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Quigley Down Under |
| Year |
1990 |
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[Quigley has been beaten and left for dead in the Australian desert]
Crazy Cora:
Don't worry, on a new job it's quite common for things not to go well at first.
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Matthew Quigley:
Lady, you're about a half a bubble off plumb, and that's fer sure and fer certain.
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[Lost in the Outback]
Matthew Quigley:
I don't know where we're goin', but there's no sense bein' late.
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Crazy Cora:
Things seem different here. They say God made Australia last, don't you know, after he got tired of making everything else the same.
Matthew Quigley:
Well, I seen some pretty country, that's for certain.
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Elliott Marston:
Ah ha. Legendary Sharps.
Matthew Quigley:
You know your weapons. It's a lever-action, breech loader. Usual barrel length's thirty inches. This one has an extra four. It's converted to use a special forty-five caliber, hundred and ten grain metal cartridge, with a five-hundred forty grain paper patch bullet. It's fitted with double set triggers, and a Vernier sight. It's marked up to twelve-hundred yards. This one shoots a mite further.
Elliott Marston:
An experimental weapon with experimental ammunition.
Matthew Quigley:
You could call it that.
Elliott Marston:
Let's experiment.
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Elliott Marston:
[O'Flynn and Dobkin prepare Quigley for an old-fashioned duel] I seem to remember you're not too familiar with Colonel Colt's revolver, so this will be your first lesson. Don't worry. Mr Dobkin and Mr. O'Flynn will ensure that it's a fair contest.
Elliott Marston:
[Marston starts walking backwards] I'll just back up a few paces... And to your left a bit, that's it... Now you're right in front of my old pistol target.
Elliott Marston:
[Marston slips his coat back to reveal his holster] Some men are born in the wrong century. I think I was born on the wrong continent. Oh, by the way, you're fired
Matthew Quigley:
This ain't Dodge City. And you ain't Bill Hickok.
Matthew Quigley:
[Quigley shoots Dobkin, O'Flynn and Marston before they can even aim their guns, then walks up to a dying Marston] I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it.
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Elliott Marston:
No man knocks me out of my own house.
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Major Ashley-Pitt:
In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country.
Matthew Quigley:
Well, Lieutenant...
Major Ashley-Pitt:
Major.
Matthew Quigley:
Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.
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Crazy Cora:
I remember once my Granddaddy told me how, when you're lost in the desert, you should sleep during the day and walk at night.
Matthew Quigley:
Your Granddaddy tell you that? Did he also tell you we'll die, in the the desert, without those horses?
Crazy Cora:
Well, what good are horses, if we die of thirst?
Matthew Quigley:
Once in a while she actually makes a little sense.
Crazy Cora:
What did you say, Roy?
Matthew Quigley:
Never mind.
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Crazy Cora:
You know, if we're lost, you can tell me.
Matthew Quigley:
We're lost.
Crazy Cora:
I can take bad news. Just tell me straight.
Matthew Quigley:
I don't know where the hell we are.
Crazy Cora:
No sense takin' time to make it sound better than it is.
Matthew Quigley:
I reckon we're goin' in circles.
Crazy Cora:
Wire things up and I'll see right through. So, just tell me honestly. Are we lost?
Matthew Quigley:
Nope. I know exactly where we are.
Crazy Cora:
That's good, 'cause, frankly, I was gettin' a little worried.
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[Quigley approaches Hobb, who he's just shot through the spine]
Hobb:
My back's broke...
Matthew Quigley:
You're gut shot, Hobb. Ain't nothin' I can do for you.
Hobb:
Kill me...
Matthew Quigley:
Where's Marston's station, from here? How far's the nearest town?
Hobb:
Why should I tell you?
Matthew Quigley:
'Cause if you don't, I'll let you live. Y'know, I'm new here, so I'm kinda curious. D'you think the dingos'll get you first, or the ants?
Hobb:
Don't leave me like this, Quigley. Marston's station's two days' ride southwest. Nikitanga's only twenty miles past the billabong...
Matthew Quigley:
Talk straight, goddammit, or I'll get the ants, myself.
Hobb:
It's a town. A day's ride past a dry riverbed. That way. Now, finish me.
[Quigley hands Hobb a six-shooter. Hobb aims it at Quigley]
Matthew Quigley:
You got one shot left in that shooter. Make the most of it.
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Crazy Cora:
I don't want you to go.
Matthew Quigley:
You sure look pretty in that new blue dress.
Crazy Cora:
If you go after Marston, he'll kill you.
Matthew Quigley:
Kid, next time she talks like that, pee all over the dress.
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Matthew Quigley:
What's my name today?
Crazy Cora:
Matthew Quigley, same as any other day.
Matthew Quigley:
How's about you and me taking off all our clothes and go swimmin'?
[they are in the middle of a desert]
Crazy Cora:
What are you crazy? There ain't no water
[Quigley looks at her and smiles]
Crazy Cora:
Why *shame* on you!
Matthew Quigley:
Well you ? Well, what about last night? You ...
Crazy Cora:
I what?
Matthew Quigley:
Oh, never mind.
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Crazy Cora:
Anyone who believes in magic is crazy.
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