Serena

[first lines]

Pemberton:
Hell, that dog's bigger than that. I thought you said there were panthers here.

Galloway:
I ain't seen a panther in these mountains for nine years.

Pemberton:
What about the carcass we found up in Noland? Something mauled that.

Galloway:
That weren't no panther. Chest weren't torn open. They eat the heart first.

Pemberton:
You find me an honest-to-God panther to hunt, and I'll give you a $20 gold piece.

Galloway:
If there's a panther still around here it's likely touched by the devil. They end up hunting you.

Pemberton:
Well, I want one.

Serena:
I think you've taken none months to do about six months' work. But a few changes should greatly increase profitability.

Buchanan:
What did you find, wife or a partner?

Pemberton:
Both.

Sheriff McDowell:
The logging barons always cry "jobs" and "free enterprise," but the truth is, you barely pay enough to put food on the table!

Pemberton:
Oh, we pay more than any job these men can get, and that's why there's a line fifty-deep every time there's an opening.

Sheriff McDowell:
Openings? Yes, you always have openings, don't you, Mr. Pemberton? Because your camps have killed more men than the war between the States.

Sheriff McDowell:
Got anything to add?

Galloway:
It was an accident.

Sheriff McDowell:
How do you know that?

Galloway:
He ain't a good enough shot to do it on purpose.

[last lines]

Sheriff McDowell:
[knocking] Mrs. Pemberton? Mrs. Pemberton, you need to come out and identify your next of kin.

Sheriff McDowell:
All right. Let's take him away then. Come on, boys. Get back to the car. [car doors slamming]