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Two British socialites visit the Ponderosa, but the wife is disappointed that her husband, a renowned hunter, has become too peaceful. The situation turns dramatic when they are kidnapped along with Adam Cartwright.
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00:16well here we are my dear expected ben cartwright to meet us it's really rather strange isn't it
00:25hey we can't just stand out in the street like this of course not i'll get someone to bring the
00:30baggage would you bring up the baggage please
00:45buy those pies i told you to steal anywhere i'll skin you alive you hear
00:49one two three four five six seven eight i thought there were ten oh yes i knew i was right
00:56you know you're quite right about mr cartwright he really should have been here to meet us marion
01:02marion
01:05is that your name yes why do you ask it's a woman's name ain't it i'm afraid you've made a
01:12slight
01:12mistake you see there's a difference in the spelling oh there is huh yes spelled
01:19properly it's been a man's name for five hundred years in england that is well that's very nice
01:24this ain't england oh why don't we drop it old chap there's no reason for a scene we're not
01:31bothering you bothering you any idea what had happened to you if you have even tried to bother
01:36me it's really very offensive please get rid of him marion and how's he gonna do that
01:45or do you have any ideas on that subject marion you trying to hit me in the face
01:59i'll get you for this cartwright maybe velcro but this isn't your day
02:13i'm sorry that had to happen took me by surprise i had no idea well don't judge all of us
02:18out here
02:19by that one lord dunsford i'm adam cartwright adam cartwright one of ben's sons my father couldn't
02:26make it he's waiting for us at the ranch sorry i was late may i present my wife lady beatrice
02:32how do you do how do you do how do you do i can't tell you how much we've both
02:36been looking
02:37forward to this trip to america i have a carriage outside we'd better get started the boys will bring
03:00forward to this with the
03:42We are greatly indebted to you, ma'am, for a most memorable evening. We won't soon forget it.
03:47Thank you, Mr. Cartwright. And I'm sure that Marion and I will never forget your wonderful hospitality.
03:52Yes, and we're delighted we were finally able to visit you.
03:57Though I told Beatrice about that time we spent together years ago in Louisiana.
04:03Ben, remember that Cajun fellow? Trapper, wasn't he?
04:08Etienne. Had the longest trapline in the territory. Of course, it belonged to six other men.
04:14He'd come roaring into town twice a year, tear the place apart.
04:18Is that where you first met, Pa?
04:19Yes, my first trip to America.
04:21I always like to hear Pa get wound up. He don't do it often.
04:26Most men love to reminisce. I suppose it's part of being a man.
04:30Or a woman.
04:33I'm sorry to break this up.
04:35Pa and I have some cows we have to bring down early in the morning.
04:38Yes, you do.
04:39If you'll excuse us.
04:40Why, of course.
04:43I hope your stay will be a long one.
04:45Thank you, little Joe.
04:46I agree with little Joe, ma'am. It ain't often we get an opportunity to have a filly like you
04:50visit us.
04:51Filly?
04:52That's horse's greatest compliment.
04:55Night, ma'am.
04:56Good night.
04:56Good night.
04:58I get to see the New York papers now and again, Dunsford.
05:01I was reading about your last African hunt. I wish I could have been on it with you.
05:05I'd be interested in seeing some of your guns. I hope you brought them along.
05:08As a matter of fact, I did. But I don't intend to do any hunting.
05:12Well, we don't have any tigers or elephants out this way, but I think we could wrestle up some game
05:16worthy of our guests.
05:17Don't you think so, Adam?
05:18Well, we might find a pretty good mountain lion or two.
05:20Mountain lion?
05:22I wonder, are they as interesting as tiger?
05:25I really don't intend to do any hunting on this trip.
05:28Oh, why not, Marion? These American lion might prove to be very exciting.
05:33And after all, you are supposed to be the finest shot in all England.
05:40Well, you men are going to reminisce about your hunting exploits.
05:45I'm going to get a breath of air.
05:47Will you join me, Adam?
05:49If you like.
05:57Well, then, you really shouldn't look down on our American cougar.
06:00They're awfully good hunting.
06:02Well, I don't know very much about your American lion.
06:04Or cougar, as you call them.
06:06Oh, dangerous.
06:07Mighty dangerous if they're wounded and cornered.
06:10Another brandy?
06:11Oh, yes, thanks.
06:15The stars are bright tonight.
06:19Are they so different from what you're accustomed to seeing in England?
06:22No.
06:23I suppose I just imagine they're a little brighter.
06:28Why?
06:29I think in a strange place everything seems kind of new.
06:35My husband and I have traveled all over the world.
06:38We've seen many strange places and many strange people.
06:40And nothing is ever new or entirely different.
06:44Oh, no.
06:45I can't go along with that man.
06:46Ma'am, don't call me that.
06:48Makes me feel old.
06:50Call me Beatrice.
06:52All right.
06:52I'll admit I like that much better.
06:54But I can't agree with your premise that nothing changes.
06:58Can't you?
06:59My husband never does.
07:02Well, perhaps he shouldn't.
07:03From what my father says, he's very fond of him.
07:07Your father isn't married to my husband.
07:10I am.
07:12Look what happened this morning.
07:14My husband is always the perfect gentleman.
07:17He allows even a ruffian like that to take advantage of him.
07:20Oh, you mean that little set-to with Belcher.
07:24Well, we don't know what might have happened.
07:26I just jumped in before the dust settled, that's all.
07:30I know my husband.
07:32But it's a strange town.
07:34Your husband wasn't even carrying a gun.
07:37He wouldn't have used it.
07:39How do you know?
07:42Oh, don't let's talk about it.
07:44It's much, much too beautiful a night.
07:48You know, I think I'm going to like America more than I thought I would.
07:54Thank you for being so kind to me this morning.
08:08Adam, I've just about convinced Lord Dunsford that he'll do some shooting while he's our guest.
08:25Nice chap, Ben Cartwright.
08:28How do you like him?
08:30Yes, he's rather nice.
08:32Quite charming, in fact.
08:35Quite a place.
08:36Spread, I think they call it, out here.
08:39Well, it's large enough.
08:43Fine family.
08:44Fine boys.
08:47We're really rather back where we were, aren't we, Marion?
08:51Did you have to start that business about the hunting and what a good shot I am?
08:57Well, you are, aren't you?
08:58We're guests here.
09:00And Ben's an old friend.
09:02I hope I don't have to remind you to behave properly.
09:05I always behave properly.
09:07Exactly properly.
09:08Then how do you describe the way you threw yourself at young Cartwright out there?
09:12If I did throw myself at him, as you say I did,
09:15why didn't you do something about it?
09:29Belgian maid, isn't it?
09:30That's right.
09:31Had it made specially for big cats.
09:33Tigers and such.
09:34Well, if we have luck, some of these mountain lines around here can run pretty big.
09:37How many beaters do you think we'll need?
09:39Beaters?
09:40Oh, this is in Africa.
09:41We don't use them.
09:42Just you and me and a camp wrangler.
09:44It's not a matter of how many men we take along, but how few.
09:48I don't understand.
09:49Well, if we're to get within seeing distance of a cougar,
09:51we'll have to travel quiet, light and fast.
09:53Once you get the knack of it, I think you'll enjoy it.
09:55Yes, I'm sure I will.
09:56Far as the eye can see, even farther.
09:58It's beautiful.
10:01Oh, I hope we're not interrupting you.
10:02It's a pleasure.
10:03How are you doing, my dear?
10:04Oh, the guns came through in excellent shape.
10:07You sure have some beautiful weapons here.
10:08I think I mentioned to you before that my modest husband is considered one of the finest hunters of his
10:13time.
10:14You flatter me, my dear.
10:16Hardly, when all England says as much.
10:18We got in a little target practice this morning.
10:20Oh?
10:21Is he as good a shot as I said he is?
10:23Sure is.
10:23I'm glad I wasn't betting against him.
10:26Have you decided where you're going hunting?
10:28Well, some of the boys found some fresh signs up near Papoose Peak.
10:30I think we'll try up there.
10:31Papoose Peak?
10:33That's rather a quaint name.
10:34Where is it?
10:36Two days north of here.
10:37We'll camp one night on the way up.
10:39When do you plan to leave?
10:40Tomorrow morning, as soon as it's light enough.
10:47Got everything?
10:49Yep.
10:50Adam, I can't see myself calling him Lord, Lord Dunsford.
10:55Clean sacrilegious, I clean.
10:57Well, that's not the way it's meant.
10:59Call him anything you like.
11:01Well, seems to me if just plain Mr. Cartwright's good enough for your pa,
11:05then plain Mr. Dunsford ought to be good enough for him.
11:07I got a better idea.
11:09Don't call him anything.
11:10Just say, hey, you.
11:12Well, now, Adam, that don't sound polite, seeing as he's a guest and all that.
11:18I'll do some more thinking on it.
11:20I'll see if his lordship is ready.
11:35Ah, good morning.
11:36Good morning, Adam.
11:36You're up early.
11:37I feel positively uncivilized getting up at this house.
11:40It's practically the middle of the day for us.
11:43That's quite a nice outfit you're wearing.
11:45We don't usually see anything like that on the Ponderosa.
11:48Quite the court here, aren't you?
11:49Well, you're quite a lady, Lady Dunsford.
11:52Lady Dunsford.
11:53I thought I told you my name was Beatrice.
11:56Yes, so you did.
12:05Why, only three horses, then?
12:07Well, there are only three of us going.
12:09Your husband, Whitey, and myself.
12:11But I'm coming with you.
12:12This is no trip for a woman.
12:15But why not?
12:16I always accompany my husband on the hunt.
12:18Besides, I've been in much more dangerous and much more wilder places than this.
12:22You can ask him.
12:23I will.
12:25Marion, I've just been telling Adam that I'd planned to come on the hunt with you.
12:29Is that the way you figured it, Dunsford?
12:32Well, I hadn't given it much thought one way or another.
12:36I'd planned it that way.
12:38If you've made up your mind, my dear, she's used to this sort of thing.
12:43Well, she's your wife.
12:50Saddle up another horse, Whitey.
13:23Saddle up another horse, Whitey.
13:23Would you sell me a mite?
13:26Ain't got none to sell.
13:27I can let you have a little to tide you over till you get in town.
13:31Well, that's real neighborly.
13:33I appreciate it.
13:53Get out of here.
13:54Let's get out of here.
13:55Let's get out of here.
13:59Hey, since you killed him, you might as well see what the old fool's got inside.
14:03Don't hold out anything on me.
14:11Hey, man, let me have that.
14:26Let me have that.
14:28Let me have that.
14:57In the morning, Whitey and I will start looking for signs.
15:00You tired?
15:02I admit I am.
15:04Oh, I know I was warned.
15:06Which is Papoose Peak?
15:08That one over there.
15:11Rather ghostly, isn't it?
15:14I think I'll give Whitey a hand.
15:19Toss me one of those cones, will you?
15:28Ever shot an elephant, Adam?
15:30No.
15:31Or a lion.
15:33An African lion.
15:34Or a crocodile.
15:36No, there are too many at this neck of the woods.
15:38But you have faced a grizzly or a cougar.
15:41Sure I have.
15:41Why do you ask?
15:43Just wondering.
15:44Wondering?
15:45About what?
15:47How you'd be against an elephant.
15:50How did Marion do?
15:52Very well.
15:56He always does very well.
16:03He's got these sprays, Captain.
16:04Looks like old Adam's got his scooter in.
16:16He's old man Kavanaugh's grandson.
16:18What's wrong with him, Paul?
16:20I don't know.
16:21Looks worn out.
16:22Let's get some water.
16:32You all right, boy?
16:34Can you hear me?
16:36Grandpa's dead.
16:38Injuns.
16:39Oh.
16:40Ain't no Indians on a warpath around here.
16:43Not regular ones.
16:45You mean Belcher and his renegades?
16:47Yeah.
16:48Adam saw Belcher picking up supplies in Virginia City the day before yesterday.
16:52Paul, if he went up there, he went up there.
16:53He went up by Kavanaugh's.
16:54That means he swung up north.
16:56There's a half a dozen isolated settlers up there, Paul.
16:59Adam and Dunsford and his wife, too.
17:02You don't think you'd try to tackle him, do you?
17:04If he's in a killing mood, there's no telling what that renegade might try.
17:09Of course, you and little Joe, you'd better ride up there in the area and see how everything is, just
17:12to make sure.
17:12I'll take care of the boy.
17:12Yes, sir.
17:14Yeah, I'll take care of the boy.
17:15All right.
17:47I spotted a big one top of the bluff.
17:49Wanna try and tree him?
17:51No, I'd like our guest to get a running shot at him.
17:54How are you gonna do that?
17:55Well, I'll get behind him.
17:56As soon as he spots me, he'll run.
17:59From the lay of the land, ten to one, he'll run right straight towards you.
18:02You found him, Adam.
18:03I think you'd like a shot at him.
18:06Now, he's all yours.
18:10He shouldn't be any trouble, Marion.
18:12He's only a big cat.
18:14Yes, ma'am, but he may be plenty big.
18:16Wait till you see him up close.
18:19Look, lady, you better get yourself back here.
18:23Now, you look here, Lord.
18:27That cat's gonna be running blind scared.
18:30You get him before he runs over you.
18:32Cause them there cats, they don't give you two chances.
18:49You gotta be right there.
18:57Now there's a big cat.
18:57Stop.
18:58You're good.
18:58You got the right one.
18:59No, you're good.
19:00You're a little boy.
19:01No, you're super...
19:02You got the right one.
19:03You're a little girl.
19:04You're a little girl.
19:06Don't be a little girl to run around here.
19:11Why?
19:22fire
19:26go on fire
19:35fire
19:36fire
19:37fire
19:38fire
19:38fire
19:38fire
19:39fire
19:39fire
19:39fire
19:40fire
19:42fire
19:44fire
19:54sorry you didn't get a shot at him
19:56you'll never get a better chance
20:03I suppose you're wondering what happened
20:05oh let's forget about it Marion
20:08why sometimes talking about a thing uh helps i really should explain somehow i just can't
20:16force myself to pull the trigger to to fire then when the beast gets close my lord insists upon
20:25trying always trying well every man's entitled to a mistake but it's happened before in africa and
20:32india it's happened before now do you understand i think we better get some sleep i'd like to talk
20:46with you adam if you don't mind what i'm going to say is going to be difficult for a man
20:50like
20:50yourself to understand look dunce but i've seen other men freeze on the trigger even when facing
20:54a deer but i'm not talking about other men i'm talking about me i'm talking about what happened
21:00today well look why don't we just say it was a bad day don't you realize that it's much more
21:07than
21:07that adam do you believe it's just a matter of courage dunce but why go into it comes a day
21:17in
21:17every man's life when he has to evaluate that word makes no difference whether he be soldier or
21:22sportsman are you saying it's a matter of degree no it isn't reckless courage is the privilege of
21:28youth as a man grows older he stops to ask himself which is more important himself or the tiger
21:34why do you go on unfortunately adam i'm in love with my wife and she's still in love with the
21:42image
21:42of the man that she married that man passed out of existence five years ago
22:15why don't you go on if we look at it's not your cousin's life heights so largoUNDラ
22:39Adam.
22:41Adam.
22:42Adam.
22:43Adam.
22:43What?
22:45Marion, why do you sleep?
22:47I was going to sleep.
22:48cold. I'll poke up the fire. Don't do that. Wake the others. Oh, this is better. You should
23:00be over there with your husband. I watched you dispatch that cougar. It was beautiful
23:05what you did. You call that kind of killing beautiful? You talk too much for a man of
23:11action. You're, um, wasting your time, Lady Dunsford. Am I? Do you rather I waste it with
23:19my husband? Your husband's a friend of my father's. That means he's my friend too. You
23:28are an honorable man. There are worse things to be. You're trying very hard to hurt your
23:36husband, to get even with him. Why? Can you blame me? Yes, in more ways than one.
23:41You insisted on coming along on this hunt. You knew what was going to happen. If you
23:47had any feeling for the man, you'd have stayed behind. You're trying to force him to break,
23:51to make him disgrace himself. Now, why? He's a coward. He's shot through and through with
23:56fear. And you, you, uh, don't know the meaning of fear? I refuse to accept that I'm married
24:01to a coward. Is it that? Or is it just the need to keep the image alive of what he
24:07once
24:07was? Or what you thought he was? You're quite a backwards philosopher, aren't you, Adam?
24:16Nothing.
24:30Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
24:37It's the first time I was worried about that he was because of things that I didn'tife.
24:38All wrong? It's
24:41not a bad moment. You've been to the truth about everything I was human. Oh,
24:43no, Agent, can't. You see? Oh, no, Agent, who was dead easily.
25:05Well, if it ain't my old friend, Marion.
25:10So, we meet again.
25:46how's your shoulder thanks for the bandage all right up ahead keep riding keep separating
26:11hungry eat time you brought me some food
26:21don't like i want my food properly cooked and i want some salt on it
26:29rather an unusual fellow isn't he
26:33he's a renegade leaving scavengers or steal anything that isn't tied down
26:40don't suppose we have much chance against them belcher and these indians are his or always just
26:44one step short of the noose and a couple of more killings isn't going to make any difference
26:47if we could only get our hands on some guns what guns belcher's got mine he's got yours too
26:55kind of cashed over in that cave doesn't even trust these indians of his
26:59pretty confident of himself isn't he why shouldn't he be what's he got to worry about
27:07hey you with the red hair are you addressing me ain't nobody else around here fits that description
27:15you know how to cook not very well i'm afraid well now don't let that worry you because you're
27:21going to get a chance to improve right now
27:26being as how you're a civilized woman and i got me an educated taste
27:31get over here and you cook something for me
27:35come on now get moving
27:38come on now get up
28:02Here we go.
28:33Here we go.
28:41Here we go.
29:23Here we go.
29:26Let's look around and see what we can find.
29:30Hey, Joe, come here.
29:34It's Indian ponies I make it.
29:36Adam left his ponies picketed over here, you see?
29:38Looks like they rode out in this direction.
29:41Yeah, they took Adam's horses with them, all right.
29:44From the looks of those tracks, all the horses were ridden.
29:46Yeah, maybe.
29:47Maybe Adam and the Dunsworth are still alive after all, huh?
29:51Yeah, they were when they left here.
29:54Let's bury Whitey and go after him.
29:56Yeah, we'll do that, Mom.
30:24Yeah, we'll do that, Mom.
30:26that animal
30:28the way he's had you working all day
30:30as though you were his slave
30:32kill
30:34he has his own idea about how he should treat women
30:38perhaps you could try
30:38keeping out of his way
30:39don't do anything to attract his attention
30:43you think I don't have
30:44his attention already
30:52mind if I join the party?
30:57what are you planning on doing with us?
30:59well now I
31:00I could kill you all and be rid of you
31:03but I figured I found
31:05me a little gold mine
31:07the only thing I ain't too sure yet about the best way
31:09to mine it
31:10forget it
31:11my father and my brothers are probably on the trail right now
31:14they catch up with you Belcher
31:15they'll blast you sky high
31:16but if they ever get too close to me
31:19you might find that you're just a piece of crow meat
31:22and I mean all of you
31:23well now I don't know about us
31:25but I know how you're gonna end up
31:26high in a vulture on a sunny day
31:32only my better nature
31:34keeps me from letting him kill you
31:35you would hit a man with a bad arm
31:37wouldn't you?
31:38you're a filthy pig
31:40ah
31:41and now we hear from the grand lady
31:46listen
31:46pig or no pig
31:48this is my camp
31:49and while you're here
31:51you'll do as I tell you
31:52or I just might kill you
31:53I'm not afraid of you Belcher
31:55you're not, huh?
31:57well now
31:58there's a nice little polecat
32:00you know if there's anything I like
32:01it's a woman with spunk
32:02take your hands off me
32:04why sure
32:06there's no harm done is there?
32:08you and me gonna get along fine
32:11will we?
32:12yeah
32:14we understand each other
32:17we know the difference
32:18between having guts
32:19and
32:20not having guts
32:23tell me
32:25how'd you happen to marry
32:26something like him?
32:28hmm?
32:31anyway the reason I came over
32:33was to invite you
32:34a little tea party I'm holding
32:36Beatrice you're not going with him
32:38how would you decline his invitation?
32:45sit down
32:47woman
32:50you call
32:51give me the jerk
33:06yeah have a drink
33:08I don't think I should like it
33:09I didn't ask you to like it
33:11I just said drink it
33:26don't worry you'll get to like it
33:28tell me something
33:29you
33:30you got another name
33:31haven't you?
33:32hmm?
33:33Beatrice
33:35Beatrice
33:37I'm not so sure that I like it
33:39see
33:39I once know a girl in St. Louis
33:41by that name
33:43well I can't say that she could
33:45hold a candle to you
33:48you've had your eye on
33:50you've had your eye on old
33:50Solomon for a long time
33:51now haven't you?
33:56you and me
33:57gotta be great pals
33:58you know that
33:58let's have another drink
34:05isn't there any way to reason
34:06with a man like that?
34:08well you heard what he said
34:09about finding himself
34:10a gold mine
34:11all he has to do now
34:12is figure out a way
34:13to make it pay off
34:15then you think it's money
34:16he's after
34:18that's one of the things
34:19that's on his mind
34:21well how much do you think
34:22Belcher would want?
34:25well it depends upon
34:25how much he thinks
34:26your wife is worth
34:54what do you think
35:00Stop it! Stop it, you thieving Indians!
35:48I guess I'll talk to him now.
35:51Do you think this is a good time?
35:54Belch is a typical bully boy.
35:57He's probably feeling pretty good since he's shown who's boss.
36:09What's this, a social visit?
36:11Hardly.
36:13This gold mine, you figured a way to work it yet?
36:17You got a way?
36:18Maybe I have.
36:20My friend Dunsford here is willing to give you $10,000
36:23if you will let him and his wife go free.
36:27Well, he doesn't have it in his genes. I already searched him.
36:30Oh, you'll get the money. I'll guarantee it.
36:32How can you possibly guarantee it?
36:34Turn him loose. Let him go back to the Ponderosa.
36:37My father will send the money and I'll remain here as your hostage.
36:40Adam Cartwright, the man with all the answers.
36:43Adam, you never said anything about a hostage.
36:46You figuring to use me as coyote bait?
36:49I'm not hankering to have Ben Cartwright in this boy's track after me.
36:53I'll have to think about this.
36:55Well, now, you can't very well turn it down.
36:58Well, I don't say that because I can do just that.
37:02I can kill you and marry in there.
37:06Anytime I feel like it.
37:08Forget the whole business.
37:11What about my wife?
37:17Talking about this poor little kid in here.
37:20Now, old Solomon might just consider taking her on as a squaw.
37:25Treat her pretty good, too.
37:27You don't really think you can get away with it.
37:29Why not?
37:30What's the difference?
37:32Me and the Indians steal a horse, it's my horse.
37:35Steal a gun, it's my gun.
37:37Well, if I steal a woman, she's my woman.
37:40I've done it before.
37:42Well, that's a very realistic way of looking at this.
37:44Realistic nothing is a way of a thief.
37:47What business is it of yours, Mr. Cartwright?
37:50But it is my business.
37:52You're my wife.
37:53And you'll stay my wife as long as I'm alive.
37:57You want to prove that, Mr. Husband?
37:59About being alive?
38:02You want to fight me for this knife?
38:07Whoever gets that knife uses it.
38:09He gets to keep the woman.
38:31Well, it just seems to disappear here.
38:33Yeah.
38:35They backtracked and brushed them out.
38:37That's what they've done.
38:37We must be near Belcher's camp for them to do that.
38:40Yeah.
38:41I think we'd better leave the horses here.
38:51Oh, it's you.
38:52You startled me.
38:56You, uh, enjoy a little party last night?
39:00Yes, thank you.
39:01Very much.
39:02Your husband and I felt sort of left out.
39:04Oh, I was sorry Mr. Belcher wasn't in the mood for more guests.
39:08Well, now, I think being a guest of Mr. Belcher is something I can do without.
39:13Look, it's easy to criticize a man who is so completely different to yourself.
39:17Belcher's no glamorous, romantic highwayman.
39:19I didn't say he was.
39:20I know he's crude and he's rude.
39:23But he did make you a fair offer last night and I didn't notice either you or Marion rushing to
39:27take it up.
39:28The knife is still where he left it, by the cave.
39:30That fascinates you, doesn't it?
39:33What do you want me to do?
39:35I'm worried about your husband.
39:37He may try to fight Belcher.
39:39Marion?
39:41There's little danger of that.
39:43Well, there is unless you tell him not to.
39:46He doesn't love me.
39:47That isn't true.
39:48He loves you very much.
39:50Then why doesn't he fight for me?
39:52Well, you'd like to see him dead, is that it?
39:54He doesn't stand a chance against Belcher.
39:57That's a chance he wouldn't take.
40:00Fear.
40:01It's always fear.
40:04He had his chance against the cougar.
40:07Why did he have to freeze like that?
40:10He'd have killed it without any effort at all.
40:12How do you know how much effort it takes for him to kill?
40:16I don't know.
40:17I just want him to do it.
40:19Then Belcher's the kind of man you deserve.
40:23Well, whatever else he'd do.
40:25He wouldn't walk away from a fight.
40:28All right.
40:29Suppose Marion were to fight and got killed.
40:31How would you feel then?
40:33How do you think I feel now?
40:36I don't hate Marion, but...
40:39Well, he's just not the man I married.
40:41I want him to be a man for his own sake.
40:43As well as for mine.
41:03Mr. Belcher sure knows how to cover up his tracks.
41:06Yeah, he learned it from them Indians he runs with.
41:09Joe, you remember that time me and you and Paul were up here hunting and found that cave?
41:13Yeah, it was...
41:15It was over that next ridge in the canyon.
41:16Yeah.
41:17You don't reckon Belcher could be holed up in there, do you?
41:21Yeah, it's worth a look.
41:25Well, why are you sitting there like that, doing nothing?
41:28Go on, gather some wood.
41:30Well, come on, you heard me.
41:31Come on.
41:41I expect you to be looking me up this morning.
41:44About that knife.
41:46Well, maybe you didn't think it was a fair offer.
41:50What about my offer to you?
41:52Oh, you mean that money?
41:54No, what amount was that?
41:55Ten thousand dollars.
41:57Is that all she's worth to you, huh?
41:59Fine-looking woman like that.
42:03That's more money than you've ever seen in your life.
42:05Yes, that's true, but...
42:08Well, I think she's worth a little more than that.
42:10Are you trying to bargain with me, Belcher?
42:13Why wouldn't bargain with a fine-loving Miss Gentleman?
42:17That's good.
42:18Then shall we call it an agreement?
42:21No, not just yet.
42:23Well, you see, it's not that I don't take the word of a fine-loving Miss Gentleman,
42:27but you understand the business deal of man has to protect himself.
42:31Well, now, if I left Adam Cartwright here as a hostage,
42:35well, that'd be no protection for me.
42:37All that'd do is bring the Ponderosa Riders down on my neck.
42:41Well, that's your problem, old man.
42:43Well, no, I think it's yours, too.
42:45How is it mine?
42:47Well, now, instead of leaving Adam here as a hostage,
42:51I'll send him home to keep your wife.
42:54You must know I'd never leave my wife here with you.
42:58Well, I understand.
42:59You know, because, well, speaking personal,
43:02I find it hard to live without a woman.
43:04Well, so now that I have Beatrice,
43:06well, that makes two I can use them both.
43:09So I figured since I'm getting your woman,
43:12well, I'd just give you one of mine.
43:14That old squaw, Tomah.
43:17Now, that's fair, ain't it?
43:19You don't really expect me to answer that, do you?
43:22Sure.
43:24Look, if you don't take her,
43:25I'm just gonna have to take her out back of that rock
43:27and bash her brains in.
43:29Why all the sentimentality?
43:31Huh?
43:33Oh.
43:34Well, you know, Tomah, she's a little jealous,
43:36and if I move that new white squaw in tonight,
43:38you could get touchy.
43:41I'm giving you a reasonable deal now.
43:43Been fed everybody.
43:45Well, you think about it.
43:51Adam,
43:53what...
43:54what shall I do about Beatrice?
43:57What do you want to do?
44:00Do you think I should fight Belcher?
44:02I don't think I have a chance in a hand-to-hand fight.
44:04He's bigger, heavier,
44:06been raised on brawls and barroom fights.
44:08What do you suggest?
44:15I might try him.
44:19And it's up to me, isn't it?
44:24Well,
44:26man can only do what he can.
44:29What he can.
44:33I suppose that's the whole point, isn't it?
44:35What do you mean?
44:37I don't know if you'd understand.
44:40It's not death or dying that I'm afraid of.
44:44Well, what is it?
44:46If I could only be sure
44:47that at the last moment
44:49I wouldn't freeze or...
44:50or run.
45:01Just made a bargain with your husband.
45:03What kind of a bargain?
45:05I traded you for Tomar.
45:07You're going to stay here with me.
45:09He's going to go safely home with Mother Squaw.
45:14Sounds good, doesn't it?
45:20I like my women to fight a little.
45:22But only a little.
45:24When you're my woman,
45:25you learn one thing.
45:27You do what I tell you,
45:29or I'll kill you.
45:30Don't you stop it.
45:34Well, Mariam,
45:37I didn't know you had it in you.
45:46Let go!
45:47Let go!
45:48Let go!
45:50All right!
45:56No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
46:47If I told you, you'd cross me, I'd cut your throat.
47:07The entrance, keep down!
47:12All right, hold him.
47:14Drop it!
47:23You all right, Adam?
47:24We are now.
47:26See you took care of Belcher.
47:27We figured you would.
47:28I had a little help.
47:30We made quite a team, didn't we, Marion?
47:33We really did.
47:35We certainly did, Adam.
47:53I'm saying set up this soup.
47:55I offered to deliver it.
47:56You needn't whisper.
47:57Marion's much better this morning.
47:58He's going to be all right.
47:59I'm very pleased to hear that.
48:01Thank you, Adam.
48:02I'll take the soup.
48:03Come on in.
48:04He'll be glad to see you.
48:05Marion, you have a visitor.
48:07Adam!
48:08I'm doing some hunting.
48:09I could rustle up something.
48:11You know, Adam, I think I've had my fill of hunting.
48:14We both have.
48:17Besides, now I know that the man is more important than the tiger.
48:21When did you learn that?
48:23That night at the camp.
48:25When you felt that knife at your throat.
48:27And you, too, really knew the meaning of fear.
48:29Yes.
48:33And a peaceful man, a truly peaceful man, is willing to die for what he loves.
48:42You know something, Lady Dunsford.
48:45And don't you ever forget it.
48:54You know something, Lady Dunsford.
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