Elise is sitting on the porch when she sees Richard on a wagon riding up. She's thinking that he is coming to take her to the stagecoach station. Elise walks into the house and looks around it as she picks up her two carpetbags and purse. She walks out of the house as he is stopping in front of the house.
Richard steps off the wagon. "Mother, I killed your husband. The old bastard tried to shoot my son. Qaletaqa is my daughter's husband I couldn't let that happen. You can hate me if you like. But I couldn't and will not let anyone take my precious Treasure's husband away from her."
His mother sits down. "I have been prepared for this to happen a long time ago. To be honest I thought that he was a dead man the day he stepped off the stage." She is looking at Richard putting her bag on th
