" On the spot, he decided he would "recondition" Milo himself, first by letting him name himself.Breck chose a book on male names from his shelf and allowed Milo, after a quick demonstration, to randomly pick a page and place his forefinger on the open page at one of the names.Buck falls from his horse, revealing that his face is hideously covered with blood.Blinded by blood (both figuratively and literally), Buck begs Pike to kill him, and Pike perfunctorily and coldly complies with his request o put him out of his misery:Pike, is that you? I can ride, Pike.After a long moment of silence during the heist inside he store (off-screen), he emerges with a wad of bills in his left hand and his gun in his right hand.[The beginning and ending scenes of the film are symmetrically patterned after each other - the young couple are also surrounded by a busload of passengers, but remain isolated and impassive.