`` for his own good , '' nat said , and for a minute she looked angry . `` why would they , when wyoming has everything ? '' `` no , no ... '' i said this word over and over if i said any word . `` ca n't make silver bullets from silver dollars . so close -- - '' `` we knew it was a long shot . steel hitting against steel has a very loud sound . if he could have smiled , he would have . 