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Arriving at a ferryboat station with a prisoner (Michael Ferris) in tow, Paladin (Richard Boone) is waylaid by a crazed Frenchman named Devereaux (Alan Dexter), who holds Paladin at gunpoint and orders him to "wait." Soon thereafter, Devereaux takes three more people hostage, likewise telling them to wait until his employer arrives--and providing no further explanation of his actions. As the hours pass, each prisoner wonders if he or she is the one targeted for death by Devereaux's boss...while Paladin tensely awaits an opportunity (even a slim one!) to turn the tables on his captor.