The Bells of Perdido | Have Gun Will Travel (01-18-59)

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Bells of Perdido" | Have Gun Will Travel (Original Airdate: 01-18-59)

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Release Date: January 26, 2026
Episode Theme:
A classic Western tale of loyalty, cowardice, and the pursuit of justice, digitally restored and reborn for today's listeners. Paladin, a gun-for-hire with a strict moral code, is tasked to retrieve Dave Enderby—alive—from the outlaw town of Perdido, and finds himself embroiled in family tensions, personal codes, and the lawlessness of the untamed frontier.

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Main Theme & Episode Purpose

This episode immerses listeners in the story of Paladin, a cultured yet deadly gun-for-hire, navigating danger to capture outlaw Dave Enderby and resolve the tangled fates of Enderby, Jesse Reed (the client), and Nancy (Reed’s daughter and Enderby’s partner). The story explores concepts of reputation, trust, loyalty, and the personal costs of violence and justice in the Old West.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Mission Begins

[01:03–08:10]

• Setup: Paladin returns to San Francisco's Carlton Hotel and is approached about Jesse Reed’s trouble in Perdido. Enderby, wanted for murder, has taken Reed’s daughter, Nancy, to the outlaw town across the Mexican border.
• Negotiation:
  • Reed, embittered and suspicious, initially refuses to pay. He doubts one man can succeed where 20 failed, ridicules Paladin’s abilities, and tests him by demanding to see his gun.
  • Paladin remains calm and asserts his authority:

    “I'll have my gun back, Mr. Reed, or I'll put a hole between your eyes. This derringer may not look as impressive, but it's just as effective at short range.” (07:08)

  • After a tense stand-off, Reed agrees to the $1,000 fee if Enderby is brought back alive—but insists he wants nothing to do with his daughter, Nancy.

2. The Lawless Town of Perdido

[08:36–12:04]

• Arrival:
  • Paladin is greeted by O’Brien, the redheaded alcalde—a blend of Irish and Mexican heritage—who sets the tone:

    “What matters is not a man's nationality, but his disposition. If he is, shall we say, simpatico, then he is welcome for as long as he can pay.” (08:55)

  • Notably, O’Brien warns about the bell:

    “If it rings when one leaves Perdido, that one is always met in the pass. Stay with us, señor, and be comfortable. And when you leave, I hope the bell does not ring for you.” (09:21)

• Tension & Danger:
  • In the cantina, Paladin faces a knife-throwing gambler—an example of the town’s peril and Paladin’s unwillingness to be rattled.
  • Paladin meets Enderby and instantly signals his intentions to take him back to the U.S. Enderby’s reaction: let him go, dismissing Paladin’s chances.

3. Complications: Love and Loyalty

[14:53–16:32]

• Confrontation with Nancy and Enderby:
  • Over coffee, Nancy reveals her allegiance to Dave, exposing the manipulations of her father. Paladin tells Nancy:

    “You've got quite a problem, Nancy. Who's the liar, your husband or your father?” (15:45)

  • Paladin provokes Dave into a fight but finds Enderby is only dangerous when he can ambush—echoing Reed’s warning that Enderby only shoots men in the back.
  • Dave attacks Paladin but is knocked out. Nancy’s bitterness:

    “I wish he’d killed you.” (16:32)

4. The Escape & Pursuit

[16:35–18:46]

• Paladin’s Plan:
  • Paladin uses Nancy to sneak out of Perdido, knowing she will leave a trail for Dave to follow.
  • Nancy eventually realizes she’s been used as bait, but Paladin is unabashed:

    “No. Let’s say I accomplished two purposes with one action. To take you back to your father where you belong. And to get Enderby to the gallows where he belongs.” (21:03)

  • Dave pursues; the classic Western chase is underway.

5. Final Confrontation & Justice

[21:15–24:41]

• Showdown:
  • Paladin anticipates Dave’s attempt to ambush from the rocks, using Nancy’s nervous glances to locate him.
  • Paladin taunts Dave into confronting him face-to-face—breaking Dave’s pattern of cowardly attacks:

    “If you had a belly for fighting, you’d have finished off that fellow in the cantina. You’d have finished me, but you couldn’t because we were face to face with you.” (16:10)

  • Dave ultimately surrenders.
  • Nancy pleads for Dave, but Paladin knows his duty.
• Resolution:
  • Back at Reed’s home, Paladin ensures he is paid. Reed tries to renege by executing Dave himself, but Paladin insists on the law:

    “I didn’t agree to become an accessory to murder.” (23:38)

  • Paladin redirects the bounty to Nancy.
  • Coldly, Reed is forced to face his daughter; their reconciliation is terse and understated:

    Reed: “How do you think I feel? The daughter ain't got no more sense than to stand out here in the sun when she's got a house to go into… Now go on, girl.” (24:23)

• Paladin Returns:
  • Safe in San Francisco, Hey Boy welcomes Paladin home, bringing his papers and a letter from a “pretty lady.”
  • Paladin’s return to domestic normalcy contrasts with his time in Perdido.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Paladin’s Principle:

  “My gun was handcrafted to my specifications. I rarely draw it unless I mean to use it.” (01:38)
  Sets the tone for Paladin’s moral code.

• On Payment and Trust:

  “I don’t ask anything more.” (07:34)
  Paladin accepts only Reed’s word—a motif of honor, even among the desperate.

• Perdido’s Lawlessness:

  “We do not fight each other.” (10:39) O’Brien, establishing the only rule in Perdido.

• Nancy’s Dilemma:

  “Who’s the liar, your husband or your father?” (15:45)
  The heart of her struggle.

• Paladin’s Taunt:

  “You’re a rotten little coward. You can only bushwhack men. Stab or shoot him in the back, are you?” (16:17)

• Revelation of Motivation:

  “He came after me, not because he loves you, but because nobody takes anything away from him.” (21:46)

• Resolution:

  “I didn’t agree to become an accessory to murder.” (23:38)
  — Paladin rebukes Reed’s intent to kill Dave, highlighting the divide between justice and revenge.

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 03:30 – Paladin agrees to Reed’s offer, despite suspicion and hostility
• 08:36 – Arrival in Perdido; meet O’Brien
• 10:39 – Knife-throwing scene establishes town’s dangers
• 11:08 – Paladin confronts Enderby; Enderby dismisses Paladin
• 14:53 – Paladin’s tense conversation with Nancy and Enderby
• 16:35 – Paladin uses Nancy’s trust to escape Perdido
• 18:05 – Escape and pursuit across the border
• 21:03 – Paladin reveals his plan to Nancy
• 22:01–22:37 – Final confrontation and Dave’s surrender
• 23:23 – Paladin claims his reward; ensures the law prevails
• 24:41 – Jesse Reed’s awkward reunion with Nancy
• 25:03 – Paladin returns home

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Tone & Style

The episode is crisp, dramatic, and infused with the worn wisdom and dry humor characteristic of Old West tales. Exchanges are laced with tension, moral ambiguity, and the clipped, formal courtesy of the genre.

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For New Listeners

This summary distills the episode’s essentials—Paladin’s calm logic and mix of force and honor, the desperate family dynamics, a lawless border town’s menace, and a chess-like pursuit of justice—all underpinned by classic Western grit. You’ll experience loyalty tested, villainy confronted, and a signature blend of suspense, wisdom, and understated warmth.

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Transcript

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[Paladin]

Are you really buying a car online.

[Nancy]

On autotrader right now?

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[Nancy]

Mommy's walk, I think.

[Paladin]

Kid is walking up the slide.

[Jesse Reed]

Really?

[Podcast Host]

Autotrader. Buy your car online. Really?

[Nancy]

Foreign.

[Narrator]

Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Ryans. And let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be have Gun Will Travel Original air date is January 18, 1959. In this episode, Paladin is hired to ride into Perdido and bring back Dave and Barry alive. Title of this episode, the Bells of Perdido. Hope you enjoy. And again, thanks for listening.

[Paladin]

My gun was handcrafted to my specifications. I rarely draw it unless I mean to use it.

[Announcer]

Have gun will travel starring Mr. John dana as paladin. San Francisco, 1875. The Carlton Hotel, Headquarters of a man called Paladin.

[Paladin]

Oh, good evening, Mr. Paladin. Evening, George. My key, please. Yes, sir, Mr. Paladin.

[Nancy]

Good evening, Mr. Paladin.

[Paladin]

Good evening,' my dear. How nice to see you.

[Nancy]

Is it?

[Paladin]

Of course.

[Nancy]

Haven't you been avoiding me lately?

[Paladin]

No, not at all. I've been out of town. Mr. Faradin. Mr. Paladin.

[Jesse Reed]

Over here.

[Paladin]

Hey boy. You'll pardon me, my dear, but wait for me in the lounge.

[Nancy]

Well, if you don't take too long, I won't.

[Paladin]

Hello, hey boy. Oh, yes, I look for you. I get you papers from all places.

[Jesse Reed]

In west, like always.

[Paladin]

Fine. Put them in my room. I'll be up later. Right now there's a young lady. Something you want to see in this journal from new Mexico. Hi, Mark. Here, you read it. Look like they need Mr. Paladin and his gun, eh? Yes, maybe so. Hey boy, get me pen and paper. Oh, yes, all right. Away. Good, good, good. You send cards say have gone. We'll travel.

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[Jesse Reed]

Oh, never mind. I could still walk to my own door.

[Paladin]

Well, my name is Paladin. I got your wire.

[Jesse Reed]

Wire? What wire?

[Paladin]

Well, your name is Jesse reed.

[Jesse Reed]

And what about her?

[Paladin]

You and 20 of your men tried to take the town of perdido below the border in mexico. Then only five of you came back. Not in very good shape. I see that you're still hobbling on one leg.

[Jesse Reed]

Well, come on in.

[Paladin]

Thank you.

[Jesse Reed]

Now, how. How do you know so much?

[Paladin]

I saw it in the san francisco papers, and I sent you a card like this one.

[Jesse Reed]

Have gun will travel wire pallet in san francisco. But I sent no wire.

[Paladin]

I have it right here.

[Jesse Reed]

Gotch. Yes, sir, Mr. Reed, do you send this man a wire?

[Announcer]

I figured maybe Mr. Paddleton could help us.

[Jesse Reed]

Mr. Reed.

[Announcer]

At least till he was able to.

[Jesse Reed]

Sit a horse again. Oh, you're a fast gun, huh?

[Paladin]

Fast enough.

[Jesse Reed]

What do you figure you can do for me, Dave?

[Paladin]

Enderby is wanted for murder, and he's holed up in an outlaw town in Mexico. And more important, he took your daughter with him. And when he went after her, he ambushed your men and shot you. I guess you'd like to see him again.

[Jesse Reed]

But if I couldn't bring him back with 20 men, how do you think you'd do it all alone?

[Paladin]

There are all kinds of tactics, Mr. Reed. Tactics.

[Jesse Reed]

You one of them ex army officers?

[Paladin]

Among other things.

[Jesse Reed]

I know your breed got to have action and money.

[Paladin]

Which brings us to my fee.

[Jesse Reed]

I didn't ask you here. I ain't paying nothing for Dave Enderby.

[Paladin]

Delivered to you breathing.

[Jesse Reed]

How much?

[Paladin]

$1,000.

[Jesse Reed]

That gun comes high.

[Paladin]

It's a good gun. Crafted to my own specifications. Ah.

[Jesse Reed]

Let me see it. Now, what do you think of that? I ask a man for his gun, and he gives it to me. Why, you overdressed tin soldier. You'd have about as much of a chance with Dave Enderby as a ribbon clerk.

[Paladin]

I'll have my gun back, Mr. Reed, or I'll put a hole between your eyes. This derringer may not look as impressive, but it's just as effective at short range.

[Jesse Reed]

Thank you.

[Paladin]

Now, what about Dave Enderby?

[Jesse Reed]

A derringer in your waistcoat. You're a cool one. All right, then. You bring me Enderby alive, and you'll get your thousand. But nothing on account. Only my word.

[Paladin]

I don't ask anything more.

[Jesse Reed]

Enderby shot his first man when he was 15 in the back. That's where he tried to shoot me. And that's where he'll shoot you if he gets the chance. It's the only way he knows to fight.

[Paladin]

I'll remember. What do I do about your daughter?

[Jesse Reed]

She went with him of her own free will. Let her stay, Mr. Reed. I said let her stay. All I want is Enderby.

[Paladin]

I'll get him.

[Jesse Reed]

You're a fool, Paladin. You might get in, but you won't get out. The whole mexican government can't get an outlaw out of Perdido. I couldn't and you won't.

[Paladin]

We'll see. Good day, Mr. Reed.

[Jesse Reed]

Welcome to Perido, senor.

[Paladin]

Senor. Quite a welcoming committee. Do they always ring bells to tell.

[Jesse Reed]

Us a stranger is in the past? It is guarded.

[Paladin]

I saw them. They didn't look very friendly.

[Jesse Reed]

Not every stranger is a friend, senor.

[Paladin]

My name is Paladin.

[Jesse Reed]

And mine is o'. Brien. I am the alcalde here.

[Paladin]

A redheaded Mexican with an Irish name.

[Jesse Reed]

Impero. What matters is not a man's nationality, but his disposition. If he is, shall we say, simpatico, then he is welcome for as long.

[Paladin]

As he can pay.

[Jesse Reed]

It is a poor business, senor, that does not make a profit. You have friends here, Senor Paladin?

[Paladin]

I'm looking for Senor Enderby. Can you tell me where to find him?

[Jesse Reed]

He is usually in the cantina.

[Paladin]

Thank you.

[Jesse Reed]

Oh, Senor Paladin. Yes? I must tell you about our bell. If it rings when one leaves perido, that one is always met in the past. Stay with us, senor, and be comfortable. And when you leave, I hope the bell does not ring for you.

[Paladin]

Good day, Senor o'.

[Announcer]

Brien. Hey, what's your.

[Paladin]

Don't shoot. The knife was not meant for you. Oh, that's a fast draw, mister.

[Jesse Reed]

But you can holster your gun. We only thrown at that circle on the wall beside you, like this.

[Paladin]

Well, amigo, I win again. Your pleasure, senor. Huh? Oh, tequila.

[Jesse Reed]

If you've been thrown at a man, amigo, you'd be dead now.

[Paladin]

I do not miss when it is a man.

[Jesse Reed]

Double the bet. Then we see. What.

[Paladin]

This time I use your knife.

[Jesse Reed]

Hand it over, amigo.

[Paladin]

I permit you to use mine. Hey, senores, there is one law in perido. We do not fight each other.

[Jesse Reed]

Well, now, I thank you for reminding me. I ain't gonna be the one to spoil the fun. Go ahead. I'm eager. Throw.

[Paladin]

Dead center. It was a good look out.

[Nancy]

You tried to cut me.

[Jesse Reed]

Just letting you know I don't mind giving something away. But nobody takes nothing from me. Nothing. Here's your knife.

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[Jesse Reed]

You'll know better next time, Enderby. How do you know my name?

[Paladin]

I had a good description of you, of how you fight. I've come looking for you.

[Jesse Reed]

For me?

[Paladin]

Seems I have to take it back across the border.

[Jesse Reed]

That so, Julio?

[Paladin]

Daddy's still against your neck, senor. So don't try anything, or you will not leave.

[Jesse Reed]

Now, I take that gun of yours, mister. You won't be needing it anyway.

[Paladin]

No, Because I can't shoot you. I don't get paid unless I bring you back breathing.

[Jesse Reed]

Who to?

[Paladin]

Jesse Reed.

[Jesse Reed]

That old vinegaroon still alive and kicking?

[Paladin]

Very much so. He wants you alive.

[Jesse Reed]

What's your name, mister?

[Paladin]

Paladin. You want me to take care of him, senor Enerby?

[Jesse Reed]

Nah, let him go, Julio. He ain't got a chance.

[Paladin]

Thank you. You know, I'd like to meet the young lady who caused all this.

[Jesse Reed]

Nancy? Sure, why not? Nancy, get a real boot out of you. Come on, Mr. Palad.

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[Paladin]

Excellent coffee, Mrs. Enderby, served on excellent china and a delightful patio. You must be very happy here.

[Jesse Reed]

Tell him, honey.

[Nancy]

I am. I see my father wasn't honest with you, Mr. Paladin. All he wanted was to set you against Dave. Did he tell you the way everybody back home talked about Dave.

[Paladin]

All those scrapes he got into. He was forced.

[Jesse Reed]

You're raking me with them spurs again.

[Nancy]

If you think you're gonna turn me against Dave.

[Jesse Reed]

He came for me. Honey, your daddy don't even want to see you again.

[Nancy]

That's true. He doesn't care if he ever sees me again.

[Paladin]

How do you know?

[Jesse Reed]

She knows. Her old man got a high thick as alligator.

[Paladin]

You managed to put some lead into that tough hide, he was.

[Jesse Reed]

Now, don't you believe that, honey. I told the boys to let your daddy be. I saw him ride away without a scratch.

[Paladin]

And your father saw Dave Bushwhite him.

[Jesse Reed]

Now, honey, don't that prove he'll say.

[Paladin]

Anything to split us? You've got quite a problem, Nancy. Who's the liar, your husband or your father?

[Nancy]

Dave's wild, but he's no murderer.

[Jesse Reed]

If I'd done half the things folks say. I've been dancing at the end of a rope long ago.

[Paladin]

There's still time.

[Nancy]

Davey's trying to make you fight.

[Jesse Reed]

Don't let him.

[Paladin]

He has to fight or come along with me. He's got my gun. But still he won't fight. He's yellow.

[Jesse Reed]

It's not true.

[Paladin]

If you had a belly for fighting, you'd have finished off that fellow in the cantina. You'd have finished me, but you couldn't because we were face to face with you.

[Jesse Reed]

Shut up, you.

[Paladin]

You're a rotten little coward. You can only bushwhack men. Stab or shoot him in the back, are you? He's only knocked out. He'll wake up soon enough.

[Nancy]

I wish he'd killed you.

[Paladin]

But he didn't.

[Nancy]

Now what are you doing?

[Paladin]

Just getting my gun back and.

[Nancy]

No, stop.

[Paladin]

I'll have to finish it.

[Nancy]

No. No, please.

[Paladin]

I haven't a chance of getting out of Perdido alive otherwise.

[Nancy]

Don't kill him.

[Podcast Host]

Don't.

[Nancy]

I'll do anything you say.

[Paladin]

Please help me get out of Perdido. Come with me through the pass.

[Nancy]

All right.

[Paladin]

No trouble, no tricks. I have your word?

[Nancy]

Yes, you have my word.

[Paladin]

All right, let's go.

[Nancy]

I'll turn back here. You're almost out of the path.

[Paladin]

A little farther. I can still see the guards.

[Nancy]

You're perfectly safe now. I got you out of Perdido, Nancy.

[Paladin]

Why don't you come back with me?

[Nancy]

You're crazy.

[Paladin]

You're wrong about your father. He wants you back. You've hurt him, but he loves you. Why not come back with me?

[Nancy]

No.

[Paladin]

You'd rather stay in Perdido with Enderby?

[Nancy]

Yes.

[Paladin]

Then I'll have to take you.

[Nancy]

Let go of the rain.

[Paladin]

Don't worry. If he really loves you, he'll come after you. He'll sounds like he's worked himself free.

[Nancy]

And you will soon be sorry you ever saw Perdido.

[Paladin]

You'll have to catch us first.

[Nancy]

Come on. Are we going to ride all night?

[Paladin]

The idea is to lose Dave, isn't it? We go on.

[Nancy]

Please, Callie, slow down.

[Paladin]

After we cross the Rio Grande.

[Nancy]

Oh, please. Can't we stop and rest?

[Paladin]

I guess we can. He'll be catching up with us about now. Between the two of us, we've left a clear enough trail.

[Nancy]

Between the two of us?

[Paladin]

You think I didn't notice you dropping things along the way? If the trail was any longer, you'd have had a problem in modesty. Come on. We'll make camp here and have breakfast.

[Nancy]

You wanted him to follow us?

[Jesse Reed]

Of course.

[Paladin]

I don't get paid without him.

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[Paladin]

Have some more bacon. No.

[Nancy]

You simply used me to bring him out of perdido.

[Paladin]

No. Let's say I accomplished two purposes with one action. To take you back to your father where you belong. And to get enderby to the gallows where he belongs.

[Nancy]

There's more of your lies about my father. Still warning me about dave shooting him.

[Paladin]

Dave tried to shoot him in the back the way he'll try to shoot me now that he's here.

[Nancy]

What do you mean?

[Paladin]

He's up there in the rocks behind me, isn't he?

[Nancy]

How did you know?

[Paladin]

I've been watching your eyes, depending on them to warn me. Now, if you.

[Nancy]

No, Dave.

[Paladin]

See how he works? If there's a way of crawling around to a man's back, he finds it.

[Nancy]

You're wrong. Besides, I don't care how he does it, just so he kills you.

[Paladin]

But that last shot might have killed you.

[Nancy]

You're crazy. He's my husband. He came after me not because he.

[Paladin]

Loves you, but because nobody takes anything away from him.

[Nancy]

He doesn't know.

[Paladin]

He thinks.

[Nancy]

Dave. Dave.

[Jesse Reed]

I didn't leave you.

[Nancy]

He forced me. Come and get him.

[Paladin]

You get down. You wasted your breath.

[Jesse Reed]

He won't come.

[Paladin]

He won't face a fair fight, even for you.

[Nancy]

You're wrong.

[Jesse Reed]

I'll prove it.

[Paladin]

All right, Enderby, Here I come. All right, enderby. You've got a good shot at me now. And so have I at you. You want to finish it? You're welcome to try.

[Jesse Reed]

No. No.

[Paladin]

I give up.

[Nancy]

Dave, are you all right?

[Paladin]

Listen, paladin, I make a deal with you. It's really her the old man wants, not me. You take her. Let me go, D. What about it, paladin? No deal. I'll take you both.

[Jesse Reed]

Punch. Punch. Yes, sir. Mr. Reed, someone just rode into the yard.

[Announcer]

You better get on outside there, Mr. Paladin.

[Jesse Reed]

And Enderby delivered breathing. No, not for long. Wait.

[Paladin]

Wait. You can't shoot me. I gotta write to a hero to read. Just a minute, Mr. Reed. $1,000 first. I like things orderly. A bank draft will do.

[Jesse Reed]

Well, I have it all written out there. There's your blood money, bounty hunter. Now get out.

[Paladin]

Thank you for sticking to the letter of our agreement. I'll do the same.

[Jesse Reed]

You did.

[Announcer]

I paid.

[Jesse Reed]

Give me my gun.

[Paladin]

I didn't agree to become an accessory to murder.

[Jesse Reed]

You're in cahoots. The two of you suckered me for a thousand. Gonna write off laughing.

[Paladin]

Not Dave. The law take care of him.

[Jesse Reed]

And you figured to pick up the reward, too? Nope.

[Paladin]

That belongs to Nancy.

[Jesse Reed]

Nancy outside.

[Paladin]

But there's no use bringing her in. You said you never wanted to see her again.

[Jesse Reed]

She had the nerve to come back here, did she? Give her what for. Nancy, you come here. All right, look up at me.

[Nancy]

Come on, dadger. You're late.

[Jesse Reed]

Oh, I'm all right.

[Nancy]

Are you sure? How do you feel?

[Jesse Reed]

Well, how do you think I feel? The daughter ain't got no more sense than to stand out here in the sun when she's got a house to go into. Now, go on. You get to your room. You get washed up. Look like you've been in a stampede. Now go on, get at your girl.

[Nancy]

All right, dad.

[Paladin]

Oh, Mr. Paladin. So happy to see you back in San francisco. All okay.

[Jesse Reed]

Hello.

[Paladin]

Hey, boy. Oh, I brought lots of papers to your room, Mr. Paladin. And pretty lady leave letter. Oh, well, it's nice to be home.

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[Podcast Host]

Sa.

[Nancy]

Sam.

[Paladin]

Foreign.

[Narrator]

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[Jesse Reed]

It.