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Will you listen to me, you mule -headed maverick?

I'm listening. He hates you, I tell you. He's himself that tried to kill you,

and he'll do it again. You've got to get out of here.

It took me a long time to get a coat like this. It's a small rip, a few

and it'll never show.

I'll send you the note as soon as it's finished.

Mike, you've convinced me.

Well, have I now?

I'll get your horse, Laddie Buck. I'll leave him right at the end of town with

you. I'm staying.

What?

A man like King has got to be stopped.

I'm going to stop him.

I don't know how, but I'm going to stop him.

Well the court will never be finished in time for the funeral.

Thank you, sir.

Don't bother to sign.

We haven't anything.

I'd like something comfortable in the front.

We're completely out of accommodations.

I suggest you try one of the miners' boarding houses. I wonder if you'd mind

keeping us in a safe place.

We'll take care of it, Mr. Maverick.

Oh, certainly.

Well, now.

Soften down, Mocher.

Mr. Thayer, sir.

Joshua Thayer.

It's against my principles to drink alone.

Would you care to join me?

I'd be delighted, sir.

Double it is. One dollar.

Arthur!

Whiskey, my boy.

How many times a night do I have to throw you out of here?

My guest ordered whiskey. I'll have the same.

Very kind of you, sir.

Maverick. Brett Maverick.

Extremely kind of you, Mr. Maverick.

But why do you bother?

No one else does.

Percentage.

I'm a gambler.

And you ought to be able to recognize an ace deuce when you see one.

There's always a natural on the bottom.

I understand there's usually a big game here Saturday night.

Upstairs.

What's the matter, Rigg?

Doesn't have to be.

People in this town are so used to losing to Mr.

Phineas King, they do it instinctively.

Phineas King, the one who owns a mine?

And everything else in Echo Springs.

Including this, uh, that very excellent whiskey.

Would you give my friend another drink?

Thank you, sir.

None for me.

Double or nothing?

Good night, Mr. Steyer. Good evening, sir.

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you.

Now, if any of you think I was trying to run one, just look at the card.

We all know you never bluff, Phineas.

Oh, incidentally, Stoller was in the bank again trying to raise some money on

that mine of his. Did you give it to him? Why, of course not. You told me to

sure. All I said was that his mine is worthless, and it is.

If it weren't, I would have absorbed it long ago.

But you run the bank, continue to make your own decisions.

But be careful how you handle my money.

What's your business, Mr. Maverick? Mining?

Grass inspector.

You inspect grass?

The kind that's always greener in the other fellow's yard.

And you've stopped to do a little mowing, too, occasionally, I presume.

When it's green enough.

Well, we can't say he didn't warn us.

Anybody open?

Between.

I'll bet ten.

Three, please.

Three.

Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Three for me.

Richard?

I'll check the bet.

Check.

I've got 300.

Uh -oh.

Too rich for me.

I'm out.

Anybody argue with the tenfold?

On a three -card draw.

How do you like that?

Oh, excuse me.

Folding on three aces? Why, you were a very conservative poker player, Mr.

Maverick.

I just hate to be second best, Mr. King.

The boy will have a little joke.

Well,

I'll keep the opener moving.

I bet 500.

I've had it.

I'd like a cut.

Your bed, Mr. King.

How about $1 ,000?

I'm out of money.

Oh, that's too bad.

I didn't say broke, Mr. King. I said out of money.

I've got $4 ,000 in the hotel safe.

I'll settle up after the hand.

I've heard that story before.

I prefer to see the money.

Oh, Mike, get me a piece of paper and a pencil. Go downstairs and get the money

if there is any.

Write the clerk a little note, please. You know, just to keep everything open

and aboveboard. Thank you.

Here it is.

Here's $4 ,000.

Thank you.

1 ,000, you call or not?

I call and raise 3 ,000.

You call the bet, Mr. King?

Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to steal the money.

You call the bet, and I'll open the envelope.

Why, Jonathan, Mr. Maverick, I gotta hand it to you. You were a very smart

player. Looking right down my throat, weren't you? I could almost see what you

had for lunch, Mr. King.

Well, Mike, settle up with Mr.

Maverick, will you?

I think I've had enough tonight.

It's been a very interesting evening.

First time anyone ever took Phineas King's tail between his legs and tickled

chin with the end of it.

Tell me, lad, was the money in the envelope or wasn't it?

Mike, there's two things a gentleman doesn't discuss.

The ladies he's known and his poker.

Be seeing you. That you will, lad.

You dropped something, mister.

Who was that?

I never saw him before.

What did he give you?

I'll be right back.

Any place in town I can get a bite to eat this late?

Well, the only place open is that Chinese joint down the street.

What do you think about this, Maverick?

Well, it's a heck of a way to ruin a good deck of cards.

Did you check out?

No, I guess I should have, but I got a serious vice.

Curiosity.

I'd like to find out why anyone would want me out of town.

But you were at the desk.

Just paying two weeks rent in advance.

Maverick.

I'd have been a mighty disappointed in you if you hadn't.

Oh, you're awake.

Good. Water? You got a drink of water?

Who are you?

Edie Stahler. Papa and I found you in a ditch last night.

In case you're wondering who you are, your name's Brett Maverick, and you come

from Chicago.

Because it's printed on the inside of your coat.

Thanks. That clears up a lot.

Now, if you'll tell me where I am and what I'm doing here... Oh, where else

would you be in the condition you were in?

Honestly, I thought you were gonna die.

Papa said if you woke up, I wasn't supposed to ask you a lot of questions

you felt better.

But you do feel better, lots better, don't you?

Now tell me, what happened?

You were set upon by thieves, weren't you?

Thieves? Outlaws.

Big hairy men with bandanas over their faces.

No.

They were attacking her, weren't they?

Her? Your fiance.

The girl you came west to marry.

Are you married?

No, no. Good, then they're after your money.

My money? My money. If they didn't take it, Papa's got it for you. Thousands of

dollars.

Wait a minute.

If you were robbed, why wouldn't they take the money?

You did the robbing, that's it.

What?

That's Papa back from the mine.

Scoops down and cover up and go to sleep.

You're sure you're not married?

Guys, educated women don't make good wives anyhow, unless you make their feet

small like the Chinese so they can't run away with a French duke or something.

Isn't that right, Mr. Maverick?

It's logical.

Oh, you wouldn't marry that kind of woman, would you?

Edie, clear the table.

Well, I just bet you that Mr. Maverick would much rather have a woman who could

cook and sew and keep house and clear the table. Edie!

All right, send me to Boston. Let me marry a French duke and lose my

citizenship. He doesn't care.

drive you to town we'd better get started if you're still a mind to go oh

you i never had a town pulled out from under me like that before i don't like

there are lots of other towns and vengeance is a poor reason for doing

you weren't robbed what are you going back for answers mr stoller as someone

mighty anxious to get rid of me i'd like to know who and why

all right out

close the door

You.

Say ah.

Ah. I'm going to ask you just one time, mister. Who paid you to bushwhack me?

Whack? Big whack.

Big Mike.

Ah.

Why, Mr.

Maverick, I...

Don't fret, my boy. It's good to see you.

That anger looks almost

real. It's good and real.

Come now, Mike, your boys were much rougher on me.

My boys?

Pinky and I just came to an understanding.

Why'd you have me bushwhacked?

I'll make a bargain with you.

I'll tell you why, if you'll forget who told you.

Then it doesn't end with you.

Now, would I be beating you up for any purpose of me own?

It's a deal.

All right, go ahead.

Well, do you mind putting that thing down first?

I talk better when I'm not expecting to get a bullet in me chest.

I gave you my word.

I'll keep it.

I don't know why, but I believe you.

I'm sorry, Randy Book.

But I just had to return that lovely greeting you gave me.

I'd been disappointed in you if you hadn't.

However, it makes me feel sort of stupid.

Any man who can make his way this far back ain't stupid.

Now, as to who wanted you out of town, it was Phineas King.

Phineas King?

And don't go busting on him like you did me, because he'll kill you. I have it

done for him.

Sure, Phineas King.

Well, if you know why, I wish you'd tell me.

Because your Mr. King is a card cheat.

And he knows I know it.

Are you crazy? He owns a town and five million dollars.

Maybe so, but he still cheats.

At least some men drink, because they have to.

I don't believe that.

You're holding three -tenths to my pair of queens.

Remind me not to play poker with you. You play with King.

He does it even better.

Mr. uh... I know a maverick. Tell him to come in.

Sit down, sit down.

Have a cigar.

No, thanks.

Well, Mr. King, you've gone to considerable trouble to have me moved

town.

What are you talking about?

A man doesn't have to be too bright to figure that when he's dragged into an

alley, beaten up and dumped into a ditch, somebody just doesn't want him

And you think I did that?

That's right.

Now look here.

I don't know whether you've gotten in any trouble or not, but please don't

into my office... And I know why you did it.

You have to win at everything, don't you?

The town is yours, the mines, five million dollars, but you can't stop

Now it's poker.

You've got to win at that, too.

Not for the money, just win.

What are you trying to say?

That you're a cheat, Mr. King, and you know I know it. You've got me all wrong.

Now, I don't know what you... I'm not leaving, Mr. King. Not yet.

Not till the tailor fixes me a new coat.

I'll have him send you the bill.

You mean kill him? I didn't say that.

Mr. King, there's only one way to get rid of a man permanently. Do what you're

getting paid to do and don't bother me with the details.

I don't mind doing your dirty work when there's a small profit to be made and

nobody's hurt too bad.

But I've never murdered a man, and I'll not start now.

Not for you or for all the silver in this territory.

If you want Maverick killed, you get somebody else to do it, not me.

That place you run may be called Big Mike McCombs, but bear in mind I can

hire someone else.

Well, now, maybe that might not be too bad either.

The saw doesn't get an awful dirty around the joint anyhow.

Kind of wandered off the trail a little, haven't you, Josh?

What are you doing here?

Well, you're in my room.

So are you.

I mean, I thought you left town when the word got around you.

You're all right.

I'm all right.

Yeah.

Well, the room was paid for, and I didn't like to see it go to waste.

Well, I mean, I... Oh, you understand.

Sure.

I'll get out of your way. Better stay where you are, John. You want your room.

It's your room.

I'll get another one.

Oh, you're too decent, Brett.

You'll never make it in this town.

You're a lamb among wolves.

That your trouble?

Part of it.

You know what I was?

I was a judge once.

A judge.

Could have gone far.

But I learned to say yes to the right people and no to the bottle.

Trouble is, the right people are always the wrong people.

Thought I saw an 11 under that A .C. Doocy.

You shouldn't have come back, Maverick.

Phineas King is wrong people.

See you, Josh.

all afternoon getting measured for a new coat come on i'll buy you a drink not

here we'll go someplace else come on

now where's your horse at

the livery stable why i'll get it you go back and pack your things and meet me

here in 10 minutes you're leaving town who says so i say so i hate funerals and

love postcards drop me one i'll write back and tell you all about

Are you all right, lad?

Setting me up for a target.

Oh, no, not again.

Will you listen to me, you mule -headed maverick?

I'm listening. He hates you, I tell you. He was himself that tried to kill you,

and he'll do it again. You've got to get out of here.

It took me a long time to get a coat like this. It's a small rip. A few

and it'll never show.

I'll send you the note as soon as it's finished.

Mike, you've convinced me.

Well, have I now?

I'll get your horse, Daddy Buck. I'll even ride to the end of town with you.

staying.

What?

A man like King has got to be stopped.

I'm going to stop him.

I don't know how, but I'm going to stop him.

Well, the court will never be finished in time for the funeral.

Notice, I want everyone... the town of Echo Springs to know that Phineas King

did not make any attempt to kill me today.

Ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha,

ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha,

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha. Ha,

ha, ha, ha, Why, certainly not. And furthermore, you'd better make it your

business to see that nothing does happen to him. Because the day that ad doesn't

appear in the paper, you're going to have the whole town on your doorstep

demanding to know why.

By heaven, you're right.

But I still control this newspaper. I can have that ad refused.

Can you?

Well, can I?

old josh over there you know i've been thinking elections coming up

supposing a couple of us were to write his name in for judge throw him a vote

two make him feel important like somebody cared wouldn't influence

just might give him a reason to stop drinking it's a nice thought it's a

real nice thought i'll give you my vote good

Only don't tell anybody about it. Oh, no. Wouldn't want him to think it's a

No.

Just between you and me.

You and me?

Funny.

We'll keep it between you and me. Just the two of us.

Why not?

Just you and me.

Why not? Between you and me.

Sure.

Me, huh? Sure.

Well, this is your night again, Richard.

I anticipated a very close election. Good to see you, Judge.

Another election.

Same old thing.

Could be worse.

Yeah? How?

The fools, they actually think they're electing somebody.

Maybe they are.

Wishful thinking, laddie, but we might as well print it in the X's alongside

Bixby's name and save the trouble of writing it. Yeah, you're right.

Thank you.

Josh here knows the law and how to use it. I believe Echo Springs has elected a

wise and honest judge.

I'm a drunk rat.

A busted, miserable vagrant.

A no -good, polluted bum.

And you made me a judge.

You're none of those things. Oh, don't con me. I got mind enough left to know

that there's got to be an angle.

Well, whatever it is, there's something you've got to know.

No one has ever bought me.

No one ever will.

I didn't buy you, Josh.

You're on your own.

Strictly?

You don't owe me a thing.

By the way, how good are those two books on mining law you loaned me?

Well, not very up to date.

One of them goes back about 16 years, and the other one, 25.

Pretty obsolete, huh?

Well, I don't know.

Law's been around as long as human nature.

Neither of them have ever changed very much.

Yeah, well, good night, Josh.

You were a judge from the moment I met you. I'm glad they finally made it

official. Good night.

Then your mind -staller is here. Yeah. Yours, Creedler, here.

And this is yours, Jackson. And Lawson, this is yours.

That's right.

You're all adjacent to King's Holdings. Sure, it's all the same hill.

Only King gets the corn and we get the shuckings. What's your proposition,

Maverick?

Well, I know how you... Anybody want some cake?

Later, Edie, when we're through talking.

Oh, you can eat and talk, too. You always do.

Let's have it, Maverick. I know how you can beat King.

I know how you can increase the yields of your mines to equal, if not

outproduce, King himself.

How do we do it, Maverick?

Well, first we form a company.

Then when the...

They wouldn't have the nerve.

They're mining your ore.

And stealing my money.

Wholesale, judging by the deposits in the bank last month. I told you so.

I've got an instinct about people. That maverick's a crook. I'll have them all

behind bars.

Money, my silver, the thieves.

And you.

What am I paying you for? You're supposed to be my lawyer. Stop them. Get

injunction out against every one of them. Take them into court.

Hang them.

Then.

as the result of your professional explorations, surveys, soundings, etc.,

are certain beyond any doubt that the New Hope interests are in actuality

through Mr. King's property?

Obviously.

Thank you.

That is all, Your Honor.

You may question the witness, Mr. Maverick. No questions, Your Honor.

You may take your seat.

Mr. Maverick, are you certain that you do not need to be represented by train

counsel? Quite certain, sir.

But so far, Mr. Maverick, you have not challenged the statement of a single

witness. I can't. Their statements are unchallengeable.

Well, then, call your witnesses.

I can't do that either.

We haven't any.

Then you admit you're stealing Mr. King's ore.

Now, hold on there.

Stealing means taking something that you have no right to. And we have every

right to mine that ore, regardless of whose property we go through.

You have the right to legally penetrate into land owned by Phineas King, remove

the ore from that land, smelter and pocket the silver extracted from that

Mr. King's ore?

Mr. King has no claim to the silver we mine.

According to the law, the answer is yes.

According to the law, you say? The federal mining laws of this country.

Specifically, the Apex Law.

The Apex Law.

To any prospector who first locates an outcropping mineral vein, such surface

indication of the ore to be known as the apex of the vein, said owner is

guaranteed the right to follow that vein downward, even when it leads under the

holdings of claims located beside it.

our original veins, which according to this law and that map, we have every

legally guaranteed right to do.

Your Honor.

Your Honor.

Your Honor.

This is as foul and deliberative piece of legal hocus -pocus as I have ever

witnessed.

Veins are never continuous. They're always broken or cut off and terminated

worthless rock.

Shabby charlatan is using a ridiculous, archaic conception disproved by every

mining authority in existence.

The Apex Law is outmoded. It's a useless piece of legal shale, absolutely and

utterly obsolete.

But never repealed. We stand on the law, Your Honor.

This court is recessed until 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning.

Evening, Judge.

Hello, Phineas.

You know, I got a little bit worried, Josh.

Your decision tomorrow can cost me an awful lot of money.

It's costing me an awful lot of sleep.

Of course, I realize that you're obligated to Brent the Maverick, but,

no offense. No offense is perfectly natural. After all, he did get you

And a lot more.

And if ever I can do him a favor, I'll do it.

Outside the courtroom.

You know that claim of his is as asinine as the law is a vote to support it.

I'll acquaint you with what I know tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock,

I see.

Well, that's a long time to wait, considering what's at stake.

Josh?

No, thanks.

Well, suit yourself.

You know, I'm liable to lay awake all night worrying.

Give almost anything to get a good night's sleep.

Maybe even $100 ,000.

$100 ,000?

Mm -hmm.

Think it over.

Just keep running with your research. Good night.

Please rise.

Be seated.

It is the decision of this court that there is no legal cause for injunction

against the operations of the New Hope Mining Company.

I've done dang few smart things in my life, but when I pulled this young

out of the ditch, I sure did us all a favor.

What's the trouble?

We just came from the railroad station.

Guess who just boarded the train for the territorial seat?

Bixby. How'd you know?

King's bound to appeal to higher courts to reverse Thayer's decision.

Bixby's off to put the pressure on.

Fat chance they got.

Very fat, Mike.

They'll win it.

Any news from Bixby on the mail train this morning?

No, Mr. King, no.

Sitting here helpless while Maverick and those crooks are robbing me blind.

And not only that, they're stealing our miners.

Ten hours a day instead of twelve.

And ten cents more an hour. And with my money.

Until we get a decision, we could meet the competition.

Raise wages.

Reduce hours.

Reduce hours?

Me? I will not. It's bad enough being robbed without giving money away.

Besides, it's immoral.

Immoral? Working ten hours a day.

You can only sleep eight hours.

What do they do with the other six?

I've got it, Finley. We've got them linked.

Harris!

And your total profit thus far is slightly in excess of $600 ,000.

And not a word from Phineas. Not a peep. What can he do?

That's what gets me. What can he do?

$600 ,000.

That's trouble.

Big trouble.

The water's coming down in sheets.

Coming down from where? The summer lady, all of King's tunnels.

King flooded his own mines? Right into ours.

There's your answer, Jackson. Now we know what he can do.

Flood our mines and keep them closed until he gets that court decision.

Not much else to do. Mine shut down, town wearing black crepe.

Yeah, it's getting ugly.

A lot of bad feeling building up towards your friend Maverick.

Well, why Maverick? King flooded the mines.

Maverick started it, and they blame him.

It don't take long for hungry men to get violent.

And when that happens, they'll go after his scalp first.

Bad news, Mike.

Listen.

Verdict today assured.

Maverick and New Hope finished.

Returning noon train tomorrow.

Bixby.

Willie!

Willie!

Now, where's that Willie?

Verdict today assured.

Maverick and new hope.

Finished. Returning noon train tomorrow, Bixby.

So help me, Willie. The next time I find you asleep, you're fired.

Now you get that message over to Mr. King's office right away.

Now, Brick will be lucky to leave this town alive.

Brick! Brick!

Don't shout, Mike. You make me nervous.

You've got reason to be nervous, boy. That mob out there is meat eaters, and

you're the meat.

You've got to get out of this town.

I tried.

They got the place surrounded.

Did they get a wire from Bixby yet? I couldn't snatch it like you wanted,

but I did fix it up a little.

King won all right.

Fix it how?

Well, now it reads like maybe King lost.

You sure he'll think that?

Oh, you'll tank it all right, but only till tomorrow till Bixby gets here.

Thought I'd give you time to pack up and get.

Mike, did anyone ever tell you you were beautiful?

Come on.

is for the money. This started out as a battle for rights, yours, mine,

everyone's. But it's gotten out of hand, and both Phineas King and I realize it.

And I'll tell you something else.

I was wrong about Phineas King. He's a fine man.

Wait,

he fights, and he fights hard, but not at the expense of defenseless employees

whose interest is always the first consideration.

a decision is always unpredictable.

You men have to work, and you're going to work, because Phineas King and the

Hope Company of Independent Miners are about to merge.

Merge?

What's he talking about? Merge. Merge.

Yes, sir.

We're going to be partners.

And that's not all.

At Mr.

King's insistence, all the reforms innovated by the New Hope Company,

the Tencent and our...

When you see us together in that window, you'll know it's official.

Mergers, raises, shorter hours, and I'm to agree to that?

Oh, if he asks me. If he dares to come up here and ask me so, help me, I'll

him. Come on!

him, Mr. King.

Now, wait a minute. I'm sorry I'm late. I didn't know it was that important.

Here. What does it say? Read it. What do you think I'm going to do with your

next poop?

Verdict today assured Maverick a new hope.

Finished. They upheld Maverick?

We're finished?

Returning noon train tomorrow.

Six feet.

Enjoying the show, Phineas?

Boy, you heard what I told him. How does it sound? Like the rattle of a diamond

bag. If you think you can blackmail me to that kind of loss... Wait a minute.

I've just given those men out there a mighty glowing description of you,

Phineas. You wouldn't want to disillusion them.

If I were to tell them you backed out now... Back out? I promised them

And I'd just as soon merge with a nest of rattlesnakes as you and your thieving

conspirators. Look, you lose more every day those mines remain closed than this

agreement would cost you in a month. It's worth it.

Worth it.

To see men out of work, families going hungry.

Your fortune is built on their discoveries. They're entitled to some

consideration. Yeah, sure.

Half of everything I own, I suppose. Nothing of what you own. All they ask

in this contract is just enough to get along.

5 % of the future profits of the combined companies.

Huh?

5 %?

Oh, and who gets the other 95 %? You?

I'm pulling out of Echo Springs tomorrow.

Thought that might be an added inducement. I wish I could believe that.

Well, what'll it be, Phineas?

Do you sign?

Or do we go out there and tell those men you refuse and wait for the decision of

the higher court?

Decision? Oh, yes, yes, of course.

What do you think we ought to do?

5 % isn't such a bad proposition after all.

I knew you'd see it that way.

Here he is. Here he is, men.

Here's our man.

Sure is sorry to see you go, Brett.

Thank you, John.

I kind of hate to leave.

I'll take that, Maverick. Thank you, Larson.

I'll be leaving, too, in a few days, Mr. Maverick.

Nothing to keep me here now.

Think you'll ever be in Boston?

Well, I might, Edie. I just might.

Here's where I'll be.

Doggone it, Maverick. Now that you're leaving, I don't want you to go.

Stay here and take care of things for me, will you?

I'll make you a big man.

Thanks, no, Phineas. The bigger I'd get, the smaller the town would get.

I'd like to leave it the size I found it.

But a lot better than your found it, Brett.

Goodbye, Fred. Good luck, Josh.

So long, everybody.

Goodbye, Fred. Goodbye,

Fred. If you see Big Mike, tell him goodbye for me. Right, right.

Good luck, Fred.

I see you got rid of Maverick.

No trumpets for the returning hero?

You're fired.

Fired? Very funny.

After I got that apex decision reversed in your favor.

Reversed? Certainly. Didn't you get my telegram? Sure, I got your telegram.

blockhead here it is. Read it.

Verdict today assured.

Maverick and New Hope finished.

That isn't the way I read it.

Well, there are a couple of misplaced punctuation marks.

Well, I'll be a son of a gun.

Remember that poker game where he raised me with the envelope?

Yeah. What do you think he had in it?

How would I know?

No, you wouldn't.

It was guts.

Nothing but guts.

And you're still fired.

Mind if I ride along with you, Letty Book? How far?

Wherever you're going.

Any particular reason?

Well, wherever it is, something's bound to be happening.

Just couldn't bear to miss it.