Right after the showdown & the Aboriginis scaring off the Army of the Queen, do you think Quigley spent the night at Marston's place, he had to treat his wounds, and he obviously bathed and changed clothes. Do you also think he snooped around the place to see what he could take for himself, he didn't mind taking their pistols.
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Wow, you can watch film like this and get that out of it? The only reason he "took" the pistols was because he might still need them, it wasn't over yet.
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To put it bluntly, you're damn right he stayed. He wasn't getting far with a hole in his leg anyway. He had to sew that wound up. He probably drank some of Marston's scotch and took any cash that he could find. Marston clearly didn't need it anymore. That's what I would do. Take a little something for the trouble. After all, Marston did beat him up and shoot him in the leg.
shareI'm pretty sure he would have set up a wagon and escorted the two girls back to town. He was definately a gentleman.
shareI would suspect that the two aborigine girls had no interest in going back to town where the only future they could probably expect was to be used for men's pleasure. They were walking into the outback to rejoin their own people.
shareDidn't the aboriginal women take off into the desert with the butler?
And you bet he stayed at the ranch, I'm sure Quiqley smoke a cigar, ate a nice meal, and brushed that beautiful moustache all through the night.
There were two white women who made the trip to Marston's Station in the wagon with Cora at the beginning of the film.
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The screenwriters would never play it that way, preferring to make Quigley as pure a saint as possible.
In real life, almost anyone would have ransacked the place, busted open a safe, or whatever, and made the long trip from the States pay off -- nit just the pittance Marston gave him (which I believe he gave to the gunsmith).
Considering the beatings, dragging, the hole in his leg and multiple attempts to kill him, any normal person would have made sure he was properly reimbursed for it.
Depending on the amount found, one might also speculate that he'd have reimbursed the gunsmith for his dead wife and burned-out home, or the aborigines for the slaughter they endured.
Doubtful that he could find enough documents to change title to the ranch over to the aborigines, though perhaps destroying the land grants (or whatever Marston had) might give the abos some breathing room, at least.