the posse comes riding in. jackson, garvey, harolday, and a few others dismount and go toward the door.
at front door. miss martin opens the door, confronting jackson and the group. she is bewildered.
arly and juan, as they watch harolday approach the house and go to the hall window.
harolday at hall window. he raises his gun -- he is about to fire when a knife whirls out of nowhere and sticks in the window frame, inches from harolday's head. he spins around and stares wildly here and there at the darkness.
on harolday as he rushes madly across the clearing toward the bushes where his horse waits.