I O tAKE     a lot else you could do. I never sao tell    t in t rig     girl. It turned out seen years old. I dont believe t o do e it t s t. imes but s blame old me w    .

        It didnt make no sense. I drove up t t noto be done.    died too. I tried to see if I could get s off tabase but t dreed to kno    there.

        You    t o just e and go tain to    . Or maybe not. Its easy to fool yourself. tell    yourself    to    and you t t sure anymore    is I do    to ell yourself t maybe t you kno aint. You    wis.

        My daddy alold me to just do t you ko set a mans mind at ease like    o decide and up and say you    do and say youre sorry a on . Dont uff around    sounds pretty simple today. Even to me. All to t it.

        say a lot so I tend to remember     of patience o say to listen t time. I    migrayed from all of t some as a younger man but     road I pretty muc to quit it again and I didnt. I trut ty muc to be. It o be simple enougo    uand. Otd be too late. By time you figured it out it oo late.

        COOD At tionists desk dressed in suit and tie.    t    and looked around the office.

        ? she said.

        old her.

        Is ing you?

        No. . But o be glad to see me.

        Just a minute.

        S    in, she said.

        tood up and looked at     name, he said.

        t on a sofa in t table    and    it. ts yours, he said.

        is it?

        Its some mo belongs to you.

        t looking at t up and    over to tton. hold my calls, he said.

        urned and put udied Chigurh. how did you find me? he said.

        difference does it make?

        It makes a differeo me.

        You dont o worry. Nobody else is ing.

        how do you know?

        Because Im in c. I to address t    to spend a lot of time trying to put your mind at ease. I t    s talk about money.

        All right.

        Some of it is missing. About a    of t olen and part    of it    to cover my expenses. Ive been at some pains to recover your property so Id    prefer not to be addressed as some sort of bearer of bad    case. Im sorry I couldnt recover it all, but there you are.

        t moved. After a whe hell are you?

        My name is Anton Chigurh.

        I kno.

        then why did you ask?

        do you . I guess ts my question.

        ell. Id say t t is simply to establis in a difficult field. As someone ely . Somet.

        Someone I migh.

        Yes.

        Youre serious.

        pletely.

        C in ery of    e of    put    relaxed. ill standing in tical attitude but    look t way anymore.

        t a bomb in t damn bag is there?

        No. No bombs.

        Craps and unlatcipped the case forward.

        Yes, t t away.

        Cood up from    th his foreknuckle.

        I t you o sider, C t    place. eo and ened when you did.

        Yes. e t talk here.

        I uand. In any case I dont expect you to absorb all of t oting. Ill call    you in time.

        All right.

        Co of    business on your o, he said.

        C to talk about,    be any more problems.

        o the old people?

        to ot everyone is suited to t of outsized profits leads people to exaggerate ties. Io t trol of events    is alance upon uain ground t ientions of    ones enemies. Or disces it.

        And you?    about your enemies?

        I    permit sug.

        o a painting on    t inal?

        t ting. No, s not. But I o in    a vault.

        Excellent, said Chigurh.

        tood beside er. ters    in front of ing in     and patted it. S maybe    talked s someone cwice she even looked around.

        It o tc ttle on and sat    at tcable. S felt like g. Now so    her folded arms. Oh Mama, she said.

        upstairs and turned on t in ting at    ttle desk ing for her.

        Sood in tc at all. Sood t. Finally s done    h.

        Smart girl.

        I aint got it.

        Got w?

        I o set down.

        d put    on t up again and    to her.

        too late, Chigurh said.

        I know.

        is it t you    got?

        I t Im talkin about.

        how much do you have.

        I dont . I    seven told and I    tell you its    been long gone and ty left to pay yet. I buried my motoday. I aint    paid for t her.

        I     it.

        S table.

        Its not there, he said.

        S slumped foro    me,    she said.

        I kno I gave my word.

        Your word?

        Yes. ere at this case your husband.

        t dont make no sense.

        Im afraid it does.

        I dont    got it.

        I know.

        You give your o my o kill me?

        Yes.

        hes dead. My husband is dead.

        Yes. But Im not.

        You dont oo dead people.

        Cly. No? he said.

        how    you?

        ?

        theyre dead.

        Yes. But my    dead. Not.

        You    c.

        I dont t find it useful to model er God.

        Very useful, in fact.

        Youre just a blasphemer.

        be undone. I tand t. Your    ressed to learn, unity to remove you from    to do so.    option and his answer was no.

        Ot be here now.

        You aim to kill me.

        Im sorry.

        S t dourned and looked out trees in t of ting again in t kno.

        g.

        Simes Ive said t again.

        Youve suffered a loss of faith.

        Ive suffered a loss of everted to kill me?

        Yes. Is t youd like to say?

        to who?

        Im the only one here.

        I dont o say to you.

        Youll be all rigry not to    it.

        ?

        I see your look,    doesnt make any difference    of person I am, you    knohink Im a bad person.

        I knoin tly ore for me. Even if I couldnt of said it.

        Cs a o uand, ruggle .

        t. thing.

        do they say.

        t o do this.

        You dont.

        Its not any ?

        No.

        So w?

        I aint never said it before.

        Any of you.

        t me, s nobody else.

        Yes. Of course.

        S turned ah her head down, her shoulders    shaking. Oh Mama, she said.

        None of t.

        She shook her head, sobbing.

        You didnt do anyt was bad luck.

        She nodded.

        c,    I    do.

        raig o    and dre a feook one and    up. ur. For o see tice of it.    bet spinning in t it and slapped it do, he said.

        S    . ? She said.

        Call it.

        I    do it.

        Yes you .

        God     me to do t.

        Of course ry to save yourself. Call it. t ce.

        heads, she said.

        ed ails.

        Im sorry.

        S answer.

        Maybe its for t.

        S like it    youre the one.

        It could her way.

        t     you.

        Per look at it my    he    did.

        S sobbing softly. S answer.

        For t a oination t alo see. But    there.

        Evert urned out different, s t part of    my life I could of guessed. Not t none of it.

        I know.

        You    of let me off noway.

        I ter. Every moment in your life is a turning and every one a    co ting is    scrupulous. ty to    move a    to your bidding.    cly. And the beginning.

        S sobbing. She shook her head.

        Yet even told you    it not too    muco ask t you o lift your    before    the darkness. Do you see?

        Oh God, she said. Oh God.

        Im sorry.

        S ime. You dont o, s. You dont.

        I make myself vulnerable and t I ever do.

        I o live. It doesnt allooss pero small purpose. Most people dont believe t there    be such a person.

        You    see    must be for to prevail over t ence of. Do you uand? o your life    your life     turned out differently. t t    mean? t some ot I sed say the world. Do you see?

        Yes, sruly do.

        Good, s good. t her.

        t    Cerse ten year    old Buick t op-sign. t te and ttempt to brake. Cbelt driving in ty because    of just suco truck t carried to antly    and broke     of taggered to t in t ig up u good. A    woman in a    screaming.

        Blood kept running into ried to tur and    tried to see    ery .    yet.

        teenage boys anding t him.

        Are you all riger?

        Yea. Let me just sit e.

        t to call one.

        All right.

        You sure youre all right.

        C t ake for t s? he said.

        t eac s?

        Any damn s. how much?

        raig    and got out o    around my his arm.

        One of to unbutton . er.    you say so? Ill    give you my s.

        Cook t and bit into it and ripped it i into a sling and put .

        tie this for me, he said.

        t eacher.

        Just tie it.

        t-s stepped for and k arm dont    look good, he said.

        C of t t and took t to    and    out.

        er. I dont mind . ts a lot of money.

        take it. take it and you dont know w I looked like. You hear?

        took the bill. Yessir, he said.

        tc off up t of t ly. Part of ts miher boy said.

        You still got your damn s.

        t aint    was for.

        t may be, but Im still out a s.

        t into treet eaming. treetlamps ifreeze ing in tter. ruck t-s stopped t I see? he said.

        S, ther one said.

        tol lying in truck. tance. Get it, t one said. Go on.

        hy me?

        I aint got a s to cover it h. Go on. hurry.

        eps to tapped loosely at took off    and pressed sleeve against     ba again.

        e in, a voice called.

        epped into the cool darkness. Ellis?

        Im back here. e on back.

        o tg beside table in his chair.

        tale ove and over it    all lay a faint tang of urine. Like ts but it    just cats. Bell stood in took    off. t om,     knoas.

        ?

        Youre lookin at it. You by yourself?

        Yessir.

        Set do some coffee?

        Bell looked at tter on ttles of medie. Breadcrumbs.

        Quartere it.

        I ter from your wife.

        You    call ta.

        I know I . Did you know ses me?

        I guess I kneime or two.

        Its more time or tty regular. tells me the family news.

        I didnt knohere was any.

        You might be surprised.

        So    tter then.

        S told me you tin, ts all. Set down.

        t co see if . o rolling te from a sack of tobacco at ed tur around and lit it er o t    smoking, te pencilwise in his fingers.

        Are you all right? Bell said.

        Im all right.

        ly sidec to    say you look older, he said.

        I am older.

        t a d     on table.

        Let me ask you somethin, he said.

        All right.

        s ygest regret in life.

        t ion. I dont kno all t    mas. I could imagis of t you migo imes, but in t    as    just never did get    t.

        I know w you mean.

        I know you do.

        t youre askin me is    t.

        Yessir.

        And it aint t aint tton eye.

        Yessir. I kno.

        You sign on for t at least some notion of . But if its just t it turned out to be a little roug    you s somethin else.

        Bell nodded.

        I guess some tter not put to test.

        I guess ts right.

        take to run Loretta off?

        I dont kno ty bad. It damn sure     be just cause t a little rougime or two.

        Ellis nodded. ipped to a jar-lid on table. Ill take your    , he said.

        Bell smiled.    coffee?

        I ts all rig    over.

        Bell smiled again and rose and carried t to ter and plugged it in.

        t at table drinking coffee out of t     tc ge, I re.

        be? the old man said.

        know.

        I doher.

        s you got?

        Several. Depends on . Some of em are    are    just outla truck.

        Did you ruck?

        ?

        I said did you… Youre tle fun h me.

        give you t idea?

        Did you?

        No. I seen ts skedaddle.

        You    some more of this?

        Im done.

        t s you died in prison.

        In Angola. Yes.

        would you of done if hed been released?

        I dont kno be no point to it. t no point to it. Not to    any of it.

        Im kindly surprised to .

        You , Ed tom. All time you spend tryin to get back ook from    you t ter a ry a a tour on it.

        Yrandad never asked me to sign on as deputy    my own self.

        o do. Paid about t oo old for t one. But I seen    of it. You    be patriotid still believe t some t more t tar mot t t for it. You aloo much.

        Particularly for promises. t no sug as a bargain promise. Youll see.

        Maybe you done have.

        Bell didnt answer.

        I al    God    of e into my life in some     blame    me t    he does.

        You dont know w hinks.

        Yes I do.

        Bell. I    remember oime you e to see me after you all o Denton. You eo do.

        All right.

        You    ask me nohough, would you?

        Maybe not.

        You .

        he rank black coffee.

        You ever t harold? Bell said.

        harold?

        Yes.

        Not muine. Pretty sure ts    rig made you t harold?

        I ters to s all. I just    him.

        as tters from him?

        No.

        You t your family. try to make se of all t. I kno did to my    mot over it. I dont kno makes eit gospel song? ell uand it all by and by? t takes a lot of fait    year old.

        You tell me. Because I damn sure dont know.

        I    to go somewheres?

        I dont need nobody o just set rigom.

        It aint no trouble.

        I kno.

        All right.

        Bell cubbed out te in tried to t ried not to. You aint turned infidel have you Uncle Ellis?

        No. No. Not.

        Do you ts happenin?

        I expect he does.

        You top it?

        No. I dont.

        t quietly at table. After a    of old pictures and family stuff.    to do about t. ell. t noto do    about it I dont re. Is there?

        No. I dont re there is.

        I told o send Uncle Macs old co peso badge ao the Rangers.

        I believe t a museum. But I didnt knoo tell    stuff here.

        In t rolltop desk is full of papers. ilted to ttom of it.

        s all bull. I dont k.    down on y.

        ts w I always heard.

        t of em e to tin tin t.     ba t gun but t    and tried to stop tried to    get    tryin to get gun again. t    set t. I dont know whin scared em, I re.

        One of em said someturned a out. t        on t noto be done.

        S left    I dont kno        c t.    t lung. And t . As they say.

        hen did he die?

        Eigy-nine.

        No, I mean    rig or w.

        I believe it    nig     packed tc of    t ime ba ties.     fell doake you to it today. to    be standin and it may be yet. t of land proved up on. Eigeions if I remember. S pay taxes on it, little as t sell it.

        Did you remember her?

        No. I seen a pograp four. Stin in a rocker on    tandin alongside of    I dont.

        Ser years seacry    o    to at. In a    seems    peculiar. t t. You t    this one family.

        I dont kno    kno to ask .

        So I go back to t.    feel like try    a lot to ans. You    say t try is just try, it dont actively do    not t dont mean muc ruck gun    oime.    of t it done sometry     and still people love it. You uand w Im sayin?

        I t?

        I guess you could say I do. But Id be t oo tell you Im as ignorant as a box of    rocks so you sure dont    to go by nothin Id say.

        Bell smiled.    up and    to turly to    w are you doin? he said.

        I t Id just washese here dishes.

        om. Lupell be he mornin.

        It    take but a minute.

        ter from tap er. her.

        I t you used to elevisio in here.

        I used to    of things.

        you say somet you one.

        I dont need one.

        Keep you pany some.

        It didnt quit on me. I t out.

        You dont never ews?

        No. Do you?

        Not much.

        to drain and stood looking out t ttle    wo railer on blocks.

        You used to have chis, he said.

        Yep, the old man said.

        Bell dried o table and sat.    o t well nobody?

        about t. Id say I    anybody    is    it youve found out about me?

        Im serious.

        All right.

        I mean somethin bad.

        how bad.

        I dont knouck h you.

        Like someto jail for?

        ell, it could be somet I re. It    o be.

        Id o t t.

        No you .

        s got into you? I aint goin to invite you out here no more.

        You didnt invite me time.

        ell. ts true.

        Bell sat able and ogetc fixin to make some terrible fession,    not    to    .

        Do you    to ?

        Yeah. Go ahead.

        All right.

        It aint of a sexual nature is it?

        No.

        ts all rigell it anyways.

        Its about bein a war hero.

        All rig be you?

        Yead be me.

        Go ahead.

        Im tryin to. tually    me t endation.

        Go ahead.

        e ion monitorin radio signals and one    never did quit    rainin. Rained like all get-out. Someor ook    off and en. ell, ened. And     is it? And hin.

        I said    talkin about, not did you    en. And . t a sound nowheres.

        No field-piece or not    t    tside in t kno part of t one end andin was all.

        A mortars blo all to         inside    my    t    up and o    of it and I seen one of our men buried in    timbers and I tried to move some stuff to see if I couldo    felt numb. And    and     of a patc t knoly i out from under some    timbers. t t    fed out of a metal box and I figured if I    let em run up a little more on me I could operate on em out t call in anotoo close. I scratc t t, it and tripod, and I dug around some more and e up    and I got set up beion of y and .

        It ell    of t but I    kneied out about t of belt and I kept c    ter itd been quiet tes one of ts jumped up and    tried to make a run for t I . I kept t of em pinned    do knoo do e dark. And ts ar for. t put me in for it er and old        it. And    set t me and directly in on    you to tell me your reasons for in to refuse a military endation. So I told him.

        And    tion. I guess to make it look good. Look like it ted for sometion.    it and if you tell it around old me it    bae and    o wis clear?

        And I said yessir. Said t    as clear as you could make it. So t .

        So noo tell me w you done.

        Yessir.

        got dark.

        got dark. Yessir.

        did you do?

        I cut and run.

        t about t. After a o assume t it seemed    like a pretty good idea at time.

        Yea did.

        here?

        ther round.

        Yeah.

        Bell sat t    sure    is youre askin me.

        I aiher.

        You left your buddies behind.

        Yeah.

        You didnt have no choice.

        I ayed.

        You couldnt of helped em.

        Probably not. I t about takin t .30 caliber off about a    or so and    in till tever. Lettin em e on up. I could of    killed a fe kno te night.

        Pretty su. It    rainin. t field s and t talks. Fall of tc get dark and I         could of all been dead by t I didnt kno. And quick as it got dark I    got up and I left out of t even     .30    caliber    in some and I could eve     rainin but I    to terin. I could    make out t as near as I could make it and I just kept    goin. I passed a    t nobody around. It tle-zo    try. People    left out. e dayligc         treetrunks     . And sometime t    nigo an Ameri position and t ty muc. I t after so many years it    kno. t t maybe I could make up for it and I re ts o do.

        t. After a    see it bein all t    bad. Maybe you ougo ease up on yourself some.

        Maybe. But you go into battle its a blood oato look after t    ko.    you o make up    your mind t youll live    you dont kno of t your o you didnt    plan on. If I o die over t Id give my o do ts     any    but ts t is. I s and I didnt. And some part of me     knoeal your o kno it    t anyt steal. I t     I kill    mi never has been.

        t for a long time.    slig ter    a whis is goin, he said.

        Yessir.

        do you think he would of done?

        I know w he would of done.

        Yeaoo.

        till ayed a whe ice.

        Do you t makes ter man than you?

        Yessir. I do.

        I migell you some t    y good.

        ell sir, I doubt t you could. it. Besides    you    would.

        I aint. But t say t    times. y    years later    of    viehings.

        You mig nobody in t.

        Yea ts true.    Bell.    did you tell me for?

        I t o unload my wagon.

        You ed long enoug doin it.

        Yessir. Maybe I o    myself. Im not time they say I am.

        I wisime.

        Or maybe t a practice run.

        Maybe.

        You aim to tell her?

        Yessir, I guess I do.

        ell.

        do you think shell say?

        ell, I expeig of it a little better t you think.

        Yessir, Bell said. I surely hope so.
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