First violence within the shack: yelling, sounds of crashing, falling, objects thrown, trembling of the shack, shrieking of a woman.
Then violence outside the shack: Pepple and the fat man hit and wrestle across the dusty field, the fat man scratching Pepple’s clenched hands (within which: the signet ring), and Pepple biting the fat man’s fat hands with blackened teeth.
The fat man yells and releases Pepple.
A blunt weapon is found by the fat man. (An unearthed post.) This escalates the violence. The fat man flails the weapon madly. Pepple's hand clutches the ring. An advance is made on the part of the fat man, a retreat on the part of Pepple.
The Cartographer watches from dueling ground.
A blunt weapon is found by Pepple. (Uninterred femur, originally the Audiologist’s.) This escalates the violence.
Enter the Cartwright.
More violence between the fat man and Pepple. Pepple flags. The fat man swings. And Pepple falls.
A blunt weapon is found by the Cartographer. (Dueling pistol, gripped by the barrel.)
The fat man removes the ring from Pepple’s hand. Then rests, sits on the grass of the north field, next to Pepple's unconscious body. The fat man's chest heaves. Arrival of Cartographer, who stands behind fat man. The fat man turns.
The Cartographer swings. And the fat man falls.
The Cartographer removes the ring from fat man’s hand.
What just happened? asks the Cartwright, the Cartographer returning with pistol tucked in his belt, examining the craftsmanship of the signet ring.
The Cartographer explains. He was owed by the diocese.
They raise their guns. Their guns go off.
