KATE. [Doubting him.] Why did they try to arrest you?
TRAVERS. I—I don't know, Kate—some mistake.
KATE. They said the express robbery.
TRAVERS. It isn't so—
KATE. [Goes to table and leans on it with her back to TRAVERS.] Ah!
TRAVERS. Kate, [Pause.] Kate, [Pause.] you must believe me! Why should I be here [Pause.] in this little town—
KATE. Why did you shoot?
TRAVERS. I had to—they would have killed me—it is all a mistake—Kate, Kate—
KATE. What shall we do?
TRAVERS. If I had a horse—