All language subtitles for S5E39 - The Dowry

There's your carriage,
Mr. Hardie.

Old Moses knows
where to take you.

Thank you.

All right, boys.
Let's get them aboard.

Come on, mate. Get them aboard.

Let's get out of here.

I'm Mr. Hardie from Wells Fargo.

Good morning, Monsieur
Hardie. Morning, Mr. La Tour.

It was nice of you
to come so promptly.

It would enable you to catch
the River Queen and avoid delay.

I'm afraid I had very little
choice in the matter,

I was ordered to come.

Is this the box you want me
to take to Baton Rouge?

Yes. Here is an itemized list
of the contents of the box,

checked by your agent
in Leesburg before ensuring it.

Two hundred thousand dollars?

Securities and family jewels,

and the deed to this property,

the last of my worldly wealth.

Do you wish to recheck the box?

Yes, I'm gonna to have to.

I'll take it by the bank
and have it checked on the way...

On the way at the boat.

It's rather an unusual
procedure, Mr. La Tour.

The value of this box

should not
awe you Monsieur Hardie,

I know your reputation,

that is why I ask
for you specifically.

Why didn't you go through the
regular Wells Fargo channels,

they're perfectly capable of
taking care of a shipment like this?

Quite true, monsieur.

With one very
important exception,

the personal equation,

which is the reason
why you are here.

I'm afraid you're gonna
have to explain that

a little bit further.

This box contains a dowry.

My granddaughter's,

she is going with the box.

Now, one moment, sir.

I agreed to take the box
to Baton Rouge

but I can't play nursemaid to your
granddaughter or anyone else's.

Please.
Do not be hasty, monsieur.

It will not be necessary for you
to play nursemaid, as you call it.

The young lady in question

is perfectly able
to look after herself.

Well then, why?

Why do you want
to harness me with her?

The matter of self-defense.

These riverboats are crowded
with gamblers,

cutthroats, soldiers of fortune.

I wish to protect her
from such men.

Now, if it is
a question of money...

Money has got nothing
to do with it, sir.

Quite right, monsieur.

It is a question
of a young gallant

performing services
which I alone would perform,

were I not a helpless cripple.

Now, I'm sorry, Mr. La Tour,

it's going to be quite
impossible for me

to guard that box and...

Michelle?

Yes, grand-papa.

Michelle, come down.

I wish to introduce you
to Monsieur Hardie,

the gentleman who will escort you
to Baton Rouge. Monsieur Hardie,

my granddaughter,
Michelle Bovarde.

I'm pleased to meet you,
Monsieur Hardie.

I'm pleased too.

I mean, I'm pleased to meet you.

BERTRAM: Michelle,
what are you smiling at?

At you, grand-papa.

You wanted to protect me
from handsome men,

so you hired the handsomest
man of all to protect me.

Oh, you see my problem,
monsieur?

The young lady is completed
devoid of tact or guile.

She will fall a victim
to the overtures

of the first scoundrel
who approaches her.

I can certainly see
why she would need a protector.

Then will you not accept
the responsibility?

Well, he's the strong
silent type,

he must weigh every decision
carefully, oui monsieur?

I'm afraid that's the trouble.

I'm not nearly
as strong or silent

as I might appear to be.

Now, I feel that I'm getting
into much more trouble

than I've bargained for.

However, it's a deal.

I'll escort your granddaughter
to Baton Rouge.

Be firm, like you say,
a nursemaid, hmm?

And if she does
not behave, spank.

I'll remember that.

Goodbye, my child.

I have a feeling

this will be my last goodbye

to my little Michelle.

Don't say that. When the
church bells are ringing,

you'll be at my side,
you'll see.

We're gonna have to leave now
if we wanna make the boat.

Bye, grand-papa.

If you don't get well,
I'll come here to see you.

Goodbye, my darling child.

Monsieur Hardie, remember, if
there is a decision between the box

and my granddaughter,
she comes first.

I'll remember that, sir.

There are some papers
in my desk upstairs,

marked wills, bring them
to me please.

Hello, father.

I told you not to come back.

Now, is that any way
for a father to greet his son?

You were never
my flesh and blood.

Now, you are no longer
my son even in name.

I picked you out of the gutter

and that's where
I'm sending you back.

Get out.

I'm in trouble, I need money.

No, Roel, you have bled me
for the last time.

Now, I can truthfully say I
haven't one cent to call my own.

This house, everything I own,

I have given to Michelle
so it will not fall

into your worthless hands.

You're lying.

ROEL: Now, tell me
I can have the money.

Do you hear me?

If I don't get that money,
I'll go to prison.

Now, for the last time,

do I get that money or don't I?

I believe in quitting
while you're ahead.

There are still two couples in
there I haven't stepped on yet.

Oh, nonsense,
you danced beautifully.

Hey, you better look out,

we'll go back in there
and start all over again

and then where would you be?

In your arms, where else?

And would you mind that?

No.

No, I can't say I would.

There you go again.

I have never met a man

who put so much thought
into everything he does.

Don't you ever do
anything from the heart?

So?

Well, I'm afraid we're around
doing that all the time,

I'd be put in jail.

Even when we were dancing
you hardly said a word,

you were so serious.

Well, I suppose I got
to concentrate on it.

I don't know whether
you know what it's like

having a left foot that doesn't
have any idea in the world

what the right foot is going.

The only time my feet are ever
looking the same direction

at the same time
is when I'm riding horse.

You feel at home
in a horse, oui?

No, oui... oui?

Listen to that,
now you got me doing it.

I can teach you many more
French words if you let me.

Well, I bet you could do, huh?

What are we talking
about? Horses.

You were.

JIM: You know,
I started riding horses

when I was so little,
I couldn't even walk.

Do you like horses?
Hmm, I love them.

Before the war took
everything away,

Grand-papa La Tour
had many fine horses.

I could take a hunter over a
three-bar jump when I was four.

You don't say? Uh-hmm.

And when I was five,
I was riding

my own show horses
in the exhibition.

And when I was eight,
I had my own stallion

and string of broodmares.

Oh.

Why are you looking
at me like that?

Because I never met
a woman before

who made horse sense
much less could talk

so much about it.

What bloodlines
your grand-papa have?

Irish Hunters direct descendants

from Bar Le Turku,
Gandhari Arabian.

Oh, the hunter stock is fine.

But out in our part of the
country, we need a horse

that's built a little lower
to the ground,

that's got a little more heart,
a little more rugged.

Rugged? Have you ever
seen a steeplechase?

Have you ever seen a horse
take eighty-five jumps

over a four-mile course
and come home

with blood streaming
from his cuts and falls,

and his heart bursting,
have you?

No.

Then you don't know
what animal courage is.

You must buy a hunter.

Yeah. Well, if you say so.

And the way you say it,

I just can't believe
this is from somebody

so cute and pretty.

Do you think so, Jim?

JIM: Yes.

In fact, you're much too pretty,
much too cute.

And we're standing out here
in the moonlight

saying a lot of things
to a complete stranger

that you got no bid to say.

Do you realize this is what
your grandfather hired me

to protect you from?

You're not a stranger, Jim.
I've known you all my life.

You're little Jimmy Hardie,
the boy next door,

went away to make his fortune.

And now he's comeback
to lay at my feet.

And claim me as his bride.

I've never heard a man say,
"I love you, Michelle."

Let me hear you say it, Jim.

That wouldn't be too difficult.

Well, they say that every man,

every woman at the right time,

the right place,
the right moment.

Don't let the moment be lost.

Are you sure you want
to hear it?

Knowing that
it's probably the music

and the moonlight.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

By then I may be in love
with another man.

We're coming into a river town,

would you like to go
have a look around?

Oh, I just want to stay here
like this forever.

No food, no sleep?

We'll need some.

Just don't let the moon go down.

Hey, mate. Where's Joe?

Where's the captain? Up here.

You like to have some
coffee before we go

to sleep? I'd love it.

I'll get a shawl,
I'll meet you in the lounge.

I'll just be a minute.

This is Police Officer Willets
from Leesburg.

Howdy? He wants
to search the boat.

For what reason, Constable?

Oh, we're looking for
a fellow headed this way.

A fellow named Roel La Tour.

I checked the passengers list

and no one aboard
with that name.

He could be hiding.

Hmm.

Stay in the channel
and check your soundings.

You men come with me.

If you don't give me the box,

you'll get what
your grandfather got.

You didn't harm him?

Oh, why, no. Of course, not.

I'm merely holding him
as hostage.

He'd be released as soon
as I get the box.

I give you my word. Your word.

Give me that box.

I haven't got it. Where is it?

Monsieur Hardie,
gave it to the person

for safekeeping. Then get it.

I'm not sure I can.

Use any excuse, only get it.

Oh, and Michelle, no tricks.

If anything should happen to me,

my friends will take care
of your grandfather.

The coffee, it looks like
muddy water of the Mississippi,

too thick to drink,
too thin to plow.

Jim. Yes?

I must ask a favor,
please don't refuse.

How can I refuse
till I know what it is?

I must have
the dowry box tonight.

Now.

That's impossible.

Your grandfather told me
not to let it out of my hands.

It isn't as if I'm going
to keep it, Jim.

I'll merely want to get
something from it.

Why tonight? Why now?

Why? Why? Why? Am I a child
that I have to be questioned?

Sit down and stop
acting like a child.

Or is that the way you always
get the things you want?

I'm sorry.

Do I get the box or don't I?

After all, I can't take it
off the boat, can I?

No.

No, I suppose you can't.

You sit here.
I'll get it and be back.

Keep an eye out on deck.

We'll look around below.

Aye, sir.

Now, open it, take out what
you want, sign a receipt for it,

and I'll get it
back to the purser.

Where's the key?

I left it with the purser, too,
in an envelope.

Then I'll get it from him.

Oh, Jim,
seen any newcomers around

since we left Oak Bluff?

No, I haven't. Oh.

This is Constable Willets
from Leesburg.

Pleased to meet you. What sort
of a newcomer you're looking for?

Heavy-set, dark, young fellow
named La Tour.

Figures he slipped
aboard at Oaks Bluff.

La Tour? What's he done?

Murder. He killed his stepfather

back in Leesburg.

La Tour's dead?

We got no passenger
by that name,

so if he's aboard he's hiding.

Yes, he is,
and I think I know where.

No, please.

She's been knifed.

Let's get her on the bed.

Is there a doctor on board?

No, but we're tying up
at Rogertown for tonight,

there's a doctor there.

Who's the girl, Jim?

Her name is Michelle Bovarde,

she's the granddaughter
of La Tour.

Yeah, the old man
was stabbed too.

A sure sign that Roel La Tour,
the stepson, did this.

But why?

This girl is carrying
a dowry box

with $200,000 in it.

And I don't see
that box here now either.

JAKE: Captain Billy.
Yes, what is it Jake?

There's a man just jumped off the
stern, swimming towards the west bank.

He looked like he had small
satchel of box strapped on his back.

Roel La Tour, no doubt about it.

We'll get some bloodhounds in Rogertown
and pick up the trail soon enough.

Get ashore as soon as we
tie up and bring the doctor.

Is she hurt bad, Jim?

JIM: She lost
a good deal of blood.

I think she's gonna be all right
if I got the blood stopped.

Now, grab hold of that
and hold on to it.

They got the scent.

Let's go. Wait a minute.

If we're going that way, we're
just gonna drive him deeper.

You take the dogs and go
around here, I'll cut in here.

When he hears
the dogs over there,

maybe you can drive him
back in to me.

Oh, good idea.
But don't take any chances.

Hold it, La Tour.

Put down the box.

Who are you? What do you want?

From Wells Fargo.
I want you and the box.

No. No, my father cheated me.

I've got just as much
right to it as Michelle.

No man's got a right
to kill another one.

That's all that's keeping me from stomping
the breath of life out of you right now.

Give me the box.

Don't worry, doc,
she'll be in good hands.

How is she? Doc
says she'll be fine.

Just keep her quiet. It's only
a short run to Baton Rouge

and her mother and fiancé
will meet her there

with the family physician.

Fiancé?

That's what the wire said.

Well, maybe now you'll have
time for a game of pinochle

with your old friend,
Captain Billy.

Fiancé.

MICHELLE: Jim.

Did you...

Roel?

We caught him. He's in jail now.

He's gonna have to stand trial.

I don't think he'll
ever bother you again.

How can I ever thank you?

Yeah. Well, there'll be plenty
of time to thank me

after you get married.

I stopped by the preacher
on the way over here.

I told him we didn't want
a big ceremony,

just something simple,
you know, nothing fancy.

Preacher?

Did you say marriage?

Oh, sure.

Don't you remember last night
I asked you to marry me?

In fact... no.

No, you asked me to marry you.

Yeah, that was it.

Jimmy, you didn't believe me.

Oh, sure, I believed you.

Especially when you said you
didn't wanna move from that spot,

you just wanted
to stay there forever.

Oh.

You weren't pulling
my leg were you,

trifling with my affections?

Well, not really. I...

Oh, Jim I wouldn't hurt you
for the world

but I was only trying
to prove something.

Yeah, that I was a chump?

No.

Only that I love George Rosemal.

And who's George Rosemal?

He's the real boy next door.

It was arranged many years ago
that I was to marry him.

I just wanted to make sure
I wanted to.

You do understand,
don't you, Jim?

Yes, I do.

I understand all right.

In fact, I said to myself
last night,

standing out there in the
moonlight looking at you

and your face is just glowing.

I said then no girl
could be that much in love,

unless of course
she's already in love.

But you were.

And a lucky boy though,
I'll say that.

After we're married you will
come to see us, won't you Jim?

I got to.

After all, I got to get
your advice on horses.

You better get
a little rest now.

I'll see you before we dock.

Hey, Captain Billy,

deal the cards.