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MUSIC filters out windows and doors. As does shouting. Two men fight in the middle of the street -- pounding drunken, angry punches into each other as a young woman laughs and drinks right from a bottle of whiskey. YOUNG WOMAN WHIP HIS FUCKING ASS!!! Claire covers Mary Abel’s ears. SPENCER What did she say? MARGARET Nothing, honey. Elsa stares out the window, fascinated. There are people everywhere -- dancing, shoving, laughing, shouting ... EXT. CARRIAGE -- FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- CONT. James clocks every danger as they pass. The carriage driver looks over at James. CARRIAGE DRIVER Staying in Fort Worth long? JAMES DILLARD Not if I can help it. CARRIAGE DRIVER INT. HOTEL CALHOUN -- NIGHT. James, Margaret, Claire, Mary Abel, Spencer, and Elsa -- in that order -- make their way up a long, dark flight of stairs. They reach the top and turn down a long hallway of hotel rooms. Second floor of the hotel is no escape from the revelry either -- laughter filters down the hallway. People push their way past the Dutton clan. James stops beside a door, unlocks it. JAMES DILLARD Claire. She walks to the door, peeks inside like a weary animal. You know ... There’s some real nice parts. You just ain’t in one of em.
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