Starrett takes Joey""s rifle, points it at Shane, and asks the stranger to leave: "It looks like your friends here are a little late - what are the Ryker boys up to this time?" Shane respectfully requests that Joe first put down his gun, and that he would prefer to leave by his own volition: "Would you mind putting down that gun? Then I""ll leave.I""d have to find some way of earning a living, to begin with.I suddenly realized how much I""d grown to depend on her.All hese expensive tastes I""d acquired while I was at the top.Now, big tennis had finished with me and so, apparently, had my wife.I can""t ever remember beingso scared.I dropped into a pub and had a couple of drinks.As I sat in the corner, I thought of all sorts of things.I thought of three different ways of killing him.I even thought of killing her.That seemed a far more sensible idea.And just as I was working out how I could do it, I suddenly saw something which completely changed my mind.He excitedly called everyone back to unlock he secret door - Thorin pushed against the rock and a doorway opened.Earnest do-gooder George Bailey (James Stewart) recognizes his life as wonderful and ruly rich, even in its humdrum and bleak nature, only after suffering many hardships, mishaps and fateful trials (including compromised dreams of youth to leave the town and seek fame and fortune, other sacrifices, dismay, losses and the threat of financial ruin, and suicide).