While Butch occupies the simple Pink, Adler starts collecting money from the tills. Ferguson can be heard from the other side of the counter, talking to the hostages, explaining just what'll happen if they don't hold still.

Buchel grunts and grumbles, but Kate's called his hand. His fearsome Pinkerton, hired especial to guard the railroad's assets, is offering no leverage. Either he can hold out, hope the pretty preacher's wife don't mean what she says, or he can do the smart thing. Whatever he may think of Kate's intentions, or the good-natured Jim Lowe, Ferguson is raising enough of a stink to keep tensions high.