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McTeague, after leaving the mines, finds himself in Keeler. He meets a guy who goes with him to find gold. They do strike gold but McTeague, scared of the police, would run off into Death Valley. Eventually after a couple of days Marcus found him. He had been trailing him. All of their water was gone after the mule was shot by Marcus. McTeague would kill Marcus, but not before handcuffing their wrists together.

As their lives get worse, McTeague becomes more abusive and extorts money from Trina. He has enough one day and steals her money, as she tries and recovers, Trina deposits all of her winnings. Doing it satisfies her greed. McTeague returns and after being turned away by Trina would come back a couple days later and kill her. He returned to the mines, and from there walked through the mountains.