Matagorda (1967)
“I want my money, and I'm going to have it. I'm going to New Orleans." He gave her a wicked smile. "Suppose you don't get it? You goin' to tell Tom on me?
Or that Duvarney fella?" "No, Ev." Her eyes sparked. "I'll tell Jackson Huddy!" The taunting smile vanished. "You'll do nothin' of the kind, damn you! You'll-" "I want my money, Ev," she repeated. "I want it tomorrow. No," she said with sudden anger, "I want it tonight, and I want every last cent of it. What I've been doing is a pretty mean th...ing, but I need that money, and if I don't get it I'll go straight to Jackson Huddy and tell him. You know how he is about breaking your word; and above all, how he is about women. He'd kill you, Ev." "Like hell!" Ev's eyes slanted up the street. "I think I could beat him, anyway.
I'm faster than he is." "Want me to tell him that too? Anyway, it doesn't matter how fast you are, he would kill you. He would kill you whenever he was of a mind to and you'd never know he'd done it." Ev swore under his breath.MoreLess
Or that Duvarney fella?" "No, Ev." Her eyes sparked. "I'll tell Jackson Huddy!" The taunting smile vanished. "You'll do nothin' of the kind, damn you! You'll-" "I want my money, Ev," she repeated. "I want it tomorrow. No," she said with sudden anger, "I want it tonight, and I want every last cent of it. What I've been doing is a pretty mean th...ing, but I need that money, and if I don't get it I'll go straight to Jackson Huddy and tell him. You know how he is about breaking your word; and above all, how he is about women. He'd kill you, Ev." "Like hell!" Ev's eyes slanted up the street. "I think I could beat him, anyway.
I'm faster than he is." "Want me to tell him that too? Anyway, it doesn't matter how fast you are, he would kill you. He would kill you whenever he was of a mind to and you'd never know he'd done it." Ev swore under his breath.MoreLess
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