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Pablo, how about some lunch?

Seor Mike, she's beautiful!

Shut up.

You haven't got anything but beans?

I wring the neck of two chickens...

and I make them broiled. Ah, she's beautiful, ai, ai.

Bring it on.

And along this wall we have some of the old family portraits.

That is great-great grandfather Bradley in an odd moment.

Very aristocratic nose.

And over here is...

Mr. Smith's and Gertrude's by a distant marriage.

Lovely hair.

Yes, she just washed it. Can't do a thing with it.

Oh, food!

Oh, Mike, can I? Can I now?

Oh, sure. We lost all of our forks last year.

Here. Snap at the raddish.

Excellent raddish. Gathered by Pablo's own lily-white hands.

Excellent milk.

Hmmm. Thank you.

I gather the milk by the hand too.

What?

I say I swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Hey, hey...

We know, we know. Outside, pronto.

My apologies. As I said before, we're not used to fare visitors.

It's a situation I've been trying to correct.

But old colonel Bradley here, he's a man's man with his horses, dogs and his pipes.

And sure hopes that major Smith will continue to entertain his lady friends in town.

Your plantation needs women folk.

Not like the last one he brought out here.

She had such pretty gold teeth.

Uppers and lowers.

Anyhow, here's luck to Johnny Smith.

And Mike Bradley.

And that's in the wine of the country.

That's pretty.

Oh, go on. I bet you'd like to do it yourself.

In fact I think I will.

Good.

I wish I could wear a belt all the time.

What for?

It's so good when you loosen it.

Quite a guy on a nag, isn't he?

He certainly is.

What else is the matter with him, between you and me?

Absolutely nothing that I know of.

It's what I thought. Then why don't you give him a break?

Well, Johnny...

OK, I get it. Not enough high voltage where it's gotta be, huh?

OK, you were great with me from the start and you're still great.

That little guinea pig is gonna grow up into a vicious unpleasant animal that'll bite me.

But he's a cute little devil.

I gotta see that little fella.

You're doing it at your own risk.

Come help with those mares. They're wilder than pheasants.

That's where I get tattooed with a pair of iron semicyrcles.

Dinah, meet Chilibeans

Hello Chili. All full of beans and pepper.

Pretty hot, huh?

You betcha.

What a cold, wet nose you have.

Tell her she shouldn't smell so sweet, Chili.

Aw, Mike, you don't sell pretty things like these, do you?

Not this one. It's grandmother once won the sweepstakes for me and saved the mortgage.

He's got a lot of horses to show his heels to.

You see. We're pretty harmless out here, just like a day nursery.

And you were going to try and run away.

Why?

I'll head him off.

Dinah.

That's why I lied and ran away.

It's nothing to run away from, is it?

Just there you and I rushed high above the earth.

I don't know where, but we were all alone together. Up there in the sun.

We're going to settle down up there.

This is Mike Bradley.

Now I know that's all I ever wanted you to say.

You didn't act that way.

I didn't dare to even think of it.

Why not?

Mike, there is another man.

He's married. Has been all along.

I understand.

No, you don't.

You see, he's never asked anything of me.

Even after his wife refused him a divorce in front of me.

I tried to tell him it didn't make any difference.

But he thought only of me and not of himself.

You know, Dinah, he must be pretty regular for you to...

Mike...

I've never really known anything until you put your arms around me.

I thought I loved him.

He's gentle, honest, dear.

And I owe him everything.

This trip...

I even owe him you.

Well, you're going to write him and...

No.

I'm gonna go back and tell him.

There's no reason for that.

It wouldn't be fair if I didn't.

And I promised him I would come back.

I know I can make him understand if I see him.

It would only double his hurt if I didn't.

We couldn't be happy any other way, could we, Mike?

No.

Alright. Hurry back.

Lionel Thompson of The Tribune, Mr. Field, how about a statement about...

Sorry boys, you'll have to excuse me today.

Just one word, Mr Field...

Dionne, darling.

Hello, Richard.

Oh, not in front of all these people.

I don't care. Come here and let me take a look at you.

It's almost worthwhile letting you get away just for this moment.

But getting off this way? What about the customs?

Oh, Emil will handle all that.

Oh, hello Amy. Here's as a courtesy to the porter.

Amy stay aboard and look after the luggage, will you?

So you've come back.

Have a good time?

Yes, Richard.

Nice people aboard the boat?

Yes.

A little tired, aren't you?

No.

Perhaps a little excited about getting back?

I've so many things to tell you I quite don't know where to begin.

Well, Miss Lovering, glad to see you back, mam.

Thank you, Henry.

Do you happen to have flowers like those in Buenos Aires?

Dear Richard.

Do you want to look in the other room?

Something in there too.

No, not yet.

Darling...

Hm?

Come here a minute.

What, dear?

I want to tell you something.

Give me your hand. I want to be sure I'm not dreaming. Go on.

Do you remember when you set me off in that boat?

You said...

Please let me finish.

I know what you're going to say and it doesn't matter.

I'm not going to listen any longer.

I was going to let you discover this for yourself, but if you insist on talking.

Oh, dear, you mustn't.

Not another word until you've looked.

Looked?

In there. Go ahead.

What's this?

A welcome home present.

A wedding ring?

Read the morning paper. See what you think.

Richard. I can't believe it...

It's true, dear.

Louise and I had it out again shortly after you left.

I won't have quite as much as I hoped to spend on lovely things for you.

But thank heavens she finally listened to reason.

What's the matter, dear? Can't you believe it yet?

It's just the surprise, I guess.

I know.

When you left I didn't dream it could be done either.

Then it's all settled?

It'll be final in three weeks.

The only thing that held it up was the question of the children,

Really... your boys.

What about them?

She won't let me see them.

She knew the way to punish me.

My dear.

It doesn't matter.

Nothing matters but you.

You've given up your family, your home and your children.

You must love me very much.

Your being here showed me that I love you more than I ever knew.

Couldn't do a thing downtown. Just wondered about you.

What you were doing. Waiting for you to come back.

Here you are in my arms again.

You know, I used to come up here often.

It helped bring you closer to me.

Richard...

Hm?

Am I really that much of your world?

You're all of my world, dear.

If I should ever I lose you I...

I don't want to think about that.

No.

We won't think about that ever again.

What's so funny?

Dinah...

You know. if I didn't know that you were brought up in honkytonk I'd have you broken on the wheel.

Get those scary boots out of there.

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