- We're inside the Sheriff's office. The man from earlier is irritated that Bob claimed to have no firearms.
- Two other men are in there, loading guns. A fourth man arrives—Clyde.
- When Clyde comes in (he's only got one arm), the men ask where Little Bill is.
- "Building his damn porch," Clyde replies.
- The men continue to chat, and all signs point to an impending showdown with English Bob: a gunfight.
- The other guys are nervous, and want to know what Bill said. Clyde says Bill didn't say anything and only asked what the new arrivals look like.
- Clyde makes a few jokes about Little Bill's carpentry skills.
- One of the other guys asks if Bill is scared. The guy asking is clearly scared because Bill, and the town, has never seen guys like English Bob and his buddy—they're killers.
- Clyde's in disbelief. There's no way Bill is scared, he suggests, because he worked in Kansas and Texas, two tough places.
- The scene shift, and English Bob has just finished getting a shave. He's going on about the assassination still, or rather talking about how kings and queens—royalty—are so dignified that nobody would dare raise a pistol at them.
- "A president…why not shoot a president?" he asks, laughing.
- The point here, and on the train, and in the carriage, was to suggest that there is nothing dignified about the American head of state being merely a president (rather than a king or queen).
- His friend pays for the shave, and exists. Bill asks the barber about Strawberry Alice, who he's been told about.
- The barber tells him to go down to Greely's and ask for a game of billiards. This is the code word, apparently, for sex.
- The billiards table was used for firewood back in 1878.
- Bob exits and finds himself surrounded by gun-wielding lawmen.
- Little Bill is there too, standing a ways back, behind his gunmen. He says hello to English Bob, and introduces him to his fellow lawmen.
- The two are, apparently, old acquaintances. Bob can't believe his eyes: "S*** and fried eggs," he says.
- The two exchange a few remarks. Bob, for example, notes that Bill has shaved his beard.
- Bob also refers to a few rumors he's heard about Bill (that Bill fell off a horse and broke his neck, for example).
- He's clearly nervous. Bill asks who his friend is. "W.W. Beauchamp," his friend replies.
- He's a writer, and is actually English Bob's biographer. Bill chuckles.
- Beauchamp reaches into his bag to grab a book, the lawmen cock their guns, and Beauchamp urinates in his pants.
- Bill approaches, notes that Bob and Beauchamp can read, and then reminds them of the sign posted along the way that orders all firearms surrendered.
- Things are very, very tense.
- Bob says he's just carrying a Peacemaker, and that probably won't worry Bill too much
- Bill says it will.
- The two stare at each other, long and hard. It's not clear what's going to happen.
- Bob pulls his jacket open, a gesture that says, "take my firearm."
- One of the lawmen comes and takes it.
- Meanwhile, Skinny emerges from his place. The whole rest of the town is already out there, watching. Or so it seems.
- Bill tells one of his other associates to see what kind of books Beauchamp has. The lawman checks out Beauchamp's bags.
- There are only books in there, including one called The Duke of Death.
- Bill thinks the title is the "duck of death." Clearly he's none too educated.
- Bob says good afternoon, and starts to leave. Bill, however, says he'll also be taking his .32.
- This must be another gun that Bob has hidden somewhere. He worries that Bill will leave him "at the mercy of his enemies."
- Bill smirks as Bob opens his jacket and allows Bill to take a smaller gun away from him.
- Bill then asks Bob if he's been talking about the queen again, "on Independence Day." As he says the day, Bill's voice gets louder, and he punches Bob in the face.
- Bob falls off the porch into the street.
- Bill approaches him, and then kicks him in the face.
- Alice, and others, watch in horror.
- Bill kicks Bob multiple times, and says he's not kicking Bob, but rather talking to him, and to all the villains in Kansas, Missouri, Cheyenne, and everywhere else.
- He continues to kick Bob, and gets angrier and angrier.
- He screams to Bob, and to all the villains in the country, that there "ain't no whores' gold."
- Bill is mad that Bob, and others like him, may be coming to Big Whiskey to cash in. He takes his anger out on Bob, and beats him up to send a message.
- The town is horrified. Even Bill's own men seem less than thrilled with their boss' behavior.
- Bill finishes kicking Bob, and screams at everybody, telling them to go and mind their own business.
- Bob's face is a bloody mess.