... it is undone!\n Ravenna looks down. Three drops of blood fall onto Snow\n White's armor.", "RAVENNA\n You see, child, love always betrays us.\n A sigh escapes Snow White's lips, condensing into steam.", "RAVENNA\n (A warm smile)\n Would you like to be dressed up like this\n and married one day?\n Snow White nods.", "I feel it here.\n Snow White mimics, touching her own heart, and smiles at\n Ravenna. It should be a touching moment but something in", "White's.\n Ravenna smiles. She gently taps on Snow White's... in a \n strange and affectionate motherly way.", "SNOW WHITE\n Do you mind, Gus?\n\n GUS\n Not at all.\n Snow White walks over to the Huntsman, holds out her hand.", "SNOW WHITE\n If Ravenna comes for me, I will ride to\n meet her. And if she doesn't, I will ride", "MIRROR MAN\n Yes, my Queen! Yes!!!!\n The Mirror Man laughs because Ravenna's face is younger, her" ], [ "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "SNOW WHITE\n Do you mind, Gus?\n\n GUS\n Not at all.\n Snow White walks over to the Huntsman, holds out her hand.", "Snow White. He rides into the Yakut's horse, knocking him off\n balance just as he fires --\n The arrow narrowly misses Snow White, thudding into a tree. Gus", "arrow of his own, striking him in the chest. The Yakut topples\n over, dead at last but still astride his horse.\n Snow White falls to her knees in anguish, cradling the dying", "FINN\n Well done, huntsman. Hand her over.\n\n SNOW WHITE\n You can't trust him!", "SNOW WHITE\n Leave him, huntsman. He's our friend.\n He glares but his eyes glisten with tears. Snow White is", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "SNOW WHITE\n Thank you, huntsman.\n He looks at the sky.\n\n ERIC\n It's getting dark.\n He walks away.", "Snow White stares at him for a moment, his face, his pain.\n Anna shakes her out of the moment and they all race out.", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "Duke Hammond considers, then raises his sword. Snow white\n glances at the huntsman. He breaks rank and rides closer to her.", "ERIC\n I saved this girl from the Queen. Out of\n the goodness of my heart.\n Snow White gives him a look. He calms her with a look of his\n own.", "All around the forest the shadow of death is spreading. Gus\n runs, dragging Snow White behind him. Galloping through the\n trees, WILLIAM spots them up ahead, riding faster.", "Snow White tries to grab her reins but the horse pulls away, not\n wanting to endanger her life. She tries again but the horse\n backs farther away from her. Slowly they're separated by the", "BEITH\n Cut him down! MOVE OUT!\n Nion roughly cuts the line and the Huntsman drops to the\n ground as Gus gently lifts Snow White. They all hurry down\n the hill.", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "SNOW WHITE\n She's going to kill me! The Oueen!\n He ignores, keeps moving.\n\n ERIC\n Sure she is.", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's" ], [ "Gus. He smiles weakly, holding her gaze, then whispers:", "still bowed over Gus's body, sobbing, mourning.\n The prayer chant ends. Nion spits with anger and walks away.", "GUS\n Come on!\n He runs with her into the forest.\n Aldan turns on William furiously, drawing his curved sword, but", "NION\n Gus lost his life because of her!", "A little way away, Gus snores in his sleep. The golden light\n crosses his face and he wakes up. As he opens his eyes, he", "Still bleeding from his wounds, Eric hurries back through the\n forest until he sees Snow White and the seven dwarves gathered\n around Gus's body, chanting a low prayer. Eric stares in\n surprise, then notices William.", "All around the forest the shadow of death is spreading. Gus\n runs, dragging Snow White behind him. Galloping through the\n trees, WILLIAM spots them up ahead, riding faster.", "GORT\n One day the group you see before you went\n down into the mine for a month long\n shift. Gus was only a boy. When we came", "ERIC\n Owww!!!\n Gus cuts Snow White loose.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "Eric holds his hand out. Broch walks over, suspicious. When\n he's close, Eric grabs his arm and kicks with both feet in", "He grimaces in pain as she SQUEEZES -- the hammering filling his\n ears -- until his heart finally bursts and he drops dead.", "BEITH\n Cut him down! MOVE OUT!\n Nion roughly cuts the line and the Huntsman drops to the\n ground as Gus gently lifts Snow White. They all hurry down\n the hill.", "in the singing. A drunken GORT takes a swig of ale and staggers\n over to GUS.", "Gus hears it too, spinning around --", "Beith peers down at the jammed counter-weights in frustration\n when he hears a fierce cry. GORT jumps on the counter-weight,", "Gort surprises himself by choking up a bit. Muir helps out.", "William spots Snow White up ahead. She disappears into the\n trees and he rides faster. She erupts from behind a branch and\n pulls him off his horse. Gus races over and raises his axe --", "FINN\n I feel...\n Then the light goes out of his eyes. He is finally dead.\n Slowly, Eric pulls himself free of the branches cutting into his\n flesh.", "Eric moves quickly then stops, listens - we see his hunting\n skills - as he hears the noise of cracking branches in the\n distance, he blasts away, moving like lightning.", "GORT\n Shut it, you hedge pig.\n The Dwarf confab breaks up and they approach." ], [ "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "William cradles Snow White in his arms, trying to revive her,\n but it's no use. Eric stares in dismay as he sees the poison", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "SNOW WHITE\n No...\n They gaze into each other's eyes, close enough to kiss.", "Snow White looks up at William as if she wants to say\n something, then the light in her eyes goes out.\n The dwarves are heartbroken. Eric looks dazed.", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still,", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "SNOW WHITE\n What does she want from me?\n His finger move from her hair to her cheek, stroking it\n gently, and then to her chest. With his free hand he reaches\n back for his dagger.", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "SNOW WHITE\n Him! He's the one! He came at me with a\n knife!\n Eric holds her tight, one arm around her neck.", "As Snow White chews, a flicker of a smile crosses William's\n face. Snow White stares curiously, then suddenly gasps,\n struggling to breathe --", "WILLIAM\n It's me. William.\n Snow White stares in disbelief, tears of surprise welling in her", "Still bleeding from his wounds, Eric hurries back through the\n forest until he sees Snow White and the seven dwarves gathered\n around Gus's body, chanting a low prayer. Eric stares in\n surprise, then notices William.", "arrow of his own, striking him in the chest. The Yakut topples\n over, dead at last but still astride his horse.\n Snow White falls to her knees in anguish, cradling the dying", "SNOW WHITE\n I'll look after it.\n The King watches Snow White, hiding his sorrow behind a smile.\n So does the Queen, holding back her tears.", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "He smiles, almost sweetly, disarming her. Snow White looks at\n her other captors now, noticing a blind dwarf, (MUIR), who sits" ], [ "RAVENNA\n That is kind, child. Especially when it is\n said that yours is the face of true beauty\n in this kingdom.\n Snow White doesn't quite know how to answer this.", "reverential, standing a few feet away.\n Ravenna's face softens as she looks at the face of Snow\n White. Ravenna beckons to her with a look and then holds out", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "RAVENNA\n Yes. A King tore me from her arms,\n dressed me in lace and stole my\n innocence.\n Snow White's smile dies a bit; confused.", "Ravenna whispers incomprehensible words with a peaceful smile\n on her face. The clouds move in the disc of light above Snow \n White. The light falls over Ravenna's face.", "As Snow White chews, a flicker of a smile crosses William's\n face. Snow White stares curiously, then suddenly gasps,\n struggling to breathe --", "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "RAVENNA\n (A warm smile)\n Would you like to be dressed up like this\n and married one day?\n Snow White nods.", "White's.\n Ravenna smiles. She gently taps on Snow White's... in a \n strange and affectionate motherly way.", "Ravenna stares out. On the distant cliffs she sees the banners\n of the rebel army. A ray of sunlight pours through the clouds,\n lighting up the tiny figure of Snow White.", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "RAVENNA\n You see, child, love always betrays us.\n A sigh escapes Snow White's lips, condensing into steam.", "Snow White, behind, holding the folds of silk from the\n wedding dress. Snow White looks up, adoringly, at Ravenna.", "RAVENNA\n I hope you'll invite me?\n\n YOUNG SNOW WHITE\n Of course.\n Snow White smiles, enchanted by her new friend.", "the mirror room. Now Snow White is exactly where Ravenna\n wants her to be.\n The two women circle each other like heavyweight boxers.", "RAVENNA\n Oh... please!\n Ravenna back hands Snow White, sending her crashing to the", "Snow White, overwhelmed by compassion, places her hand on\n Ravenna's chest. Ravenna puts her own wrinkled hand on Snow" ], [ "William leans down and kisses Snow White gently on the lips.\n He pulls away,.hoping against hope. And then --\n Nothing happens. She lies there, lifeless and white as the", "She trails off, lost in his gaze. He stops, leans closer and\n kisses her gently. They stay like that a moment, then William\n pulls away, holding something in his hand. Snow White smiles", "arrow of his own, striking him in the chest. The Yakut topples\n over, dead at last but still astride his horse.\n Snow White falls to her knees in anguish, cradling the dying", "He takes another step toward her and --\n Buckles - THWACK!\n Snow White hits him behind his knees with a piece of wood.", "Snow White approaches Ravenna and kneels beside her, Ravenna\n is weak. She ages dozens of years within seconds, her face\n shows no anger, no hate, just a strange understanding.", "SNOW WHITE\n (whispers to Ravenna)\n By fairest blood... it is undone!\n Ravenna looks down. Three drops of blood fall onto Snow\n White's armor.", "his mouth. All gone. He tosses it aside. A lost soul.\n Snow White watches him with some compassion. He catches her\n look, gets up and walks away.", "As Snow White chews, a flicker of a smile crosses William's\n face. Snow White stares curiously, then suddenly gasps,\n struggling to breathe --", "Ravenna strikes... in the blink of an eye Snow White blocks\n her strike, reaches for her dagger and plunges it into\n Ravenna's chest, just as the huntsman taught her.", "Just as she comes to take it he pulls it away and takes a\n huge bite himself, grinning. Snow White shoves him off the\n tree and they fall to the ground.", "Snow White. He touches her face and something happens in\n him. His demeanor softens and the hint of a smile lands on\n his lips. Meanwhile...", "The fire is now burning and Snow White warms her hands on it.\n She hears APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS. Unusual. She jumps up gets", "Snow White stares into the troll's eyes, seeing something\n almost gentle in its monstrous gaze, slowly losing her fear.\n The troll stares at her too, confused, then slowly pacified,", "Snow White staggers back and collapses in the snow, choking\n from poison. Her eyes water and her vision blurs. The false\n William kneels beside her and slowly she sees Ravenna's", "Snow White sees the portcullis shoot up now, the dwarves hanging\n onto the counterweights for dear life. Smiling in relief, she\n gallops through the open gates with Eric and William.", "Snow White's eyes open, gazing up at the ceiling, her\n thoughts far away. There's a strange calm about her now, a\n quiet acceptance, as if she knows what she must do.", "We get our first good look at grown Snow White as she shaves\n wood for a fire. She's done this every day for years. A\n regimen. Her hands work precisely as she stacks the wood and\n blows on the kindling.", "She feels powerless and lost, spitting blood and exhausted. \n What else can she do?\n Snow White stands up, stumbles, her right arm limp, blood", "WILLIAM\n It's me. William.\n Snow White stares in disbelief, tears of surprise welling in her", "As we listen to his footsteps fade we hold on Snow White's\n beautiful face. For a long time she stays perfectly still," ], [ "From her balcony above the portcullis, Ravenna watches her own\n men being slaughtered; she enjoys the spectacle (Ravenna does\n not care one bit about those men). Her eyes are locked on Snow\n White.", "RAVENNA\n Watch them die. You gave them hope and\n they believed you. You have lead them to\n their deaths. How foolish your followers.", "RAVENNA\n The bane of Kings.\n When she does arrive she slowly crawls onto the bed, rolls\n him on his back, straddles him and offers the goblet.", "Like a spider waiting in her web, with no concern about her\n soldiers' situation, Ravenna remains calm and calculated.\n Ravenna turns around and leaves the balcony to the throne\n room.", "RAVENNA\n So you wish to be reunited with your\n beloved?\n Eric reacts instinctively, grabbing her by the throat. The", "The men try to protect themselves. Some are caught out and \n skewered to the stone floor. Ravenna looks down at them in \n complete satisfaction.", "In a flash Iain grabs a Guard's dagger and rams it into\n Ravenna's chest. She makes a pained face, looks down at the\n dagger, then up to Iain.", "Ravenna smiles, moves to the center of the room, raises her arms\n and drunk with power --\n SCREAMS! The scream becomes --", "RAVENNA\n\n ANSWER ME!!!!\n Nothing. Ravenna releases it all, looks up and quietly\n pleads...\n\n RAVENNA\n help me...", "RAVENNA\n The King has laid down his sword for the\n night.\n Their eyes take her, lustfully, in as she strides away and\n disappears around a corner.\n\n CUT TO:", "Young Ravenna's SCREAM as she is ripped from her mother's\n arms. Finn throws himself into the mix but is backhanded to", "Finn, with Rose. Ravenna almost smiles.\n Rose holds her gaze defiantly. Ravenna walks over, admires\n her face, smiles, then takes her by the throat and --", "RAVENNA\n Finn ...no! \n She falls to the floor - writhing.", "RAVENNA\n But when a woman stays young forever - no\n man can resist her - and the world is hers.\n He suddenly STARTS TO CHOKE, his eyes widening in surprise.\n As he struggles for breath...", "RAVENNA\n\n (TO HERSELF)\n A life .for a life.\n\n (CONTINUED)", "RAVENNA\n She.\n She shoots Finn a pointed look then looks back at Eric.\n\n ERIC\n Then she is certainly dead.", "RAVENNA\n You would kill your Queen?\n She pulls the dagger out - there is no\"wound, no blood - and\n drops it on the ground. Iain and Thomas are shocked.", "RAVENNA\n She's no good to me there, lost. I must\n have her heart! You have failed me!\n Finn's had enough, he erupts at her --", "it be undone.\n Ravenna looks back to see her mother and other gypsies put to\n the sword.\n Finn struggles free and chases after the King's men as they", "the ground. Ravenna's mother moves forward, ready to attack.\n The Guard holding Ravenna pulls a dagger and puts it to\n Ravenna's throat, which stops her mother." ] ]

[ "What happens when the Huntsman kisses Snow White?", "Who does Snow White remind the Huntsman of?", "Who is crowned Queen after Queen Ravenna is killed?", "Where is Snow White locked away for many years?", "Who is the only person who can defeat Queen Ravenna according to the blind Muir?", "Who burns down the village?", "Who does Ravenna drain youth from?", "What does Ravenna tempt Snow White into eating?", "How do the dwarves get inside the castle?", "How does King Magnus Die?", "Who is the master if the Dark Army?", "Why does Eric the Huntsman agree to capture Snow White?", "What does William pose as in Finn's and of men looking for Snow White?", "What does Ravenna want to do with Snow White and why?", "Why are the women in the fishing village disfigured?", "Who does Queen Ravenna disguise herself as to get Snow White to eat the poisoned apple?", "Who does Snow White remind the Huntsman of?", "Whose kiss breaks the Queens poisoned apple spell on Snow White?", "How do the dwarves get into the castle to open the gates for the Dukes army?", "What is the army that rises up against the king made of?", "What does Raveanna use to kill the King?", "Why is Snow White safe from Raveanna in the dark forest?", "What does Raveanna promise the Huntsman in exchange for Snow White?", "How does Snow White save the Huntsman's life?", "How is Gus killed?", "Who is the first to kiss Snow White after she is poisoned?", "What food does a disguised Raveanna give Snow White?", "What breaks the curse on Snow White?", "How does Raveanna meet her doom?" ]

[ [ "He breaks the spell.", "He breaks the spell" ], [ "His late wife, Sara.", "His dead wife" ], [ "Snow White.", "Snow White. " ], [ "In the North Tower.", "In a tower" ], [ "Snow White.", "Snow White" ], [ "Finn's men.", "Finn's men" ], [ "Young women.", "the kingdom of Tabor's young women" ], [ "A poisonous apple.", "Poisiness apple. " ], [ "Through the sewers.", "Through the sewers. " ], [ "Ravenna kills him on their wedding night.", "Queen Ravenna killed him." ], [ "Ravenna", "Ravenna" ], [ "So that Ravenna will bring his wife back to life.", "In exchange of bringing back his dead wife." ], [ "A bowman", "A bowman. " ], [ "Ravenna wants to eat Snow White's heart to obtain eternal youth.", "She want's to kill her and eat her heart so she can be immortal. " ], [ "So that they are useless to Queen Ravenna.", "So no one competes for beauty" ], [ "William", "William" ], [ "His late wife, Sara.", "His dead wife" ], [ "The Huntsman", "The Huntsman" ], [ "Through the sewers. ", "The sewers. " ], [ "Glass", "Duke Hammond's men" ], [ "A knife.", "Her Enchantment. " ], [ "Raveanna has no powers there.", "Ravenna has no power there." ], [ "The return of his wife.", "ressurrect his wife" ], [ "She charms a troll from attacking him.", "Charming a troll. " ], [ "He takes and arrow meant for Snow White.", "An arrow." ], [ "William.", "William" ], [ "A poisoned apple.", "apple" ], [ "A kiss from the Huntsman.", "the huntsman" ], [ "Snow White kills her.", "Snow white kills her" ] ]

[ [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "His words brought his wife to his side instantly, her eyes blazing.\n\"Bill Jones,\" she cried, \"you just be quiet! What in the world's the", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one", "Jones or Bill had asked for help, but because she knew how difficult was\ntheir living during the long winter months when their only source of\nincome was Bill's pension and the few mountain people who dropped in", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "Jones's or of anybody else's could make Bill forget his pal. Zeb was\nalways sure of a meal, or a drink and a cigar, provided Lightnin' could", "His wife sat up. \"Bill Jones,\" she said, \"you been drinking again down\nto town, that's what I think!\"", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "chief occupations of nearly every one in the Hotel Calivada--searching\nfor Lightnin' Bill Jones, whose persistent faculty of being absent when\nmost wanted was fast assuming the dimensions of a public aggravation.", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "Mrs. Jones and Millie gasped. Bill, however, having spoken at\nconsiderable length for him, merely reached for his eternal bag of\ntobacco and paper and idly rolled himself a cigarette.", "Bill gaped at her in surprise.\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, slowly walking to her. Mrs. Jones saw his hesitation,\nand, realizing the humor of the situation, laughed heartily." ], [ "\"It certainly was, Bill!\" Marvin went on. \"And the new hotel is a big\nsuccess! You see, the state line runs right through the middle of the", "In the mean time the hotel at Calivada, true to its nature, was the\nscene of a new sensation.", "California side of the hotel, Thomas sauntering to a rocking-chair on\nthe veranda. He lighted a cigar and sat looking out over the lake, where", "Marvin, however, did not seem to be worried. He faced Blodgett with an\namused smile and pointed to the floor, where an uncovered space left\nbetween two rugs indicated the now famous state line.", "\"Exactly! Everybody knows what a woman goes to Reno for, but at Bill's\nhotel she can get a room on the Nevada side and still make her friends\nbelieve that she is at a California resort!\"", "\"Exactly,\" said Marvin, dryly. \"And I presume that when Mr. Thomas\narrived he suggested that you let him persuade the railroad to buy this\nplace and erect the new hotel here, instead of next door!\"", "to the Nevada half of the hotel and leaving the letter with Mrs. Harper.\nOn the way back to the lobby he slightly diminished the contents of the\nflask.", "goes on through to Reno. I've looked at a pile o' trains in my time, but\nI never got no idea from 'em before. Look here, don't the state line run", "A few minutes after Lightnin' disappeared down the trail, headed for the\nlocal telegraph-office, John Marvin approached the hotel from the", "house--through the center of the lobby, in fact! There are two separate\ndesks, one on the California side and one on the Nevada side. Women", "The first of the new arrivals to step out of the stage and enter the\nhotel was a chic little woman of about twenty-four, with big brown eyes", "The moment she had left the lobby the street door of the hotel was\npushed open cautiously and an inquiring head thrust itself in. The head", "\"Why, we are motoring back to Calivada, where we have a room at the\nhotel,\" said Mrs. Harper.", "Millie clasped her hands over her knees and went on, enthusiastically:\n\"Why, this hotel idea has turned out splendidly, you know. But a week or", "As Bill, rolling a cigarette, meditated on this, Mrs. Harper, followed\nby her maid and still casting about like a frightened bird in search of\ncover, tiptoed into the lobby, went uncertainly to the California desk\nand took up a pen.", "\"Where?\" Harper turned in the direction of Bill's nod.\n\n\"In Nevada,\" Bill drawled, with a slow grin.", "\"Everything!\" said Marvin, readily. \"Rest easy, Mr. Harper--you'll never\nfind a better friend, nor a more trustworthy one, than Lightnin'. But,\nsurely, you have heard of his hotel, haven't you?\"", "a rival hotel just back of us. Mother was nearly crazy at the news, and\nI wrote to Mr. Thomas, asking him his advice. He telegraphed that he", "hotel now, John, with Thomas--Hammond come up in a hurry, an' they got a\ndeed to the property all ready fer mother an' me to sign. Mother's crazy", "began to arrive, and they all wanted rooms on the Nevada side--and they\nwanted them for six months!\"" ], [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "\"Hello, Lightnin'!\" he exclaimed. \"I'm mighty glad to see you. What do\nyou mean by staying away from me all this time? And you were so quiet\nand mysterious outside there that we thought some one was spying on us!\"", "\"Deed?\" remarked Lightnin', carelessly. \"Oh, I'd kinder forgot about\nthat little matter. Nope. 'Ain't had time, old top--nope!\" Ignoring the", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "\"Hold on there, young feller!\" Lightnin's usual lackadaisical monotone\nwas raised to a degree which bespoke a greater interest than his", "\"Gosh! You mean it, Lightnin'?\" Zeb showed almost human delight and\nanticipation. \"But for why? You had a row with your old woman?\"", "But Lightnin' stopped him. \"Hold on a minute, partner. The evidence\nain't to be absorbed just yet. In fact, brother, we better keep it", "\"Never mind about that, Lightnin',\" he said, mechanically opening the\ndoor for Millie, who, seeing that they were ignoring her, tripped in", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "didn't give no speed to Bill. No, sir, far as I know, Lightnin' 'ain't\nnever done a day's work in his life--but there ain't none of us ever", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one", "Townsend frowned in a puzzled way. \"Perhaps you're taking some of dear\nold Lightnin's notions too seriously, Millie,\" he remarked. \"Though I", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "LIGHTNIN'\n\n BY FRANK BACON", "Then, unexpectedly, Lightnin' solved the problem. Getting to his feet,\nhe stood quietly before the bench, looking up at Townsend with an odd\nexcitement in his eyes.", "\"What was that, Lightnin'?\"\n\n\"That if they goes to court, I'll come an' be a witness. I can swear\nthem trees was cut when you sold the property, an' I'll--\"" ], [ "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "\"I was a spy once--with Buffalo Bill,\" said Lightnin', conversationally.\nHe stared interestedly at Harper. \"Friend of yours, John?\"", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "\"He's just _helping me_, Millie,\" said Marvin, grinning at Bill. \"Thanks\nfor the tip, Lightnin', but I wanted to see you particularly to-day, so\nI--\"", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "Marvin swung around. Much as he wanted to see Lightnin' to-day, he\nwished, just then, that Bill could have seen fit to delay his appearance", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one", "Then, unexpectedly, Lightnin' solved the problem. Getting to his feet,\nhe stood quietly before the bench, looking up at Townsend with an odd\nexcitement in his eyes.", "didn't give no speed to Bill. No, sir, far as I know, Lightnin' 'ain't\nnever done a day's work in his life--but there ain't none of us ever" ], [ "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"", "\"I know all about 'em. I used to be in the bee business. Drove a swarm\nof bees across the plains in the dead of winter once. And never lost a\nbee. Got stung twice.\"", "\"It's all right, Judge,\" he remarked, with his humorous twinkle. \"I was\na lawyer once!\"\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XVIII", "\"You bought all that land of him and never saw him about it?\" He looked\nup at the judge and laughed. \"And he called _me_ a liar!\"", "\"Oh, he told me so many,\" was the impatient reply, \"I can't recall them.\nOh yes,\" after a pause, \"he said he drove a swarm of bees across the\nplains in the dead of winter.\"", "\"I protest against this!\"\n\nThe judge interrupted him. \"I am beginning to believe in this plot\nstory.\"\n\n\"Then let him go on,\" was Bill's agreeable reply.", "judge--\" and here Bill for the first time in his life broke down. Tears\ncame into his eyes and he swallowed to keep them back. He hesitated and,", "At this moment the door of the judge's chambers opened and Lemuel\nTownsend appeared, clad in a Prince Albert suit and beaming on Mrs.", "\"Yes,\" replied the judge. \"You made some remark after the complaint was\nread.\"\n\n\"I wasn't sure I'd got it straight,\" Bill said, looking ahead of him,\nmouth half open.", "\"Not all, Mr. Hammond.\" Marvin raised his voice and he looked\nsearchingly at the judge. \"He said at least one thing that was not", "\"Just now.\" Margaret grew happily voluble and she nodded her head back\nand forth like a child of six as she ogled the judge. \"When I came into", "Hammond, looking at the judge, answered: \"I was asked to consider the\npurchase of a piece of property belonging to Mrs. Jones. I had some\nother business near by and stopped off at the Joneses' place.\"", "Not discerning the trap that Marvin had set for him, Hammond turned to\nthe judge and said, in more even tones: \"I don't mind answering in the", "\"Who do you think drove me over?\" she asked Mrs. Jones, answering\nherself. \"Judge Townsend.\"\n\n\"My, but that was romantic!\" exclaimed Mrs. Jones.", "Bill was on his feet again and, turning to the judge, said: \"I don't\nneed no witness! I didn't know nothing about it at all until I got here,", "Bill, who was facing him, and who had not taken his eyes from him, burst\ninto a loud laugh, the whole court-room, even to the judge, following", "Reassured, Margaret bridled coyly and answered, lifting her lids to the\njudge: \"Because he didn't show up for a performance and I had to go on", "Marvin had sat quiet all through this controversy. Now he forgot the\njudge's admonition as to his place in the case. He got up, stating to\nthe judge:", "\"I should say it is quite enough!\" satirized the judge. \"I think we had\nbetter get back to business.\"", "\"The Harvester,\" is a man of the woods and fields, and if the book had\nnothing in it but the splendid figure of this man it would be notable." ], [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "Marvin swung around. Much as he wanted to see Lightnin' to-day, he\nwished, just then, that Bill could have seen fit to delay his appearance", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "Bill merely glanced at her and went on rolling his cigarette. Thomas had\ngiven Bill a keen, puzzled look; but no one could ever tell from\nLightnin's expression whether or not any special meaning lay back of\nhis words.", "chief occupations of nearly every one in the Hotel Calivada--searching\nfor Lightnin' Bill Jones, whose persistent faculty of being absent when\nmost wanted was fast assuming the dimensions of a public aggravation.", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "didn't give no speed to Bill. No, sir, far as I know, Lightnin' 'ain't\nnever done a day's work in his life--but there ain't none of us ever", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "\"He's just _helping me_, Millie,\" said Marvin, grinning at Bill. \"Thanks\nfor the tip, Lightnin', but I wanted to see you particularly to-day, so\nI--\"", "\"Never mind about that, Lightnin',\" he said, mechanically opening the\ndoor for Millie, who, seeing that they were ignoring her, tripped in", "Bill felt around in the desk for a minute, while Zeb watched, fearfully,\nhopefully; then Lightnin' turned around, disappointment in his face. But", "\"Guess he entertains himself pretty well,\" said Bill. \"Besides, mother's\nwith him.\"\n\n\"But you ought to be there, too, daddy; you're the head of the house,\nyou know!\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"" ], [ "These things, known to the latter, destroyed his composure and made the\nlapse between the filing of Mrs. Jones's divorce suit and the", "\"Is either o' you ladies gettin' a divorce?\" he inquired, in a helpful\ntone, his question including the indignant maid. \"'Cause, if you are,\"", "name to the petition which asked for a divorce from Bill Jones without\nso much as giving the document a thorough reading. Whatever Thomas\nproposed was to her, by the very fact of its being his idea, a thing", "action for divorce was called, I knew it was a conspiracy.\" The\ninjustice accorded Bill drew Marvin from himself again. Pointing at\nHammond and Thomas, he raised his voice. \"I knew that these two", "arriving in the early fall and biding their time of six months by\nhibernating through the long, cold season. But now there was a renewed\nactivity in divorce circles. The court calendars were full and there was", "time. We are not on trial. This is a divorce action.\" He glared at\nMarvin, pulling his cuffs angrily, in a way that he had, down over his\nwrists.", "Thomas brought an arm-chair from the center-table and sat down beside\nher. Clasping his hands, he leaned forward, \"You can get a divorce,\nand--\"", "divorce. The judge--\" and here she stopped for breath, making another\nattempt to corral his stubborn favor--\"his Honor--\" she jerked, with a\nquick breath, \"can tell--you that.\"", "\"Hold on there!\" he called, half in humor and half in anger. \"Are you\ntrying a divorce case or are you making love?\"", "loves. People is always makin' fool mistakes. Say, you ain't really\ngoin' to git a divorce, are you?\"", "Townsend ordered the clerk to repeat that part of the complaint wherein\nthe grounds for the suit were mentioned. The clerk repeated, \"Failure to\nprovide, habitual intoxication, and intolerable cruelty.\"", "divorce had been that it would bring about the sale of the property and\nthat Mrs. Jones would thereby have sufficient money with which to find\nBill, which would mean happiness for the three of them. Had Thomas not", "\"I--I don't know,\" said his wife, uncertainly. \"I hear some of them\ndivorcers is--is--\"", "Forgetting that there was such a place as a court-room, or that he was\ndefending a divorce suit against Bill Jones, all he saw was the scorn in", "truthful ground for the divorce--that of failure to provide. Even that\nMrs. Jones felt was beside the truth, for although Bill had never\nexerted himself needlessly, he had performed the chores, gone after the", "you all about it, but Mr. Thomas explained that I couldn't see you. And\nhe said he'd do everything for me, and you'd give me a divorce without\nany trouble at all.\"", "It was one morning just after the flux of spring divorces had begun that\nSheriff Blodgett stood looking over the calendar in Judge Lemuel", "broken all obligations of the marriage contract, thereby causing the\nplaintiff great suffering and mental agony and the said Mary Jones\nclaims a final separation and divorce from the said William Jones on the", "Thomas, having brought skilfully to the attention of the court the\nnumerous charges that he hoped would result in securing Mrs. Jones a\ndivorce, dismissed Hammond from the stand.", "engagements. I'm in vaudeville, you know. I've wanted a divorce for\nyears, but I'm always booked solid and I never stay in one place long" ], [ "oughter have more sense! He's been tellin' them that this here hotel\nidea won't pay for long, an' that he's willin' to buy the place at once", "\"Exactly,\" said Marvin, dryly. \"And I presume that when Mr. Thomas\narrived he suggested that you let him persuade the railroad to buy this\nplace and erect the new hotel here, instead of next door!\"", "hotel now, John, with Thomas--Hammond come up in a hurry, an' they got a\ndeed to the property all ready fer mother an' me to sign. Mother's crazy", "\"Everything!\" said Marvin, readily. \"Rest easy, Mr. Harper--you'll never\nfind a better friend, nor a more trustworthy one, than Lightnin'. But,\nsurely, you have heard of his hotel, haven't you?\"", "Millie clasped her hands over her knees and went on, enthusiastically:\n\"Why, this hotel idea has turned out splendidly, you know. But a week or", "ran into Marvin, who had returned to the hotel in the hope of seeing\nBill and giving him the full reason for his not being a party to the\nsale of the place. The lights in the lobby were turned low and he had", "In the mean time the hotel at Calivada, true to its nature, was the\nscene of a new sensation.", "the hotel to-morrow as soon as I can get away from here! You're not\ngoing to sign that deed, are you, Lightnin'?\"", "\"It certainly was, Bill!\" Marvin went on. \"And the new hotel is a big\nsuccess! You see, the state line runs right through the middle of the", "a rival hotel just back of us. Mother was nearly crazy at the news, and\nI wrote to Mr. Thomas, asking him his advice. He telegraphed that he", "hotels got started overnight, just like this, an' we can do the same.\nIt'll be kinder queer at first, turning our home into a hotel, but maybe", "game! He wants to buy our place, waterfall an' all.\"", "The moment she had left the lobby the street door of the hotel was\npushed open cautiously and an inquiring head thrust itself in. The head", "Rapidly Marvin sketched the conception and success of the Calivada\nHotel. \"It was a real idea--\"\n\n\"It was my idea,\" put in Bill, conversationally.", "\"Exactly! Everybody knows what a woman goes to Reno for, but at Bill's\nhotel she can get a room on the Nevada side and still make her friends\nbelieve that she is at a California resort!\"", "the place, because it's already sold. As soon as daddy's name is signed\nto it we get the money.\"", "The first of the new arrivals to step out of the stage and enter the\nhotel was a chic little woman of about twenty-four, with big brown eyes", "\"So that's it!\" Marvin knew that Thomas had been buying up property in\nthe section, and he knew from experience what sort of treatment the", "have this opportunity. I wanted to tell you that the company for which I\nam acting has just wired me to close the transaction, and so I am ready\nto take over the property at once!\"", "Hammond, who had been busy going over the register all this while, now\ncame from behind the desk and walked toward Bill. \"Now look here, Mr.\nJones--\"" ], [ "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "\"He's just _helping me_, Millie,\" said Marvin, grinning at Bill. \"Thanks\nfor the tip, Lightnin', but I wanted to see you particularly to-day, so\nI--\"", "Then, unexpectedly, Lightnin' solved the problem. Getting to his feet,\nhe stood quietly before the bench, looking up at Townsend with an odd\nexcitement in his eyes.", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "objection when Marvin slipped from his place among the witnesses and\ndropped into his former chair directly behind Bill. Looking up at\nTownsend, Lightnin' resumed:", "His words brought his wife to his side instantly, her eyes blazing.\n\"Bill Jones,\" she cried, \"you just be quiet! What in the world's the", "\"Gosh! You mean it, Lightnin'?\" Zeb showed almost human delight and\nanticipation. \"But for why? You had a row with your old woman?\"", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"Never mind about that, Lightnin',\" he said, mechanically opening the\ndoor for Millie, who, seeing that they were ignoring her, tripped in", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"At your old tricks, Lightnin'? You bet I can lend you two dollars! You\nsure that's all you want?\" Marvin laughed, taking the money from his\npocket.", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"" ], [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "His words brought his wife to his side instantly, her eyes blazing.\n\"Bill Jones,\" she cried, \"you just be quiet! What in the world's the", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "Jones or Bill had asked for help, but because she knew how difficult was\ntheir living during the long winter months when their only source of\nincome was Bill's pension and the few mountain people who dropped in", "Jones's or of anybody else's could make Bill forget his pal. Zeb was\nalways sure of a meal, or a drink and a cigar, provided Lightnin' could", "His wife sat up. \"Bill Jones,\" she said, \"you been drinking again down\nto town, that's what I think!\"", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "chief occupations of nearly every one in the Hotel Calivada--searching\nfor Lightnin' Bill Jones, whose persistent faculty of being absent when\nmost wanted was fast assuming the dimensions of a public aggravation.", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "company or of what payment had been promised to Mrs. Jones. A great\nlight flashed on Marvin--obviously Bill Jones had not been altogether\nwasting his time during his prolonged disappearance! Hammond, beginning", "Bill gaped at her in surprise.\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, slowly walking to her. Mrs. Jones saw his hesitation,\nand, realizing the humor of the situation, laughed heartily.", "As Bill reached the desk and lifted the top, another gray-haired old\nman, possibly the same age as Lightnin', though larger and huskier in" ], [ "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "\"Is that so?\" asked Bill, nonchalantly. Drawing a letter from his\npocket, he handed it to the clerk. \"Well, here they are!\" he said.\n\nPeters opened the letter and read it.", "that he was going for the mail. When noon came and Bill did not turn up,\nMrs. Jones's anxiety reached fever pitch, and she sought Millie in the", "Bill Jones had entered the lobby unobserved by the pair and was leaning\nover the desk idly, looking at his new guest with kindly interest.\nTownsend introduced Bill, and Mrs. Davis, with Lem's assistance, rose\nand took up a pen.", "Townsend replied in the affirmative. Bill smiled sadly and, glancing at\nMrs. Jones, who was crying as if her heart would break, he went on,\n\"Well, I can prove them for her.\"", "Suddenly Mrs. Jones's mind recurred to the day of the month. Her\ncontempt gave place to anxiety and she stepped close to her husband and\nlooked into his face again. \"Bill, was there a letter for you?\" she\nasked.", "It was of this Bill was thinking as he went along. He had been sent to\nget the mail and to meet the morning train from San Francisco for the", "The dapper Peters was left alone at his desk, but not for long. In a\nfew minutes the street door opened and Bill Jones, with a certain air", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "\"The mail?\" There was contempt in his wife's question and in the answer\nshe gave to it. \"The mail came at ten o'clock.\"\n\n\"I got it, didn't I?\" Bill registered another cheerful quip.", "Mrs. Jones and Millie gasped. Bill, however, having spoken at\nconsiderable length for him, merely reached for his eternal bag of\ntobacco and paper and idly rolled himself a cigarette.", "Bill gaped at her in surprise.\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, slowly walking to her. Mrs. Jones saw his hesitation,\nand, realizing the humor of the situation, laughed heartily.", "Jones or Bill had asked for help, but because she knew how difficult was\ntheir living during the long winter months when their only source of\nincome was Bill's pension and the few mountain people who dropped in", "In the morning Bill Jones was up and about unwontedly early. He got\nhimself some breakfast, then went to the little desk where the few", "\"Why, Bill!\" Mrs. Jones exclaimed, sharply. \"I told him no such thing!\nAn' I ain't so sure but what I ain't goin' to take his advice!\"", "name. It was for this reason that Hammond and Thomas put themselves at\nMrs. Jones's service and did everything in their power to discover\nBill's whereabouts. It was several weeks before they traced him to", "His wife sat up. \"Bill Jones,\" she said, \"you been drinking again down\nto town, that's what I think!\"", "Hammond, who had been busy going over the register all this while, now\ncame from behind the desk and walked toward Bill. \"Now look here, Mr.\nJones--\"", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "Townsend answered him. \"Proper service was given, if the defendant could\nnot be located.\" To Bill he addressed the next question, \"Is that what\nyou asked about?\"" ], [ "As Blodgett looked around, the door of the court-room opened gently and\nBill Jones, clad in a Civil War veteran's uniform, faded from the sun,", "\"I want to hear about some of your experiences in the Civil War,\" Thomas\nurged. \"Why, I have heard that you were in most of the big battles!\"", "beings. Besides, we gotter look at it from a business point o' view--as\nLincoln said to me about the Civil War. I was a business man once an'--\"", "Harper, examining it, saw that it was a government check. \"Oh, a pension\ncheck! So you were in the war?\"\n\n\"First man to enlist!\"", "with the purpose of persuading Bill to return with him to the city. But\nwhen he saw how comfortable Bill was there in the hillside country,\nsurrounded by the old veterans who vied with one another in recounting", "about them battles. Ye know Grant 'd never won the battle of Lookout\nMountain if it hadn't been for me--\"", "\"Hello, Lem! Come an' set down,\" called Bill, calmly interrupting the\nabove flow of words and addressing a tall, rather impressive and\ndistinguished-looking man of about forty who had come up the veranda\nsteps.", "Sacramento and from there to the veterans' home at Yountville. By this\ntime Mrs. Jones was quite beside herself, for, in spite of Bill's", "killing Indians. Did he ever tell you about the duel I fought with\nSettin' Bull?\"", "Bill glanced at his smiling questioner with an odd look. With great\ndeliberation he bit off the end of the cigar. \"I was in all them battles", "had taken a long journey from the Soldiers' Home, on his own account and\nat his own expense, to testify in my case. When, without warning, this", "LIGHTNIN', IN HIS FADED G. A. R. UNIFORM ... LISTENED ATTENTIVELY", "[Illustration: LIGHTNIN', IN HIS FADED G. A. R. UNIFORM ... LISTENED\nATTENTIVELY]", "Mrs. Jones composed herself and began planning. \"When his pension comes,\nyou must take him to town and buy him some new clothes. Them others we\ngot before didn't fit a bit good.\"", "ambitious young fellow and the easy-going, humorous old man. They\nconfided in each other a great deal, and--well, like Mrs. Jones and", "\"I was a spy once--with Buffalo Bill,\" said Lightnin', conversationally.\nHe stared interestedly at Harper. \"Friend of yours, John?\"", "Then seeing a chance for romance, he added, \"I'm an Indian-fighter.\"\n\n\"Is that so?\" Blodgett drew out his answer in an accent that spoke of\ndisbelief.", "\"Oh, Bill's out there telling his experiences as a lawyer,\" Harper\nlaughed, and Mrs. Jones joined him, happy to know that Bill was back,\nthe same lovable old boaster as before.", "a San Francisco lawyer. Presumably on a vacation, Thomas had chanced to\nspend a week at the Jones place the previous summer. Millie had told him", "Thomas had just come in from the veranda, where he had begged to be\nexcused from accompanying two prospective widows on a walk to see the" ], [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "\"Well,\" said Bill, looking up shrewdly, \"this here Thomas has shown his\nhand--an' we gotter admit, John, that he plays a mighty smooth an' slick", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"I was a spy once--with Buffalo Bill,\" said Lightnin', conversationally.\nHe stared interestedly at Harper. \"Friend of yours, John?\"", "didn't give no speed to Bill. No, sir, far as I know, Lightnin' 'ain't\nnever done a day's work in his life--but there ain't none of us ever", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "\"I'm afraid not.\"\n\n\"Then I guess you're the only man what 'ain't!\" said Bill, emphatically,\nand gazing at the ceiling and thoroughly enjoying the fact that he was\nthe subject of the conversation.", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "\"I always do that,\" said Bill, as he complied. Then he held the check up\nto the light, pointing to the signatures on its face. \"See all them\nnames,\" he asked, \"Secretary of the Treasury, and all of 'em?\"", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "LIGHTNIN'\n\n BY FRANK BACON", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one" ], [ "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "\"I was a spy once--with Buffalo Bill,\" said Lightnin', conversationally.\nHe stared interestedly at Harper. \"Friend of yours, John?\"", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "Marvin swung around. Much as he wanted to see Lightnin' to-day, he\nwished, just then, that Bill could have seen fit to delay his appearance", "Bill merely glanced at her and went on rolling his cigarette. Thomas had\ngiven Bill a keen, puzzled look; but no one could ever tell from\nLightnin's expression whether or not any special meaning lay back of\nhis words.", "didn't give no speed to Bill. No, sir, far as I know, Lightnin' 'ain't\nnever done a day's work in his life--but there ain't none of us ever", "much! This Hammond person had called him, Bill Jones, a liar! In\nLightnin's code, shrunken and old though he was, there could be but one", "exclaimed. \"I might have known--it's right in line with what we just\nheard about you! Well, he don't need none o' your advice--you just leave\nBill alone!\"", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "\"Oh, Bill's out there telling his experiences as a lawyer,\" Harper\nlaughed, and Mrs. Jones joined him, happy to know that Bill was back,\nthe same lovable old boaster as before." ], [ "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "\"Look here, Lightnin',\" he said, as he cleared the table, \"you seem to\nhave something on your mind. How are things going up at your place?\nAnybody at home know that you are here?\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "Bill merely glanced at her and went on rolling his cigarette. Thomas had\ngiven Bill a keen, puzzled look; but no one could ever tell from\nLightnin's expression whether or not any special meaning lay back of\nhis words.", "perhaps, but up to the present she had always consulted Bill's wishes\nand sought his advice. Their adopted daughter, Millie, a pretty,", "Marvin swung around. Much as he wanted to see Lightnin' to-day, he\nwished, just then, that Bill could have seen fit to delay his appearance", "chief occupations of nearly every one in the Hotel Calivada--searching\nfor Lightnin' Bill Jones, whose persistent faculty of being absent when\nmost wanted was fast assuming the dimensions of a public aggravation.", "\"Never mind about that, Lightnin',\" he said, mechanically opening the\ndoor for Millie, who, seeing that they were ignoring her, tripped in", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "\"Just takin' a look at town,\" Bill drawled. \"Just takin' a look.\" He\nsettled himself comfortably in his chair and rolled a cigarette.", "But that had been a dreary and lonely winter for Bill and his wife.\nMillie's pretty face and youthful ways had been missed sorely; the girl", "\"Gosh! You mean it, Lightnin'?\" Zeb showed almost human delight and\nanticipation. \"But for why? You had a row with your old woman?\"", "Bill ignored the last question, keeping a slanting eye on Blodgett.\n\"Your wife's up-stairs,\" he whispered, with a nod toward the Nevada\nup-stairs hallway.", "\"Hello, Lightnin'!\" he exclaimed. \"I'm mighty glad to see you. What do\nyou mean by staying away from me all this time? And you were so quiet\nand mysterious outside there that we thought some one was spying on us!\"", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"" ], [ "the hotel to-morrow as soon as I can get away from here! You're not\ngoing to sign that deed, are you, Lightnin'?\"", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"Everything!\" said Marvin, readily. \"Rest easy, Mr. Harper--you'll never\nfind a better friend, nor a more trustworthy one, than Lightnin'. But,\nsurely, you have heard of his hotel, haven't you?\"", "ran into Marvin, who had returned to the hotel in the hope of seeing\nBill and giving him the full reason for his not being a party to the\nsale of the place. The lights in the lobby were turned low and he had", "chief occupations of nearly every one in the Hotel Calivada--searching\nfor Lightnin' Bill Jones, whose persistent faculty of being absent when\nmost wanted was fast assuming the dimensions of a public aggravation.", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "\"Exactly,\" said Marvin, dryly. \"And I presume that when Mr. Thomas\narrived he suggested that you let him persuade the railroad to buy this\nplace and erect the new hotel here, instead of next door!\"", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "A few minutes after Lightnin' disappeared down the trail, headed for the\nlocal telegraph-office, John Marvin approached the hotel from the", "\"What you going to do, Lightnin'?\" asked Harper, while his wife beamed\nat the two odd old souls.\n\n\"What _you_ going to do?\" was Bill's evasive answer.", "oughter have more sense! He's been tellin' them that this here hotel\nidea won't pay for long, an' that he's willin' to buy the place at once", "\"I--I don't think Bill would like to sell,\" she replied, doubtfully.\n\"Would you, Bill?\"\n\nHer husband made no reply. He sat gazing straight ahead, his eyes half\nshut as usual.", "objection when Marvin slipped from his place among the witnesses and\ndropped into his former chair directly behind Bill. Looking up at\nTownsend, Lightnin' resumed:", "himself, Bill naturally was drawn into the vortex of work and\npreparation necessary to turning his home into the Calivada Hotel. The\nperiod of change was a nightmare to Bill, the only leaven in his misery", "Marvin swung around. Much as he wanted to see Lightnin' to-day, he\nwished, just then, that Bill could have seen fit to delay his appearance", "town. This was his usual habit, for, like a good many lonely souls, Bill\nwas also a social one. People liked to buy Bill drinks and cigars in the" ], [ "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "objection when Marvin slipped from his place among the witnesses and\ndropped into his former chair directly behind Bill. Looking up at\nTownsend, Lightnin' resumed:", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "Marvin, happy to see the old Lightnin' behind the boast, smiled, asking\nhim, \"How did you know the trial was to-day?\"", "\"What was that, Lightnin'?\"\n\n\"That if they goes to court, I'll come an' be a witness. I can swear\nthem trees was cut when you sold the property, an' I'll--\"", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "Then, unexpectedly, Lightnin' solved the problem. Getting to his feet,\nhe stood quietly before the bench, looking up at Townsend with an odd\nexcitement in his eyes.", "Every eye in the court-room was on Bill. There was even a cheer, which\nthe judge, half out of his chair, failed to reprove. Townsend knew that", "Marvin, knowing that Bill was inadequate to the test placed upon him,\ncame quickly to the rescue. Standing in front of the judge, he", "\"He's just _helping me_, Millie,\" said Marvin, grinning at Bill. \"Thanks\nfor the tip, Lightnin', but I wanted to see you particularly to-day, so\nI--\"", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "just took it for granted that Bill would turn to him in the dilemma and\nso he took the case in his hands. \"I am counsel for the defendant, your", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "Bill, who was facing him, and who had not taken his eyes from him, burst\ninto a loud laugh, the whole court-room, even to the judge, following", "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"" ], [ "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "Marvin, knowing that Bill was inadequate to the test placed upon him,\ncame quickly to the rescue. Standing in front of the judge, he", "Late that afternoon John Marvin and Bill Jones came out of the Reno\ncourt-house together and sauntered down the street. There was a gleam of", "objection when Marvin slipped from his place among the witnesses and\ndropped into his former chair directly behind Bill. Looking up at\nTownsend, Lightnin' resumed:", "Marvin, happy to see the old Lightnin' behind the boast, smiled, asking\nhim, \"How did you know the trial was to-day?\"", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "that John Marvin had not put in an appearance. When the sheriff had\nfinished opening court he arose from his place at the lawyers' table,\nfor he knew that the case of the railroad against John Marvin was the", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"But I haven't got to prove when those trees were cut,\" said Marvin.\n\n\"I know it,\" Bill responded; then, catching the smiling doubt in the\nother's eyes, he added, \"I was a lawyer once.\"", "Marvin looked at him and laughed, answering the clerk. \"I've got\nbusiness in this court. I'm John Marvin and I'm appearing in the case", "Before Marvin could answer him, Bill was out of his seat, replying for\nhim, \"Yes, sir, he is my lawyer.\"", "\"I'll come--don't worry, Lightnin',\" said Marvin. \"Better go now, Bill;\nyou've got a long walk ahead of you, you know.\"", "Bill had guessing was John Marvin, a young man who owned a tract of land\nand a cabin a few miles down the trail. Marvin had a lot on his mind,", "\"He's just _helping me_, Millie,\" said Marvin, grinning at Bill. \"Thanks\nfor the tip, Lightnin', but I wanted to see you particularly to-day, so\nI--\"", "Having fulfilled Marvin's intention, Bill took his seat again and the\ncross-examination was resumed.", "brought a ray of expectancy to Bill, and he jumped as he was brought out\nof his reverie by Marvin's perplexed whisper: \"Jones _versus_ Jones. By", "Marvin, however, did not seem to be worried. He faced Blodgett with an\namused smile and pointed to the floor, where an uncovered space left\nbetween two rugs indicated the now famous state line.", "\"I heard him tellin' all about it to Marvin, the boy what sold him that\ntimber up yonder. I knocked,\" Bill explained, whimsically, \"but they", "With a laugh, Marvin shut the door. \"It's all right,\" he said, winking\nat Harper. Smiling, he went up to Bill and swung him around to face him." ], [ "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "Every eye in the court-room was on Bill. There was even a cheer, which\nthe judge, half out of his chair, failed to reprove. Townsend knew that", "Then, unexpectedly, Lightnin' solved the problem. Getting to his feet,\nhe stood quietly before the bench, looking up at Townsend with an odd\nexcitement in his eyes.", "objection when Marvin slipped from his place among the witnesses and\ndropped into his former chair directly behind Bill. Looking up at\nTownsend, Lightnin' resumed:", "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "Bill, who was facing him, and who had not taken his eyes from him, burst\ninto a loud laugh, the whole court-room, even to the judge, following", "\"Well, Lightnin',\" Marvin exclaimed, \"how did you get here and what in\nthe world have you come for?\"\n\n\"Yer case ain't over yet, is it?\"", "Marvin, happy to see the old Lightnin' behind the boast, smiled, asking\nhim, \"How did you know the trial was to-day?\"", "\"What was that, Lightnin'?\"\n\n\"That if they goes to court, I'll come an' be a witness. I can swear\nthem trees was cut when you sold the property, an' I'll--\"", "\"What's the idee, Lightnin'?\" he rumbled, puffing at the frayed remains\nof a cigar.\n\nWith a gesture of calm triumph Bill pointed to the flask on the desk.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "\"Nothin' particular,\" he answered, softly. \"'Cept that maybe Bill Jones\nain't called Lightnin' for nothin'.\"", "Instead of a railroad employee, or the sheriff, it was only Lightnin'\nBill Jones who stood there, leaning idly against the doorframe, his", "\"Oh, I'm not so kind as you think!\" He laughed, an honest humor rising\nto infrequent expression. \"I've got to see Lightnin' myself before I go.\nHe hasn't signed the deed yet, and--\"", "thinks any the less of him for that! Bill's got a way with him, an' he\nkin tell some mighty good yarns. Lightnin's all right!\"", "\"This is Lightnin' Bill Jones, Mr. Harper. This is the gentleman I sold\nthat timber to, Bill.\" The two men acknowledged the introduction.", "stood in front of Bill. \"Don't you approve, Lightnin'?\" he asked,\npleasantly. \"She's dressed in the height of fashion.\"", "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "Lightnin's fistic intent. However, the order of his court must be\nobserved and he signed to Blodgett, who raised his gavel. Before it was", "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"" ], [ "And when you met Bill Jones you agreed with the postmaster. You looked\ninto Lightnin's twinkling, shrewdly humorous eyes and you smiled--smiled", "\"The mail?\" There was contempt in his wife's question and in the answer\nshe gave to it. \"The mail came at ten o'clock.\"\n\n\"I got it, didn't I?\" Bill registered another cheerful quip.", "\"Is that so?\" asked Bill, nonchalantly. Drawing a letter from his\npocket, he handed it to the clerk. \"Well, here they are!\" he said.\n\nPeters opened the letter and read it.", "It was of this Bill was thinking as he went along. He had been sent to\nget the mail and to meet the morning train from San Francisco for the", "you been doin'?\" The sarcasm in the glance which pierced Bill's shifting\ngaze did not pierce his good humor. He continued to chirp. \"I got the\nmail.\"", "\"I always do that,\" said Bill, as he complied. Then he held the check up\nto the light, pointing to the signatures on its face. \"See all them\nnames,\" he asked, \"Secretary of the Treasury, and all of 'em?\"", "\"Just takin' a look at town,\" Bill drawled. \"Just takin' a look.\" He\nsettled himself comfortably in his chair and rolled a cigarette.", "\"That belongs to Mr. Harper,\" was Bill's ready excuse, given in the\nmonotone which invariably masked a world of guilt. Seeing the doubt in", "the desk with a bundle of letters stuffed in his pocket. \"Why, that's\nLightnin' Bill Jones! We call him Lightnin' because he ain't. Nature", "town. This was his usual habit, for, like a good many lonely souls, Bill\nwas also a social one. People liked to buy Bill drinks and cigars in the", "And having characteristically decided to do it to-morrow, Bill continued\nhis morning stroll toward the post-office.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III", "\"I heard him tellin' all about it to Marvin, the boy what sold him that\ntimber up yonder. I knocked,\" Bill explained, whimsically, \"but they", "name. It was for this reason that Hammond and Thomas put themselves at\nMrs. Jones's service and did everything in their power to discover\nBill's whereabouts. It was several weeks before they traced him to", "an' hire the maids for you, an' things like that.\" Then Bill suddenly\nstopped, hugely enjoying the mystification of his two listeners.", "that he was going for the mail. When noon came and Bill did not turn up,\nMrs. Jones's anxiety reached fever pitch, and she sought Millie in the", "\"Because I never did!\"\n\nBill smiled at him and said, in his slow, gentle monotone:", "\"I'm afraid not.\"\n\n\"Then I guess you're the only man what 'ain't!\" said Bill, emphatically,\nand gazing at the ceiling and thoroughly enjoying the fact that he was\nthe subject of the conversation.", "\"I been workin',\" Bill chirped, as he placed the last letter in its box\nand went toward the dining-room door.", "\"I guess so,\" replied Bill, pausing directly in front of Hammond and\ngazing up at him with a calm, shrewd light in his half-shut eyes. \"He\nseems to stick around pretty close.\"", "his name at the end of it. Then he called to Bill, \"Did you tell your\nwife we were waiting for her?\"" ], [ "But Bill was unabashed. \"I got him to promise he would come over here\nand see you.\" Bill had done no such thing, but the one flaw to a perfect", "Bill glanced quickly at him and smiled. \"I ain't never forgotten nothin'\nsince I was four years old.\"", "Bill glanced at his smiling questioner with an odd look. With great\ndeliberation he bit off the end of the cigar. \"I was in all them battles", "Marvin watched him, asking, \"Did you tell her you were in the Soldiers'\nHome?\"\n\n\"No.\" Bill's voice was devoid of inflection.", "Before Marvin could answer him, Bill was out of his seat, replying for\nhim, \"Yes, sir, he is my lawyer.\"", "\"Because I never did!\"\n\nBill smiled at him and said, in his slow, gentle monotone:", "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"", "\"Sure I did,\" said Bill, untouched by any thought of having done what\nwas not right. \"It was a tough job after the way you treated him,\" he", "Out of the corner of his eyes Blodgett was watching Bill. \"Yes, I knew\nhim well,\" said the sheriff, gruffly.", "\"Oh, Bill's out there telling his experiences as a lawyer,\" Harper\nlaughed, and Mrs. Jones joined him, happy to know that Bill was back,\nthe same lovable old boaster as before.", "with the purpose of persuading Bill to return with him to the city. But\nwhen he saw how comfortable Bill was there in the hillside country,\nsurrounded by the old veterans who vied with one another in recounting", "\"Me?\" Bill glanced around as if he were half awake and leaned far\nforward in his chair, putting his hand to his ear and straining to catch\nevery word as the clerk read the complaint:", "\"Sure. All but two,\" said Bill, taking a long pull at the cigar. \"I was\nin Washington on private business when them two was goin' on. I was\ngreatly disappointed.\"", "\"I'm afraid not.\"\n\n\"Then I guess you're the only man what 'ain't!\" said Bill, emphatically,\nand gazing at the ceiling and thoroughly enjoying the fact that he was\nthe subject of the conversation.", "Bill leaned closer to Blodgett and looked squarely into his eyes, which\nshowed the same doubt as his own. \"I learned him all he knew about", "His severity did not touch Bill. His sense of humor, always close to the\nsurface, asserted itself. A gleam that was half derision, half", "\"I guess so,\" replied Bill, pausing directly in front of Hammond and\ngazing up at him with a calm, shrewd light in his half-shut eyes. \"He\nseems to stick around pretty close.\"", "\"But I haven't got to prove when those trees were cut,\" said Marvin.\n\n\"I know it,\" Bill responded; then, catching the smiling doubt in the\nother's eyes, he added, \"I was a lawyer once.\"", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "and Bill knew it. Characteristically, he had evaded the issue for\nseveral years, content to let each day take care of itself as best it\ncould, but now matters were reaching a crisis and circumstances were" ], [ "knowledge on other counts, Bill did not fathom the real reason behind\nhis wife's action for divorce. Plainly he thought she really wanted a", "truthful ground for the divorce--that of failure to provide. Even that\nMrs. Jones felt was beside the truth, for although Bill had never\nexerted himself needlessly, he had performed the chores, gone after the", "name to the petition which asked for a divorce from Bill Jones without\nso much as giving the document a thorough reading. Whatever Thomas\nproposed was to her, by the very fact of its being his idea, a thing", "These things, known to the latter, destroyed his composure and made the\nlapse between the filing of Mrs. Jones's divorce suit and the", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "Forgetting that there was such a place as a court-room, or that he was\ndefending a divorce suit against Bill Jones, all he saw was the scorn in", "divorce had been that it would bring about the sale of the property and\nthat Mrs. Jones would thereby have sufficient money with which to find\nBill, which would mean happiness for the three of them. Had Thomas not", "action for divorce was called, I knew it was a conspiracy.\" The\ninjustice accorded Bill drew Marvin from himself again. Pointing at\nHammond and Thomas, he raised his voice. \"I knew that these two", "If there was one method of bringing Bill to a realization of his\nshortcomings, it was the knowledge that he had brought his wife to\ntears. No matter what the occasion, through the years of his many", "wife had cause for anger against him he now, for the first time, fully\nrealized. But he was bewildered, and when Bill was bewildered it was his\nhabit to seek enlightenment.", "\"I--I don't know,\" said his wife, uncertainly. \"I hear some of them\ndivorcers is--is--\"", "Marvin nodded with half-closed eyes at Hammond and smiled reassuringly\nat Bill. \"You also said he was cruel to his wife?\"\n\nHammond nodded.\n\n\"In what way?\"", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "Townsend ordered the clerk to repeat that part of the complaint wherein\nthe grounds for the suit were mentioned. The clerk repeated, \"Failure to\nprovide, habitual intoxication, and intolerable cruelty.\"", "provide and cruelty. In all honesty you know that not one of these is\nthe real reason that Mrs. Jones has asked for a divorce, don't you?\"", "His words brought his wife to his side instantly, her eyes blazing.\n\"Bill Jones,\" she cried, \"you just be quiet! What in the world's the", "Her attempt to make love to Bill was not meeting with the success she\nhad hoped, but she was bound to make up to him for all the sorrow of the\nlast few months, and so she did not notice his apparent indifference.", "\"Is either o' you ladies gettin' a divorce?\" he inquired, in a helpful\ntone, his question including the indignant maid. \"'Cause, if you are,\"", "once and took advantage of it. \"Now, Miss Buckley,\" he argued, \"the\ncomplaint asks for a divorce on the grounds of drunkenness, failure to", "\"The mail?\" There was contempt in his wife's question and in the answer\nshe gave to it. \"The mail came at ten o'clock.\"\n\n\"I got it, didn't I?\" Bill registered another cheerful quip." ], [ "\"Oh, he told me so many,\" was the impatient reply, \"I can't recall them.\nOh yes,\" after a pause, \"he said he drove a swarm of bees across the\nplains in the dead of winter.\"", "\"I know all about 'em. I used to be in the bee business. Drove a swarm\nof bees across the plains in the dead of winter once. And never lost a\nbee. Got stung twice.\"", "\"Just takin' a look at town,\" Bill drawled. \"Just takin' a look.\" He\nsettled himself comfortably in his chair and rolled a cigarette.", "decided that the only way to handle Bill was to ride over him\nrough-shod. \"Have you signed that deed?\" he repeated, loudly.", "\"He was standin' when I shot him,\" grinned Bill. \"I never took advantage\nof nobody, not even an Indian.\"", "\"I'm afraid not.\"\n\n\"Then I guess you're the only man what 'ain't!\" said Bill, emphatically,\nand gazing at the ceiling and thoroughly enjoying the fact that he was\nthe subject of the conversation.", "\"He's snoring in his buggy,\" Marvin whispered back, with a half-smile.\n\"Bill,\" he added, quickly, \"I've been outside and I've heard every word", "\"I guess so,\" replied Bill, pausing directly in front of Hammond and\ngazing up at him with a calm, shrewd light in his half-shut eyes. \"He\nseems to stick around pretty close.\"", "Bill did not reply at once. Not wanting Marvin to know that he and Zeb\nhad been nearly two weeks getting there, and that they had come in much", "Jones or Bill had asked for help, but because she knew how difficult was\ntheir living during the long winter months when their only source of\nincome was Bill's pension and the few mountain people who dropped in", "For once in his life Bill could prove his innocence. He was quick to\navail himself of the opportunity, and, much to her surprise, he turned\nand blew his blameless breath at her.", "Hammond answered, with a ready enthusiasm, \"Trespassing on the property\nof the Pacific Railroad Company.\"\n\nBill nodded his head and said:\n\n\"Uh, ha.\"", "She laughed. \"No, Bill, I ain't sick. I'm just thinkin'.\"\n\nBill looked straight ahead of him.", "Then suddenly, when about a mile from the house, Bill paused in the\nmiddle of the trail, chuckled, and then sat down on a fallen tree. He", "\"Because I never did!\"\n\nBill smiled at him and said, in his slow, gentle monotone:", "But that had been a dreary and lonely winter for Bill and his wife.\nMillie's pretty face and youthful ways had been missed sorely; the girl", "\"I--I don't think Bill would like to sell,\" she replied, doubtfully.\n\"Would you, Bill?\"\n\nHer husband made no reply. He sat gazing straight ahead, his eyes half\nshut as usual.", "and Bill knew it. Characteristically, he had evaded the issue for\nseveral years, content to let each day take care of itself as best it\ncould, but now matters were reaching a crisis and circumstances were", "\"Sure I did,\" said Bill, untouched by any thought of having done what\nwas not right. \"It was a tough job after the way you treated him,\" he", "Zeb looked at him dazedly. \"Just as we is? Where 're we hittin' fer?\"\n\n\"I ain't telling that just yet,\" said Bill, slowly. \"Where we are goin'\nis a secret.\"" ], [ "\"It certainly was, Bill!\" Marvin went on. \"And the new hotel is a big\nsuccess! You see, the state line runs right through the middle of the", "himself, Bill naturally was drawn into the vortex of work and\npreparation necessary to turning his home into the Calivada Hotel. The\nperiod of change was a nightmare to Bill, the only leaven in his misery", "Bill's disappearance brought quick changes to the little hotel at\nCalivada. His ready acceptance of Mrs. Jones's alternative was a", "Bill ignored the last question, keeping a slanting eye on Blodgett.\n\"Your wife's up-stairs,\" he whispered, with a nod toward the Nevada\nup-stairs hallway.", "As Bill, rolling a cigarette, meditated on this, Mrs. Harper, followed\nby her maid and still casting about like a frightened bird in search of\ncover, tiptoed into the lobby, went uncertainly to the California desk\nand took up a pen.", "was that of Bill Jones. Evidently satisfied that the coast was clear,\nBill came slowly into the lobby. Looking warily up at the stairs on\neither side, and toward the dining-room and kitchen doors, he eased", "town. This was his usual habit, for, like a good many lonely souls, Bill\nwas also a social one. People liked to buy Bill drinks and cigars in the", "ran into Marvin, who had returned to the hotel in the hope of seeing\nBill and giving him the full reason for his not being a party to the\nsale of the place. The lights in the lobby were turned low and he had", "Rapidly Marvin sketched the conception and success of the Calivada\nHotel. \"It was a real idea--\"\n\n\"It was my idea,\" put in Bill, conversationally.", "In the mean time the hotel at Calivada, true to its nature, was the\nscene of a new sensation.", "name. It was for this reason that Hammond and Thomas put themselves at\nMrs. Jones's service and did everything in their power to discover\nBill's whereabouts. It was several weeks before they traced him to", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "Bill went back to his chair again. Everett Hammond came into the room\nfrom the porch outside. Laying his hat on the California desk, he went\naround behind the counter and turned the pages of the register.", "\"Just takin' a look at town,\" Bill drawled. \"Just takin' a look.\" He\nsettled himself comfortably in his chair and rolled a cigarette.", "When the maid had complied Bill looked down at the register. \"Mrs.\nHarper, Truckee,\" he repeated. Then, glancing up at the surprised and", "Millie clasped her hands over her knees and went on, enthusiastically:\n\"Why, this hotel idea has turned out splendidly, you know. But a week or", "Bill, his eyes still on his wife, walked slowly to the table and sat\ndown just behind Marvin.", "In the mean time, Thomas and Hammond were quick to inaugurate a new\nregime at the hotel. Mrs. Jones and Millie remained on in the capacity", "Sacramento and from there to the veterans' home at Yountville. By this\ntime Mrs. Jones was quite beside herself, for, in spite of Bill's", "\"Exactly! Everybody knows what a woman goes to Reno for, but at Bill's\nhotel she can get a room on the Nevada side and still make her friends\nbelieve that she is at a California resort!\"" ], [ "Marvin, knowing that Bill was inadequate to the test placed upon him,\ncame quickly to the rescue. Standing in front of the judge, he", "Every eye in the court-room was on Bill. There was even a cheer, which\nthe judge, half out of his chair, failed to reprove. Townsend knew that", "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"", "just took it for granted that Bill would turn to him in the dilemma and\nso he took the case in his hands. \"I am counsel for the defendant, your", "Bill, who was facing him, and who had not taken his eyes from him, burst\ninto a loud laugh, the whole court-room, even to the judge, following", "Before Marvin could answer him, Bill was out of his seat, replying for\nhim, \"Yes, sir, he is my lawyer.\"", "Now, however, the deed was done. Quickly he put an arm over Bill's\nshoulder and led him beside the witness-stand, where Hammond still sat.\nBill looked up at Townsend and smiled.", "Going to the table, Marvin took Bill by the arm, assisted him to his\nfeet and guided him into the middle of the court-room until he stood", "Bill was on his feet again and, turning to the judge, said: \"I don't\nneed no witness! I didn't know nothing about it at all until I got here,", "For once in his life Bill could prove his innocence. He was quick to\navail himself of the opportunity, and, much to her surprise, he turned\nand blew his blameless breath at her.", "refused to accompany Mrs. Jones to court, for Bill's derelictions could\nnever outweigh the knowledge that it was he who had saved her from an", "\"Oh, Bill's out there telling his experiences as a lawyer,\" Harper\nlaughed, and Mrs. Jones joined him, happy to know that Bill was back,\nthe same lovable old boaster as before.", "sympathy for the quaint old figure standing there, about to fight his\nown battle. As Bill turned to conduct his case, Blodgett took Marvin by\nthe arm.", "\"Yes,\" replied the judge. \"You made some remark after the complaint was\nread.\"\n\n\"I wasn't sure I'd got it straight,\" Bill said, looking ahead of him,\nmouth half open.", "judge--\" and here Bill for the first time in his life broke down. Tears\ncame into his eyes and he swallowed to keep them back. He hesitated and,", "Marvin, his arm about Bill's shoulders, leaned over him, guiding him\ngently to the attorneys' table. \"Well, Lightnin',\" he questioned, in an\nindulgent voice, \"how did you happen to show up here?\"", "Marvin again stood before the judge. He knew that Bill had no one to\ndefend him and he had not felt the necessity of offering himself. He", "\"Yes,\" said Millie. There had been nothing in her heart but deepest\nmisery and shame at having to testify against Bill during her", "name. It was for this reason that Hammond and Thomas put themselves at\nMrs. Jones's service and did everything in their power to discover\nBill's whereabouts. It was several weeks before they traced him to", "action for divorce was called, I knew it was a conspiracy.\" The\ninjustice accorded Bill drew Marvin from himself again. Pointing at\nHammond and Thomas, he raised his voice. \"I knew that these two" ], [ "Bill glanced at his smiling questioner with an odd look. With great\ndeliberation he bit off the end of the cigar. \"I was in all them battles", "Bill leaned closer to Blodgett and looked squarely into his eyes, which\nshowed the same doubt as his own. \"I learned him all he knew about", "\"You can prove them?\" Townsend asked, in surprise.\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said Bill, with a flash of humor. \"I used to be a judge.\"", "But Bill was unabashed. \"I got him to promise he would come over here\nand see you.\" Bill had done no such thing, but the one flaw to a perfect", "\"I guess so,\" replied Bill, pausing directly in front of Hammond and\ngazing up at him with a calm, shrewd light in his half-shut eyes. \"He\nseems to stick around pretty close.\"", "Before Marvin could answer him, Bill was out of his seat, replying for\nhim, \"Yes, sir, he is my lawyer.\"", "with the purpose of persuading Bill to return with him to the city. But\nwhen he saw how comfortable Bill was there in the hillside country,\nsurrounded by the old veterans who vied with one another in recounting", "exclaimed. \"I might have known--it's right in line with what we just\nheard about you! Well, he don't need none o' your advice--you just leave\nBill alone!\"", "and Bill knew it. Characteristically, he had evaded the issue for\nseveral years, content to let each day take care of itself as best it\ncould, but now matters were reaching a crisis and circumstances were", "must say that I have a great deal of faith in Bill. I've been a little\nout of touch with the situation lately,\" he went on, judicially, \"but", "Marvin watched him, asking, \"Did you tell her you were in the Soldiers'\nHome?\"\n\n\"No.\" Bill's voice was devoid of inflection.", "\"Sure. All but two,\" said Bill, taking a long pull at the cigar. \"I was\nin Washington on private business when them two was goin' on. I was\ngreatly disappointed.\"", "\"I always do that,\" said Bill, as he complied. Then he held the check up\nto the light, pointing to the signatures on its face. \"See all them\nnames,\" he asked, \"Secretary of the Treasury, and all of 'em?\"", "\"Sure I did,\" said Bill, untouched by any thought of having done what\nwas not right. \"It was a tough job after the way you treated him,\" he", "\"Because I never did!\"\n\nBill smiled at him and said, in his slow, gentle monotone:", "\"But I haven't got to prove when those trees were cut,\" said Marvin.\n\n\"I know it,\" Bill responded; then, catching the smiling doubt in the\nother's eyes, he added, \"I was a lawyer once.\"", "Out of the corner of his eyes Blodgett was watching Bill. \"Yes, I knew\nhim well,\" said the sheriff, gruffly.", "Bill glanced quickly at him and smiled. \"I ain't never forgotten nothin'\nsince I was four years old.\"", "all of the fighting--one reason why Bill usually succeeded in carrying\nhis idleness with a high hand. But this time she was not going to be\nignored. The conference with Hammond and Thomas, the knowledge that he", "an' hire the maids for you, an' things like that.\" Then Bill suddenly\nstopped, hugely enjoying the mystification of his two listeners." ], [ "and Bill knew it. Characteristically, he had evaded the issue for\nseveral years, content to let each day take care of itself as best it\ncould, but now matters were reaching a crisis and circumstances were", "town. This was his usual habit, for, like a good many lonely souls, Bill\nwas also a social one. People liked to buy Bill drinks and cigars in the", "and was studying law all alone in the cabin at nights into the bargain,\nbut he liked to have Bill drop in, liked to hear him talk. Bill could", "himself, Bill naturally was drawn into the vortex of work and\npreparation necessary to turning his home into the Calivada Hotel. The\nperiod of change was a nightmare to Bill, the only leaven in his misery", "\"I been workin',\" Bill chirped, as he placed the last letter in its box\nand went toward the dining-room door.", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "\"I--I don't think Bill would like to sell,\" she replied, doubtfully.\n\"Would you, Bill?\"\n\nHer husband made no reply. He sat gazing straight ahead, his eyes half\nshut as usual.", "Her attempt to make love to Bill was not meeting with the success she\nhad hoped, but she was bound to make up to him for all the sorrow of the\nlast few months, and so she did not notice his apparent indifference.", "He dropped into his chair and reached thoughtfully for one of his\nlaw-books. Bill opened the door; then turned back for a moment.\n\n\"Studyin' them books?\" he inquired.", "\"Just takin' a look at town,\" Bill drawled. \"Just takin' a look.\" He\nsettled himself comfortably in his chair and rolled a cigarette.", "Alone once more, Bill walked slowly, going to the desk and looking at\nthe register. Then he went back of the desk, examining familiar", "In the morning Bill Jones was up and about unwontedly early. He got\nhimself some breakfast, then went to the little desk where the few", "Bill, remembering the old days when his return home meant a searching\nexamination as to soberness, grinned, and then he breathed deeply toward\nher. \"I 'ain't had a drink in a month,\" he informed her.", "\"Guess he entertains himself pretty well,\" said Bill. \"Besides, mother's\nwith him.\"\n\n\"But you ought to be there, too, daddy; you're the head of the house,\nyou know!\"", "Bill went back to his chair again. Everett Hammond came into the room\nfrom the porch outside. Laying his hat on the California desk, he went\naround behind the counter and turned the pages of the register.", "Bill turned his half-shut eyes on her quickly, but Millie did not note\nthe expression of genuine concern in them. He sat lost in thought. The", "\"Don't need no practice.\" And Bill resorted to his bag of tobacco and\npapers, rolling himself a cigarette. By this time Marvin had finished\nhis meal.", "At the present moment, the afternoon of a late summer's day, Bill Jones\nwas doing a little wondering himself, though no one would have suspected", "But Bill was unabashed. \"I got him to promise he would come over here\nand see you.\" Bill had done no such thing, but the one flaw to a perfect" ], [ "and Bill knew it. Characteristically, he had evaded the issue for\nseveral years, content to let each day take care of itself as best it\ncould, but now matters were reaching a crisis and circumstances were", "perhaps, but up to the present she had always consulted Bill's wishes\nand sought his advice. Their adopted daughter, Millie, a pretty,", "an' hire the maids for you, an' things like that.\" Then Bill suddenly\nstopped, hugely enjoying the mystification of his two listeners.", "see him! He says he does not like it. I don't think it is any of his\nbusiness,\" she added, giving Bill a hug.", "Bill was leading his wife by the hand. Gesturing toward Marvin and\nMillie, his shrewd old eyes fairly snapping with whimsical happiness,\nLightnin' exclaimed:\n\n\"Mother--look! I fixed that!\"", "\"Guess he entertains himself pretty well,\" said Bill. \"Besides, mother's\nwith him.\"\n\n\"But you ought to be there, too, daddy; you're the head of the house,\nyou know!\"", "\"Are you all right, Bill?\" she asked, tenderly. And Bill, smiling,\nleaned over her and breathed so that she could see that he was all", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "At that psychological moment Bill stuck his head in the door. He\nwithdrew, of course, but only to return in an instant with the whole\nparty at his heels.", "Bill looked at her, a hidden smile in his eyes. \"It's your property,\nmother,\" he said, quietly.\n\nTears sprang into the woman's eyes and she made an impulsive gesture.", "Millie, an apron over her neat and simple house dress, came out and drew\na chair between her foster-parents. She glanced quickly from one to the\nother, and then her gentle brown eyes came to rest lovingly on old Bill.\nHe returned her smile.", "Millie gave one shriek and ran up the stairs. Bill, unmoved by any sense\nof his own iniquity, followed her to the foot of the staircase, calling\nafter her, \"Now, if you beg his pardon when he comes--\"", "\"It's a wonder you 'ain't come up to take a look yourself,\" Bill\ncountered. \"You 'ain't even been up to--to see Millie,\" he added,\nthoughtfully.", "\"I'm afraid not.\"\n\n\"Then I guess you're the only man what 'ain't!\" said Bill, emphatically,\nand gazing at the ceiling and thoroughly enjoying the fact that he was\nthe subject of the conversation.", "\"Bill's right, Mrs. Jones,\" he said, gently, though there was a fighting\nlight in his eyes as he met those of Thomas. \"Lightnin' has no need to", "\"I been workin',\" Bill chirped, as he placed the last letter in its box\nand went toward the dining-room door.", "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "Mrs. Jones, and of amiable, careless Bill. Millie was the young, strong\nmember of the Jones household, and it was Millie who must be convinced", "Bill glanced quickly at him and smiled. \"I ain't never forgotten nothin'\nsince I was four years old.\"", "\"I guess so,\" replied Bill, pausing directly in front of Hammond and\ngazing up at him with a calm, shrewd light in his half-shut eyes. \"He\nseems to stick around pretty close.\"" ], [ "Bill did not hear him. He was gazing at Mrs. Jones, an old tenderness\nin his eyes, a bitter longing in his heart. Drifting, living only for", "If there was one method of bringing Bill to a realization of his\nshortcomings, it was the knowledge that he had brought his wife to\ntears. No matter what the occasion, through the years of his many", "\"All right,\" Bill said, getting up from the chair. Display of affection\nalways embarrassed him. His attitude amused and at the same time hurt\nMrs. Jones, so she changed her subject to one that she felt might\ninterest him.", "Bill had not paid much heed to Hammond's threat delivered a few minutes\nback. But now something in his wife's tone brought it, recurrent, to his\nmind. He wondered if, after all, there was some truth behind it.", "wife had cause for anger against him he now, for the first time, fully\nrealized. But he was bewildered, and when Bill was bewildered it was his\nhabit to seek enlightenment.", "His words brought his wife to his side instantly, her eyes blazing.\n\"Bill Jones,\" she cried, \"you just be quiet! What in the world's the", "Bill took her hands in his and patted them. His eyes were moist, and\nthey blinked for a moment; then a slow, happy grin spread over his\nstubbled face.", "his name at the end of it. Then he called to Bill, \"Did you tell your\nwife we were waiting for her?\"", "\"Then you will have to close up,\" was his answer.\n\n\"I want to close up, Bill.\" Her voice was full of deep tenderness. \"I\nwant to have a home again.\"", "\"The mail?\" There was contempt in his wife's question and in the answer\nshe gave to it. \"The mail came at ten o'clock.\"\n\n\"I got it, didn't I?\" Bill registered another cheerful quip.", "Bill gaped at her in surprise.\n\n\"Yes,\" he said, slowly walking to her. Mrs. Jones saw his hesitation,\nand, realizing the humor of the situation, laughed heartily.", "Marvin nodded with half-closed eyes at Hammond and smiled reassuringly\nat Bill. \"You also said he was cruel to his wife?\"\n\nHammond nodded.\n\n\"In what way?\"", "Bill didn't know it, but he didn't intend that his wife should know\nthis. Playing up to form, he smiled indulgently upon her as he stated,\nglibly, \"Yes, I fixed it!\"", "Ignoring his wife's accusation, Bill gave Millie a grateful glance and\nresumed, in his slow drawl:", "Bill wavered before her smile. It was difficult for him to withstand it,\nespecially as he knew how sorely he had tried her. But a promise was a", "When the clerk had finished Bill sent a beseeching glance toward his\nwife. Each word of the document had entered far into a mind little given", "\"Are you all right, Bill?\" she asked, tenderly. And Bill, smiling,\nleaned over her and breathed so that she could see that he was all", "Bill, his eyes still on his wife, walked slowly to the table and sat\ndown just behind Marvin.", "\"I--I don't think Bill would like to sell,\" she replied, doubtfully.\n\"Would you, Bill?\"\n\nHer husband made no reply. He sat gazing straight ahead, his eyes half\nshut as usual.", "she had time to stifle them they had their way. \"I mean just that,\nBill.\" There was silence as she thrust the words from her mouth. Bill\nstood still, gazing steadily at her." ] ]

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