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Rachel, get us another beer. Alright.

Morning. Would you have a room to rent by chance?

Where'd you ride in from?

Montana.

Looks like it's been a while since you had a lady.

No, thank you.

Just the room.

May I see it, please?

What brings you to town?

I'm collecting research for a book.

Oh, a book.

How about that?

One of them dime novels? I could tell you plenty of stories.

I'm sure you could, but I don't write novels.

I'm a naturalist.

How's that?

A what?

A naturalist.

I write and draw about nature.

Animals, plants.

Yeah, but what do you do for a living?

My relatives have asked the same question.

I'll take the room.

Gentlemen.

What do you do when one of your plants doesn't work?

When it doesn't cure the person?

The vet tells you things are out of balance.

You need to heal the whole person.

How do you do that?

Call on the spirits.

I don't know how to call on the spirits.

Truthfully, I'm not sure that I believe they exist.

You believe that prayers can heal?

Oh, yes.

You believe that love can heal?

Well, I certainly believe that.

There is love in your eyes right now.

Right.

You know, I've... You know, I've been unsure about Sully and about myself.

Things have changed.

I feel happy and confident.

And ready.

I see this love.

But I also see difficulty.

Spirit showed me in a dream.

A hawk was carrying you off. A hawk?

A hawk means bad fortune.

And this hawk was carrying you away from Sully.

What are you saying, that we're not meant to be together?

Something will separate you.

An illness, a journey, a death.

But we've been through so much together.

I've never felt so sure about us as I do now.

That is what the spirits say.

I said I... I don't know that I believe in the spirits.

Pretty day.

Pick some berries? About ripe.

No, I don't think so.

Something bothering you?

No. You worried about something?

Why, is it something I should be worried about?

Not that I know of, but folks don't always need a reason to start fretting.

Sully, I... I just felt so happy recently.

Happy about you and me and...

I just don't want anything to disturb that.

Nothing's going to disturb that.

You do love me.

Of course I do.

I've been telling you.

I know. I... I get that you never hear it enough.

Pardon me, Mrs. Sully, I'm Andrew Strauss.

I was told you work as a guide.

Sometimes I do.

This is Dr.

Quinn. Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Strauss.

Well, so what did you have in mind?

Well, I'm working on a book about Rocky Mountain wildlife.

Oh, Sully knows a great deal about that.

So I'm told.

I was hoping perhaps I could engage you to help me do some tracking.

I could do that.

You're from the east, aren't you?

Philadelphia.

Well, I went to college in Philadelphia, did you?

No, I was at Yale for a while, but then I enlisted.

Is that how you got injured?

May I ask what battle?

A lust in Florida.

But I'd rather not speak of it.

I understand.

I'd love to know more about your book.

Wouldn't you, Sully?

Sure. Would you join us for supper?

Thank you.

But I don't think... Oh, you must come, please.

It'll be a pleasure.

More dumplings, Mr. Trout.

Quite a treat.

What do you eat when you're out collecting samples?

Whatever I can find.

It's been mostly mushrooms lately.

I don't like mushrooms.

Is that bay rum?

Yes.

Oh, someone once knew you used to wear that.

Well, a lot of men do.

I'm afraid I have rather common tastes.

So what were you doing in Montana?

Searching for glaciers.

What's a glacier? Well, millions of years ago, there was a great ice age

most of America was covered by a giant sheet of ice.

Ice?

And as the ice slipped down from the North Pole, it broke into chunks called

glaciers.

These glaciers carved out the rivers and split the mountains into jagged peaks.

Professor Whitney from Harvard disputes that. He says that the mountains were

formed by a great upheaval.

He calls it a sudden wreck of matter and crush of worlds.

But Dr. Quinn, the mountains were not formed overnight, but slowly, slowly

time by the ice.

Well, how do you know that?

I can show you grooves in the mountains where the glaciers passed.

In Montana, we found 22.

Still active and moving.

I'd like to see that. Me too.

So you think there's glaciers here in the Rockies?

Absolutely.

I find that hard to believe.

I'm sure we could find some.

Right after Mr. Sully and I get back from exploring the mountains.

Then you can prove it to her, right?

Is that true, Mrs. Strauss?

Yes.

If you'll keep an open mind.

I always keep an open mind.

Well, they called it a philosophy just come in from Chicago Ellie said he

wanted to try riding one. That's right Remember that one we were looking at in

Boston. Well, let's get it for him to surprise.

Oh, yeah, can I bet it too?

Morning Kelly Brown Morning.

Hey, how you doing?

Fine. Thanks.

It's mr. Stroud. This is Myra the one who's having a wedding Oh I don't know

about that. Horse got a telephone.

Bing, bing, bong.

They got to plant their crops.

Lewis is there now, helping them.

They just don't want to see a man. Is that it?

Of course not.

Look at me, horse. Tell me straight.

Thought I counted me in.

Heck with them.

But how are we going to have a wedding?

If your folks ain't coming, I don't know where my family is. We're your family

now.

The whole town is. That's right.

We're all going to put on this wedding for you. I'm going to cook the supper.

And I've got just the dress.

It was my wedding dress.

I was saving it for my daughters, but, well, they ran off and got married

somewhere else.

It ain't white, is it?

Jake.

She can't wear white.

It's off -white.

What do you think, Lauren?

Well, as long as it's off -white.

And I'm going to fit you up in a new suit.

Can I be the flower girl?

Sure. And I'd like to be your maid of honor.

You're going to need a best man, Harry.

That'd be me.

Thank you, Sully.

See?

It's going to be a fine wedding.

We don't need no other family.

So what are you planning on putting in this book?

It will be on the count of my travels.

The animals and plants I've seen.

Folks want to read about that?

You'd be surprised.

People are fascinated with the West.

If I can show them the beauty of these wild mountains, perhaps I can win their

support for protecting them.

They need protecting, all right.

Never heard no one say that except Cheyenne.

There are others who feel that way, too.

In California, they just made the Yosemite a wilderness park.

What's that mean?

It means everything's protected.

You can't cut down trees in the park. You can't even pick a wildflower.

That's what we need here.

Is it oak?

Yeah.

Look at the antlers on that old bull.

He's magnificent.

Young one over there getting ready to challenge him.

Much simpler than the way we do it, isn't it?

Fair fight.

When it keeps females, it goes away.

But he can try again, can't he?

See if he's ready.

Time's on his side.

Can I look now?

Not yet.

Now. It's for you.

Where did it come from? Mr. Bray ordered it from Chicago.

It's a present.

For what?

Folks don't always need a reason, do they?

Go on, try it.

Try it. All right.

Hello, dancer.

Uh -oh.

What are you doing in town?

I've come to say goodbye.

You going off somewhere?

On a vision quest to the Black Hills.

I've seen nothing about that before.

I need to understand what has happened.

How things got so out of balance with my son and why he passed on.

Why the Black Hills is so far.

The spirit showed me a place in a dream.

It said, this is where you must come.

You don't have to leave right away, do you?

There's no bird to go with me.

When are you going to come back?

I do not know.

But you are coming back.

The spirit did not say.

Be well, my brother.

My friends.

What time is it?

Nearly 11.

Something must have detained him.

Could something have happened to him?

I doubt it. No one can take better care of themselves than Sully.

He was going to show me a meadow where wild orcas grow.

I know that meadow. I could take you there myself.

I wouldn't want to take you away from your duties.

Actually, I need to gather some foxglove and other herbs.

Why did you start using Indian remedies?

I don't suppose they taught you that at medical college.

Certainly not.

Now, when I first came, I had no choice.

I ran out of medicine during an epidemic, and I would have tried

Now, now I've come to respect me.

Oh, look.

It's one of those orchids.

So it is.

Well done.

When did you learn to draw, Mr. Strauss?

Please, call me Andrew.

Oh, when I was in hospital.

I was confined to bed for months, and I couldn't speak.

Why?

What happened to your voice?

There was a shrapnel wound in my throat, and I had to learn to talk all over

again.

Couldn't move my legs, but my hands weren't affected.

So I taught myself to draw.

Petals are so grateful.

Aren't they?

You know, I don't think I ever really think something until I try to get it

on paper.

I know what you mean. When I'm doing research, I have to write things down

before I understand them.

Isn't that oak tree lovely?

I imagine you say that about all the trees.

But it's true.

Most people think a tree is something rather dull.

But in fact, it's like a fountain.

Water flows up through it constantly, defying gravity.

You have a stethoscope?

Yes, of course.

Let me show you something.

Did you hear the sap traveling through the veins?

I never knew that.

Dr. Mike.

Mr. Strauss.

Oh, we waited for you.

I had to see to my traps.

Well, now that you're here, you can take us up to Hidden Valley.

It's not a good day for that.

Why not?

The ground's soft.

Not good footing.

We did it the other day.

Truck me.

You can do it some other time.

All right, then.

You coming?

You go ahead.

Catch up later.

Well, I'm going to make some of my fancy Creole dishes I've been saving for a

special occasion.

A soup de poisson. What's that?

Poison soup?

Fish do, Horace. You'll love it.

A lapin. Et tu, thanks.

Lapin?

It's rabbit.

With gravy.

Still, Myra, I just want a pin up these sleeves.

Oh. That suits you.

You think so? And you're going to need a nice carriage to ride in.

Let's cover it with flowers and ribbons.

Can't we just walk? It ain't that far.

I want to ride.

Can we have a white horse?

I got a nice blue robe.

Good luck on the wedding.

Let's talk about the service.

Wait a minute, Reverend. I already told them I'd marry him. Being the mayor,

it's my job.

I'm sure they want a religious service.

Don't you, Horace? I... Jake, why don't you give the bride away?

Since you're the town father.

I was going to do that.

We may need you to be a best man.

He probably doesn't seem to be showing up.

I hope he's not disappearing on us again.

Well, what's the best man do?

Well, he stands at the altar with the groom, and at the dinner, he proposes a

toast. What if I can't think of nothing to say?

Well, we'll give you a poem to say.

Like what?

Well, at my engagement party, David recited something by Robert Burns.

Who's David?

Her fiancé. He died in the war.

How'd the poem go?

I don't remember.

Sure you do.

Come on, Mom. Tell us, please.

Oh, my love is like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in June.

Oh, my love is like a melody sweetly played in tune.

It's fair art thou, my bonnie lad.

No deep in love am I.

And I will love these still, my dear.

And all that these gang dry.

Found this thistle by the creek.

They're not supposed to grow this far north.

Plants do things they're not supposed to.

All the time.

That's what makes them interesting.

I saw Sully earlier.

He said he couldn't go out today.

Does he often have those headaches?

What headaches? Does he have a complaint of headaches?

Well, it's just a thought.

I had a friend once who was acting like Sully. Acting like what?

Shielding his eyes from the light. Holding his temples.

Going off by himself.

Perhaps that's why he didn't show up yesterday.

More than like him.

Could be a megram.

How is it you're so knowledgeable?

Just remember what the doctors told my friend.

Magrim, I think that's what they call it. It's probably not the same thing at

all.

Did you see where he was going?

When I last saw him, he was on the road, walking out of town.

Better find him.

Why didn't you tell me?

I thought it was nothing.

It passed.

When did the headache start?

A couple days ago.

Let me check your eyes.

Has your vision been blurred?

Yeah.

Right before the pain started.

Just a headache, right?

I think it's a severe form of headache called amigurum.

I'm going to give you strychnine and vegetable bitters. I don't want to

you. You could never be a bother to me.

Just leave me be.

No.

Please.

Could you leave me when I was sick with influenza?

What about the clinic?

I closed it.

Kids? I told them I might not be back for a few days. I'm staying with you,

Sully.

Oh, Daz, we've said there might be an illness.

Don't worry.

I'm here now.

Your wedding's coming right up.

Yeah, hope it turns out good.

Getting nervous?

No.

Just worries me a little.

Why's that?

Well, we're not...

what you call fancy folks, and this weddings get to be a big fancy thing.

Grace making that poison soup and rabbit. I can't eat rabbit. I get sick.

Well, if you do, Dr. Mike will be right there.

Just kidding, Horace.

I wish we could eat meat, though.

Everybody in town likes it.

Tell Grace.

I don't want to hurt her feelings.

I'll tell her for you, all right? Would you?

I'm sure Grace will cook whatever you want.

Don't worry.

Meatloaf?

Are you crazy?

That's what Horace wants.

And he can have it.

Every week. But he may never get a chance to have my latte etouffee.

I guarantee he's gonna love it. Grace, it's... You leave it to me.

I know food.

He will eat the pain.

Cloud dancing always uses it.

I wonder where he is now.

Probably halfway to the Black Hills.

I keep thinking of things I want to say to him.

I know. So do I.

I might never see him again.

Hey, Hank, I've been meaning to talk to you.

About what?

My wedding. I'm inviting you.

Don't ask me to come. But, Hank, you're as close to family as I got here.

I can't do it, Myra.

Myra?

Myra? Look what I found.

When I come down the aisle, I can talk them all around. She'll be walking on a

carpet of flowers.

That's real nice.

If you don't like them, I can... Oh, no, they're fine.

Something troubling you?

Oh,

I guess I'm just jittery. I just want everything to be perfect.

I would, too, if I was getting married.

And they will be, Myra.

Do you like that dress of Miss Dorothy's? Oh, sure.

Why?

Well, it's got such a high neck, and that bit of my body's covering

Don't you like these?

Well, what do you want to wear?

Look who's been selling this dress in pink.

My favorite color.

It's got this really pretty neckline. It's not as high.

Then wear that.

I don't want to be rude to Miss Dorothy.

Oh, she won't mind. I know it. I'll talk to her.

Of course she's going to wear this dress.

There's nothing prettier in the whole county.

And I already fixed it.

She doesn't think it's right for her.

Well, she's wrong.

She can't wear nothing pink. It's her wedding day.

I'm afraid Grace already ordered fixings for the dinner.

Dorothy's dress is real pretty.

You can wear the pink on another day.

It's the most important day of my life.

But, Myra, honey, you're going to look beautiful no matter what you wear.

Just go along.

Whose wedding is it anyway?

Ours? Well, so...

Why shouldn't we have it the way we like? I don't want to wear Dorothy's

I want a new one for my new life. And you can't be rabid not to mention a

soup. But I don't want to cause trouble.

Fine. Then let's just run off and do it all by ourselves. No, no. That would

make it look like we're ashamed.

I want to get married with everybody there.

The whole town's counting on it. They've all been working hard.

Don't you care about how they... Don't you care about how...

to care about how I feel.

Maybe we ought to just call the whole thing off.

Sully? This pain.

I can't sleep.

I never felt nothing like this.

I don't know what to do.

Mark T. isn't working.

What would a cloud dancing do if he were here?

It's just that he's not.

I don't know what he'd say.

What's that?

He'd say that something's out of balance.

We have to treat the whole person.

He always starts a healing with a sweat lodge.

Can you sit up?

Ask your grandfather for your help and guidance in this healing.

Thank you.

Michaela! Where'd you go?

I've been right here.

It's really you?

You're not leaving?

No.

I don't want you to leave.

I want to be with you.

I need to be with you.

I will love you all my days.

Will you marry me?

Everyone come sit down.

Sully and I have something we want to tell you.

It's, uh... Something I want to ask you for.

I want to ask for your permission to marry your mom.

I accept.

Congratulations. It's about time you did this.

Where are we going to live?

We haven't discussed that yet.

I'd like to build a new place, then.

Well, when's the wedding?

Well, we haven't discussed that either. You could have a double wedding with

Horace and Myra.

I think that's a little too soon. And we don't want to overshadow Horace and

Myra. It's their moment.

In fact, let's not tell anybody about it until our wedding's over.

Oh, can I tell Mr. Bray?

You don't tell no one.

It's a secret.

Promise?

If I have to. All right.

There you are.

I need to send a wire.

Or is something wrong?

No.

You don't look yourself.

Well, it's the wedding.

Myra don't want to wear that dress, but Dorothy's insisting.

Everyone's fussing and fighting.

Well, Myra wants to call it off. She doesn't mean that. I say we go along

things, but Myra's being awful stubborn.

Of course, it often happens before a wedding.

People get nervous and things get out of hand.

But it doesn't really matter what you wear or what you eat.

The wedding is just one day.

And you're going to be together for the rest of your lives.

That's true.

What matters is that you love each other.

I've got to go find her.

Oh, wait.

I almost forgot. I need to send this to my mother. I'm lost.

Oh, my gosh. You're getting engaged?

Please, no one knows. It's a secret.

You can count on me.

I took it over.

This ain't easy.

What if I drop the ring?

Don't.

Oh, Myra said to tell you that she's got something old, Dorothy's dress, and

something new, her shoes, but she needs something borrowed.

I'll find something.

There, you can take those off now.

Why's she got to borrow something?

It's good luck.

I think I have a lace handkerchief here somewhere.

Dr. Quinn.

Sully.

I'll be leaving today.

And I wanted to thank you all for your help and kindness. Well, where are you

going to go now?

I finished what I came to do. We never shut off the glacier.

Next time I pass through here, we'll do that.

Dr. Quinn.

Goodbye, Andrew.

Sully. Andrew, what's your hurry? I can't leave now. There's a wedding going

I'm already packed.

Great blue heron nothing down by the creek. I wanted to show you tomorrow.

I Well,

I suppose I could stay one more day good

Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to join this man and this woman in

holy matrimony.

And in accordance with the purposes for which it was instituted by God.

If any one of you can show just cause why these two should not lawfully be

speak now.

or forever hold your peace.

By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

You are the best cook in the whole world.

Well, what would you like? La pain, as you say, or meatloaf extraordinaire?

Rabbit. Meatloaf.

Meatloaf.

And more punch for everyone.

What do you think of our town?

It's wonderful.

Though it's not the destiny you were raised for, I imagine.

No, but it is home.

And it suits you.

Speech! Speech!

Speech! Speech!

This is the happiest day of my life.

And I hope every one of you will find your true love and be as happy as we

And I hope we come back here for a lot more weddings.

I know there's a few coming up.

Matthew and Ingrid.

And Dr.

Mike and Sully.

Oh, my gosh.

I wasn't supposed to tell you this.

It's a secret.

You really getting married?

Is it true?

Congratulations.

This calls for a toast.

May your love be like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in June.

To love.

To Michaela and Sully.

Here's to all the newlyweds.

Of course I am.

David.

You're mistaken.

I'm Andrew Strauss from Philadelphia.

No.

I'm not mistaken.

Your faith has changed in your voice.

I remember these hands. I watched them for so many hours in surgery.

Would you like to see my papers?

That's why you knew about Billy Baker.

You're always so brilliant at diagnosing. It was a guess. A mere

I'm flattered that I remind you of someone you admired, but... The toast.

The toast you just made. It was the same toast that you made at our engagement

party.

We were in the ballroom of your parents' house.

My father was standing beside us. You looked into my eyes and you held my hand

and you recited all my love. Robert Burns is often recited at weddings.

Why do you deny it? Because it's not so.

The man you speak of is dead.

Perhaps you're right.

I'm mistaken.

The day that I knew would never lie to me.

Michaela.

I'm sorry.

It must be a terrible shock.

David.

You know how many times I prayed that I would see you again?

Wrote me so many letters.

What? I didn't get any. Never sent them.

But why?

I'll tell you everything.

In time.

But where have you been?

Seven years.

They were told you were killed at Bull Run.

I was left for dead.

I was hit by cannon fire.

My legs, my neck, face.

Some pharmacist took me in and nursed me.

But then I was captured and taken down to Andersonville.

Oh, my God, Andersonville. I don't want to talk about that now.

Let me look at you.

I was barely conscious.

And when I did begin to recover my senses, I was sure I'd never walk again.

I was half blind, crippled, couldn't speak.

If I'd known, I would have come.

I learned that I'd been reported dead.

You, my family, everyone had been notified.

You'd already buried what you thought were my remains.

And I decided it was better to spare you.

Spare me?

You were young and beautiful.

I didn't want you saddled with a helpless invalid.

I wanted to spare you pain.

I stood by your grave.

And I felt such emptiness, I wanted to die with you.

I can't imagine how I suffered thinking I'd never see you again.

But I knew that pain would pass.

Never did.

You deserve to go on with your life, Michaela.

And you have.

It's a good life.

Then why did you come right now?

Because...

Things changed.

After a few years, the feeling came back to my legs.

I learned to walk again. I learned to speak again.

Much to my surprise, I wasn't a cripple anymore.

And I thought... I thought...

I could never stop thinking about you.

I know I made a mistake.

A grievous one.

That's partly why I came here.

Why did you pretend to be someone else?

I didn't want to intrude.

If you were happy.

Michaela, please believe me. What I did, I did from love.

And I'm sorry for the injury I caused you.

And I ask your forgiveness.

If you could ever find it in your heart.

You're alive.

And that's all that matters.

People play a joke on the wedding couple, and it's not a very kind one.

Well, I'm staying.

I'd rather you come along with us now.

Well, I can get back on my own. Matthew, please, come along.

Something in that punch.

Horace, are you all right?

Horace?

Yeah?

Can I help you?

No.

I'm all right.

Coming out?

I miss you.

I'll be out in a minute.

Hey, there.

You comfortable?

Want some water?

No, thanks. I'm fine.

I like your hat.

Thanks. My ma knit it.

Said it keeps off the chill.

I heard that's true.

You been sleepy?

No.

Ain't you cold?

A little. You want to come sit by me?

I... I think we ought to say our prayers.

Prayers? All right.

Thank you, Lord, for giving us our wedding day.

It was worth all the waiting.

And I pray you'll help me to be a good husband and let me always love and take

care of... my wife.

Amen.

You're my wife now?

I am.

Come to sleep.

Don't be nervous.

Wait. It's just that... I ain't never done this.

Oh, don't worry. I've had plenty of fellas.

I mean that there ain't nothing to fret about.

I don't want to disappoint you.

You could never disappoint me.

I love you.

And I'm going to love you for the rest of my days.

Only the most extraordinary things happen. I know.

You know?

I heard you before.

Outside the saloon, you and, uh... David.

Yeah.

Do you want to talk about it?

I hardly know what to say. It's such a shock.

Were you glad to see him?

Glad?

Yes, I'm glad. I'm thrilled he's alive.

And I'm upset that he's deceived me all these years.

And I'm frightened.

What are we going to do?

What do you want to do?

I don't get what you're saying.

Andrew is David?

I don't understand.

As I said, David was horribly injured.

His body was so crippled and disfigured that he just didn't want to come home.

So he took on another man's name. So what are we supposed to call him now?

or Andrew?

Who's Andrew Strauss?

He was another prisoner at the camp.

They served together and he died in David's arms.

But what's this all mean?

What about Sully?

Are you and David still engaged?

Technically, I suppose we are. It was never broken off.

If he hadn't died, or said he died, would you have married him?

Well, I'm sure that I would have. So you're going to marry him now?

Will he be our pa?

Our pa?

Dr. Mike, if you want me to get your ring back... Oh, no, wait a minute. I

it to you. It belongs to you and Ingrid.

I thought you and Sully were engaged.

We are.

So you're engaged to two men?

I still can't believe it's true.

I know.

I didn't sleep at all.

Children have been asking all sorts of questions.

Michaela, I never meant to disturb your life here.

Once I saw how happily settled you were, with a practice, family, a fiancé, I

packed my things to leave.

I'm very glad that you didn't.

I think it's best if I do leave now.

How can you suggest that?

I'm afraid my presence here will only cause greater harm. Why don't you let me

decide that, please?

Kayla.

You can't show up after seven years of being thought dead and then just walk

again.

So many things I want to know. So many things I want to tell you.

Please, just stay a while longer.

I think you owe me that.

Engaged to two men? Did you hear that?

Dr. Mike's a, what do you call it, a bigamist.

No, Jake, that's when you're married to two people. So, what's she gonna do?

There's no saying.

I don't think she knows.

Well, this fella Andrew... David! Whatever, he was engaged to her first,

got the prior claim.

Oh, that was seven years ago. I say it's expired.

I don't think he was dead. That's the same as breaking it off. I think she's a

free woman.

Besides, she loves Sully. Yeah, but she loved this David, too.

It probably still does.

People change in seven years. No telling what the war did to them, either. Look

what it did to my son.

What fell it there about this?

If it were me, I'd run that flower -picking jackass right out of town. But

promise is a promise.

Why, he was off risking his life for his country.

A woman ought to wait.

Even if he's dead? But he ain't. Stop it.

This ain't none of your business.

Don't work it out among them.

Leave him be.

Give her quinine for the fever. She'll be better in a few days.

Oh, and tell her not to scratch.

I'm real grateful to you for stopping by.

We ain't got no money right now, but will you take a side of mutton?

That'll be fine.

I'll have Matthew come and pick it up.

Don't you miss practicing medicine?

No.

I couldn't go back to it after the war.

After Andersonville. Why not?

Couldn't bear to see more suffering.

I'd seen enough.

You had such talent then.

My talents were useless in that camp.

One out of every three prisoners who came there died.

I was powerless to do anything about it.

That was an extreme situation.

Sickened by what humans could do to humans.

It wasn't just the enemy.

Our own men.

Feet killed for shoelace.

So I retreated.

I went to the mountains.

It's in nature.

Things in nature are fair and clean.

Animals only kill what they need to survive.

They don't kill for sport or principle.

You, Michaela, you have me.

About many things, yes.

Horace!

How's the groom doing today? Changed, man, are you?

I'm busy right now. Would you like us there, Nathan? Because we can come back

again tonight.

Don't you dare.

Now, Horace, they didn't mean any harm by it.

It's just a custom for having fun at the newlyweds.

It couldn't have come at a worse time.

We'd just finished praying.

Praying? I applaud that.

We were starting to feel all nice and loving.

Then that noise started up.

Well, it wasn't funny.

That plum lost the mood. You'll get it again.

Do you ever lose the mood?

Me?

Never. I never did either.

Horace, if I could have a word with you.

Some business we need to attend to.

I just want to tell you.

All men lose their mood sometimes.

Really? Yeah.

Some just, uh, they don't let on about it.

So what do I do?

Don't think about it so much, Horace.

The next time that the mood is there, now let me give you some advice.

Don't wait.

Act.

Thank you, Reverend.

You're welcome, Morris.

So what do you like to do, Brian?

I don't know.

He likes fishing.

With worms?

I can find them.

Good. Maybe I can help you there.

I spend a lot of time watching worms.

Sounds boring.

Actually, it's quite interesting.

Worms keep the ground airy and fertile.

And did you know, every inch of the Earth's surface is passed through the

of a worm?

Never thought about it.

Sully!

I hope I'm not interrupting.

Not at all. Would you like some supper?

Please, join us.

You've got to move.

That's Sully's seat.

Brian, that's rude.

But it is.

Don't bother. I ain't hungry.

Please, Sully, I'd like you to stay.

So would the children.

They can speak for themselves.

Sorry.

There's no reason we can't be civil. Civil?

You lied to me, Andrew. You lied to all of us. You call that being civil?

I regret that, but I had... You had any honor.

You would have told us who you were from the start instead of letting us take

you in like a friend while you were prying.

I did what I thought was best. Now, I know you're angry, but I have as much

right to be here as you. Now, Matilda and I... I heard enough!

Solly, don't go.

Wait.

Stop! Take it easy! Stop it! Take it easy!

Wait!

Take it easy!

All right?

Here.

I told you I didn't want to cause you more pain.

But I find that my feelings for you are as strong as ever.

If you can tell me you have no feelings for me now, I'll leave tomorrow.

Dolly? It all been through, hasn't it?

I need time to think. We all need time to think.

About what?

Our engagement's off.

I didn't say that.

Yeah, you did.

Just now.

Got to be so unsettling for you. It is.

Some folks envy you having two men wanting to marry you. But I know what

like to be caught in the middle.

You've got no peace.

And yet I used to wish for this.

It was always on my mind. What if David hadn't died?

Are you sure it's him you're wishing for?

What do you mean?

Sometimes the mind plays a trick.

You remember all the good things.

And the rough spots sort of fade away.

Until it's not the person anymore.

It's just this rosy memory.

He was my first love.

This man I ever kissed.

You never forget the first.

We come from the same world.

When I'm with him, my mind moves more quickly.

There are things we can talk about, things that... things that I could never

share with Sully.

Yet Sully knows me in a... in a way that David never has.

Sully stirs something inside of me, something... something I can hardly put

words.

Does David?

What am I to do?

I guess you just gotta... take some time.

Take some time and then decide.

Don't wait too long.

Good. And the middle row?

Where's Sully? I don't know.

But he promised he'd be here.

You better join your class.

Welcome to our spring concert. For our first number, we're going to do

Sweet Betsy from Pike.

Ready?

Sally, I never wanted to hurt you.

And it pains me that I have.

I don't want to break things off. I didn't plan... I know you had no say in

showing up.

But you've got a thing that's happening now.

I just need time. I think it's time that you let go of the past, like you told

me to do with Abigail.

But that was different. Abigail was a memory.

So was David.

That man's not the same man he was then.

I know that.

What you and I got is something that's real.

Something that we've been building.

I asked you to marry me. You said yes.

Maybe that scares you. Maybe it makes you want to go back to the time when you

were younger.

Full of dreams, and David was part of those dreams.

But you're never going to get back what you lost.

You may lose what you got now.

What do you mean?

I got no reason to stay here.

I'd be moving on if it wasn't for you.

Hey, darling.

I brought you some cookies.

Oh, my goodness, that's so sweet.

Where'd you get them? I made them. Grace was showing me how you like them. Mmm,

that's good.

Look, you know what I like even better? What's that? I'll learn to make it.

Just having you here with me.

I like being married.

It's the middle of the day. It don't matter.

What if a customer comes?

They can wait.

Someone might hear us. I was told when the mood comes, act.

Myra, if you don't want to... No, it ain't that.

What's wrong?

It ain't one of them times, is it?

No.

Never done it like this before.

Oh, we can wait till the nighttime then.

What I mean is, it's always been business.

I never done it with someone I love.

Someone I, like, get close to me.

It's kind of scary.

I understand.

It's kind of the first time for both of us.

It's all right.

We'll learn together.

What happened?

The cannon jar exploded.

Rick! Get her to the clinic.

Get the chloroform.

I can't see!

You're going to be all right.

I'm going to give you chloroform so we can take care of this without hurting

you.

Robert, will you go across the street?

Find David.

Please, tell him to come with us.

I need his help.

Try to breathe normally.

Relax.

Thank you for coming.

Robert, will you go outside and take Brian with you?

I'll come out as soon as we've taken care of her. How long will that be?

Not long.

There's a piece of glass embedded deep in her cornea.

I don't think I can pull it out.

It'll damage the tissues.

You have to make an incision.

I've never worked on eyes.

You don't want to dig or probe.

Well, you could serve her a nerve.

Would you do it?

Kayla, I haven't touched a scalpel in seven years.

But you've worked with eyes. I wouldn't know how deep to cut.

I would just be guessing.

I'm sorry.

David, please, I know you can do it.

I'm afraid that I might cause her permanent damage.

You have the best chance she's gone.

Do you have a cataract knife?

It's got the needle.

Can you clamp the lid open?

It's deep.

It's pierced nearly all the way to the vitreous humor.

I'm going to make a cut above it and then squeeze.

When you see it begin to rise, use the forceps, the smallest you have.

It should just slide up.

It's a little more pressure on the right.

There. There it comes.

Got it.

Let's just check, see if there's any more.

I think that's it.

Good.

Give it a dab of silver nitrate and we'll cover the eye.

How is she?

Very well.

We were able to remove all the glass.

She'll need to keep her eye covered until it heals.

But I don't expect any permanent damage.

Thank the Lord.

Thank you. I'm real grateful you was here.

Glad I could help.

I owe you an apology, Sully.

You were right.

I should have identified myself.

You were packing up to leave town.

I don't want to call you back.

You didn't know?

I've been asking myself what I would have done in your place.

I've been blinded and crippled.

I might have done the same.

Tried to forget her.

I walked.

I walked through the mountains, across the plains.

Thought I was putting miles between us.

I only learned by chance she was here.

When I passed through Pueblo, heard about a lady doctor named Quinn.

I had to come and see.

Sorry to plan what the heart's gonna do.

After my wife died,

I thought I'd never love anybody again.

I'd be on my own the rest of my days.

It was all right with me.

I thought the same thing myself.

I never counted on meeting Michaela.

Oh.

Something I gotta say to you.

Please, I know that it's terribly hard, and I really... Michaela, I love you.

And I would do anything for you.

I'd give my life for you, you know that.

I want to marry you.

More than that, I want you to be happy.

So you gotta choose the person...

It's going to make you happy.

The person will be best for you.

Whatever you do, I'll be behind you.

I'm sorry.

I just wanted you to know that.

No serenading.

No explosions.

I have the feeling it's going to stay quiet.

I don't know what happened to my mood.

Don't worry about it.

I feel like I'm letting you down.

Letting you down? Of course not.

Lots of marriages are...

Friendship, Mira, just that's the most important thing anyway, friendship.

So let's just snuggle. We don't got to do nothing else.

But are you happy, Mira?

Of course I am.

Why?

I get to sleep.

to you every night.

I get to wake up next to you every morning.

For the rest of my life, I've got a home with you.

Right. You do.

I love you, Myra.

Oh, Horace.

I love you, too.

This way.

It's not much further.

Are you all right? Yes, I just lost my footing.

Can you keep going?

Yes, of course.

We're almost there.

What are they doing?

The mining company's getting ready to dam up the stream.

The one north of you?

Mm -hmm.

First they'll cut down all the trees, then they'll flood the whole valley.

They'll wipe out the forest life as far as that distant mountain.

How can they do that?

They have a permit.

No one protests.

I've just sent a wire to the editor of the Washington Chronicle to see if I can

publish a report.

Have you spoken to the mine owners?

They won't listen.

They think the land and everything on it are there for man's use.

If it'll serve him, let him kill it.

Strip it, drain it, chop it down.

But the forest can never be replaced.

Some of these trees are hundreds of years old.

God saved them from fires, avalanches, floods.

He can't save them from fools.

You could, David.

I'd be up against powerful adversaries.

Not just the mining companies.

Bank, railroad, timber barons.

You could help me, Michaela.

Enough people raise their voices. They can make something happen.

You saw that, didn't we, with abolition?

Yes. Remember the speeches we wrote together?

I forget.

First one, we stayed up all night.

But what a speech we wrote.

When we finished, we walked along the Charles and watched the sunrise.

Flower sellers were just setting out their cars.

You brought me, Lila.

You're Kayla.

I love you.

And you love me.

Come on, Brian. You can do this. Come on, Brian.

That's it.

Don't let go.

I got you. You're all right, Brian. Just keep on pedaling. That's it.

I can do it!

Mom, look!

I knew you could.

So much fun.

You tricked me.

Yeah, but it worked, didn't it?

Now all you gotta do is keep practicing.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Interested in a supper?

How many places should I fit?

Just four.

Andrew's not coming?

You mean David?

Not tonight.

Good.

I know that you're all fond of Sully.

And I know that you don't really know David.

But he's a good man, and I'd like you to give him a chance.

You think you could do that?

You feel that that would be disloyal to Sully?

No.

Sully told us to be fair, to try and get along with him.

Really? Yeah.

He said you got to think about your whole life, not just the next few years.

When did he say that?

Just now, when you were away.

He said we're going to grow up and move away, so you got to do what's best for

you.

Sully told you that?

Kayla, something important has come up.

Speak with me.

Let's take a walk.

All right.

They just received a reply from the Chronicle.

They want to run the article.

Oh, that's wonderful.

But I must leave for Washington.

Now, I want to come back here and be with you.

So you must tell me, do you want me back?

I know you care for Sully.

Marriage is a lifetime partnership.

You and I are meant to be together.

We can simply carry on what we left off.

It is not simple.

So much has happened in the interim.

I was younger then, without attachments.

I have children now and responsibilities.

There'll be our responsibilities.

Sully.

Love him.

More than you love me.

You really want me to stay?

I'll be leaving tomorrow morning.

At dawn.

God bless you, David.

Hello, Kelly.

He brings you out here.

I want to tell you how much I appreciate what you did.

What's that?

Left me free to decide.

So you must have decided.

How do you know that?

I know.

You love David.

Yes, I'll always love him.

That's the past, and you're the present.

We're the present.

If you'll have me... What are you selling?

Will I what?

Will you marry me?

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