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I CAME TO WALK YOU HOME ON YOUR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I'M ABOUT AS READY FOR A VACATION AS MY STUDENTS ARE.

WE GOT A REAL INTERESTING LETTER FROM ELIZA JANE.

OH, WHAT SHE HAVE TO SAY?

SHE'S GOING TO A NEW COLLEGE IN ARIZONA.

ARIZONA?

SHE'S GOING TO TAKE A CLASS THERE THIS SUMMER.

AND SHE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER TAKING THE CLASS, TOO.

ME?

SHE SENT ALONG THIS OUTLINE FOR YOU.

"GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS.

WALT WHITMAN, MARK TWAIN..."

ALMANZO, LOOK AT THIS.

"RALPH WALDO EMERSON."

"IN PERSON, TO DELIVER A LECTURE TO THE STUDENT BODY."

RALPH WALDO EMERSON!

I THINK THAT IF WE CAN MANAGE IT, YOU OUGHT TO GO.

WHAT?

YOU HEARD ME. YOUR EYES LIT UP LIKE IT WAS CHRISTMAS,

THE FOURTH OF JULY, AND YOUR BIRTHDAY

ALL WRAPPED UP INTO ONE PACKAGE.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

I MEAN, ACTUALLY SITTING THERE AND LISTENING TO

THE REAL, LIVE RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

WELL, ACTUALLY, LAURA, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.

BUT IF YOU CAN, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO BE THERE.

I'D LOVE TO, MANLY,

BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SEND ME ALL THE WAY TO ARIZONA.

HOLD.

ELIZA JANE SAID THERE'D BE PART-TIME TEACHING JOBS,

AND YOU TWO CAN ROOM TOGETHER.

WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN

AND GO OVER OUR FINANCES.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS

THE BENEFITS AND THE DRAWBACKS...

AND THEN PACK MY SUITCASE SO I CAN GO!

YEP.

DID YOU HAVE A GOOD SLEEP? [LAUGHS]

YES.

UH...YOU HEADED TO ARIZONA?

-HM-MMM. -YEAH?

MORT CARSTAIRS IS THE NAME.

LAURA WILDER.

LET ME GUESS. AHEM.

LAURA WILDER...

HAPPILY MARRIED, DEDICATED TEACHER

ABOUT TO EMBARK ON AN EXCITING ADVENTURE--

A SUMMER AWAY AT SCHOOL.

HOW DID YOU KNOW ALL THAT?

OH...

YOU MEAN, I'M RIGHT?

YES.

SEE, I WAS HOPING I WAS WRONG

ABOUT THE HAPPILY MARRIED PART, HEH.

WELL, IN THAT CASE, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BECOME

CLOSE FRIENDS AND CONFIDANTS. [LAUGHS]

IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME AT SUMMER SCHOOL?

FIRST?

HARDLY MY FIRST.

I DO THIS ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

YOU MUST LIKE SCHOOL AN AWFUL LOT.

OH, NO, NOT REALLY.

YOU SEE, I GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL

WHEN I GET FIRED FROM A TEACHING POSITION.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY CONTACTS

YOU CAN MAKE AT A COLLEGE SEMINAR.

YOU JUST GOT FIRED THEN?

OH...YEAH. AFRAID SO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT ME.

EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAM--

IT HAPPENS.

I OPEN MY BIG MOUTH

AND I INSULT SOMEBODY.

WHY DO YOU DO THAT?

I DON'T DO IT ON PURPOSE.

IN FACT, SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I'VE DONE IT

UNTIL I GET FIRED.

THEN I PACK MY BAGS AND

I GO TO SCHOOL, GET ANOTHER JOB.

IT'S NOT A BAD WAY TO LIVE ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT.

YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM THE BUTCHER BOY?

YES, A CUP OF COFFEE WITH CREAM.

OKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[BELL CHIMING]

LAURA!

OH! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE!

I WAS SO AFRAID SOMETHING WOULD COME UP

THAT WOULD STOP YOU FROM COMING.

BUT HERE YOU ARE!

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT MYSELF.

[CLEARS THROAT]

OH. THIS IS MORTIMER CARSTAIRS.

HE'S GOING TO BE TAKING OUR SEMINAR, TOO.

MORTIMER, THIS IS MY SISTER-IN-LAW, ELIZA JANE WILDER.

-HOW DO YOU DO? -HOW DO YOU DO?

MORT JUST GOT FIRED.

NOW, LAURA, LET'S NOT HIT HER WITH ALL MY CHARMS AT ONCE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM HER. HEH HEH.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU, MISS WILDER.

WE BETTER GET YOU TO YOUR ROOM.

LET ME CARRY YOUR BAG.

THANK YOU.

Eliza: CABBY!

CABBY!

WE'LL GO TO OUR ROOM FIRST,

THEN WE'LL CHECK ON THAT JOB YOU WROTE ME ABOUT.

YOU'LL LOVE THE SCHOOL.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM WALNUT GROVE, YOU KNOW.

I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.

CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

200 MAIN STREET, DRIVER.

LAURA WILDER?

YES.

WELL, I'M MISS OTT.

WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE.

HOW DO YOU DO?

I AM SO SORRY,

BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO TUTORING POSITIONS AVAILABLE.

BUT YOU SAID THERE'D BE NO PROBLEM.

WELL, WHEN A JOB COMES IN,

I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM FILLING IT.

WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE?

WELL, I CAN'T EXACTLY SAY.

BUT WHY DON'T YOU CHECK IN WITH US TOMORROW?

THANK YOU.

I'M SURE SOMETHING WILL TURN UP RIGHT AWAY.

SURE. IT'LL JUST TAKE A DAY OR TWO.

COME ON, I'M TAKING YOU TO DINNER-- MY TREAT.

THAT SHOULD TAKE YOUR MIND OFF WORK FOR ONE NIGHT.

[GENERAL CHATTER]

LADIES, YOUR TABLE'S READY.

I WISH ALMANZO WERE HERE TO SEE THIS.

YOU SHOULD ENJOY EVERY MOMENT--

OH!

I'M SO SORRY.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

ELIZA JANE?

I THINK SHE'S IN SHOCK.

NO.

NO. I'M FINE.

STUPIDLY CLUMSY OF ME.

CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?

NO HARM DONE.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALL RIGHT,

I'LL LEAVE YOU, THEN, TO YOUR DINNER.

LADIES, YOUR TABLE.

OH. YES.

ELIZA JANE, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT?

OH, YES.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, LAURA?

I SUPPOSE.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE

THE BEST SUMMER OF OUR LIVES.

AND THEN, BY THE TIME I WAS 12,

I KNEW THAT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE

WAS A GREAT INVENTOR.

IMAGINE MY DISAPPOINTMENT

WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT EVERYTHING I WANTED TO INVENT

HAD ALREADY BEEN INVENTED.

LAURA!

AM I LATE?

NOT YET. WELL, DID YOU GET A JOB?

YEP. WASHING DISHES.

WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A LITTLE HONEST LABOR.

ONLY I DON'T GET PAID FOR 3 WEEKS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

WITH A LITTLE HONEST CASH.

WELL, DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING.

I BOUGHT THE BOOKS YOU'LL NEED.

YOU'LL JUST SHARE MINE UNTIL YOU GET PAID.

-THANK YOU. -LAURA, IT'S HIM!

IT'S HIM!

MAYBE HE'LL TAKE OUR SEMINAR.

COME ON.

WAIT FOR ME.

[GENERAL CHATTER]

HE'S TEACHING THE SEMINAR!

"GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS."

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

IS THIS THE GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS SEMINAR?

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE THE PROFESSOR?

YES.

DON'T I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE?

WE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER LAST NIGHT AT THE RESTAURANT.

OH, YES. OF COURSE.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

THERE GOES THE BALL GAME.

WHAT?

OH, NOTHING.

GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS PROFESSOR WOESTEHOFF.

THAT'S 3 SYLLABLES. DO YOUR BEST.

WELCOME TO "GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS."

I WAS 14 WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED NOVELS.

KNOWING FOR A WHILE THERE NOBODY COULD GET MY NOSE OUT OF A BOOK.

I WAS CONVINCED THAT I WAS DESTINED TO BECOME

ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS.

IT TOOK TO ME 3 YEARS TO REALIZE THAT ALL I WAS GOING TO BE WAS

ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN READERS. [LAUGHS]

WELL, I MUST LEAVE YOU, FAIR LADIES, FOR MY NEXT CLASS.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, YOU CAN'T MEET TOO MANY PEOPLE.

-GOOD LUCK. -THANKS.

LAURA, I WANT TO ASK YOU A FAVOR.

YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T ASK YOU A FAVOR

UNLESS IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SURE. WHAT IS IT?

I WANT YOU TO INVITE WILLIAM TO JOIN US FOR DINNER.

ELIZA JANE...

I'D ASK HIM MYSELF, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE PROPER.

YOU'RE MARRIED. IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM.

BESIDES, YOU HAVE SUCH A NICE WAY WITH PEOPLE.

I'D JUST STAMMER AND MAKE A MESS OF IT, I KNOW IT.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A KITCHEN.

HOW CAN WE INVITE ANYONE FOR DINNER?

WE'LL GO TO THE RESTAURANT.

I CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

IT'S MY TREAT. PLEASE?

I DON'T KNOW.

OH, PLEASE, LAURA. JUST ONE MEAL. WHAT COULD IT HURT?

I GUESS IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

OH, THANK YOU, LAURA.

IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

IT'LL BE WONDERFUL!

[GASPS]

THERE HE IS.

GO ON.

WELL? WHAT DID HE SAY?

7:00.

WONDERFUL!

THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAD TO ASK MORTIMER CARSTAIRS TO JOIN US.

I THINK HE'S VERY NICE.

HE JUST NEVER STOPS TALKING.

OH, GOOD. YOU'RE BACK.

ANYWAY, AS I WAS SAYING,

WHO KNOWS WHAT THE EFFECT OF STEAM ENGINE WILL BE,

SAY, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW?

WHO CAN EVER KNOW THAT?

IF YOU WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS,

GO AHEAD AND TRY.

I DON'T WANT TO STOP PROGRESS,

JUST SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE.

[LAURA LAUGHS]

I CAN'T REMEMBER AN EVENING I'VE ENJOYED MORE.

HOW DID YOU EVER GET RALPH WALDO EMERSON TO SPEAK HERE?

ARE YOU FRIENDS?

YES, INDEED. WE'VE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME TOGETHER.

Laura: AND HE'LL BE HERE IN JUST 3 WEEKS.

WELL, I HOPE YOU DIDN'T COME JUST BECAUSE OF EMERSON.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DEAL OF CLASS WORK

BEFORE HE ARRIVES, AND AFTER HE LEAVES, FOR THAT MATTER.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO

THE ART EXHIBIT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON?

I WORK AFTERNOONS.

WELL, IT'S OPEN LATE. WE COULD GO IN THE EVENING.

I GUESS WE COULD. ELIZA JANE?

WE ACCEPT!

I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD APPRECIATE

FINE ART, WILLIAM.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NO EXPERT IN THE AREA MYSELF,

BUT I DON'T MIND TAGGING ALONG.

THAT'S GREAT. I'M SURE WE'LL ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.

I'LL GET THE CHECK.

[BIRDCALLS]

I GUESS YOU DIDN'T KNOW I DID BIRDCALLS.

-I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. -[LAUGHS]

[BIRDCALLS]

I DO LOTS OF THEM. LOOK.

[BIRDCALLS]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

SHUT THE DOOR.

MRS. PIERCE?

I'M LAURA WILDER, YOUR NEW DISHWASHER.

YOU DON'T LOOK VERY STRONG.

WELL...

FOLLOW ME.

BETTER GET STARTED OUT ON THESE

BEFORE THE LUNCH DISHES START COMING IN.

THESE ARE JUST THE BREAKFAST DISHES?

IF YOU CAN'T DO THE WORK,

YOU'D BETTER SAY SO RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T CARRY ANY SLACKERS ON MY PAYROLL.

I CAN DO THE WORK.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GET PAID AT THE END OF THE FIRST 3 WEEKS

AND THEN AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE SECOND 3 WEEKS.

WE LET YOU HAVE ONE MEAL A DAY HERE-- ONLY THE SPECIAL.

AND YOU ARE TO REMAIN ON DUTY

UNTIL EVERY LAST DISH IS SPARKLING.

HI. I'M LAURA.

I'M PAM.

Mrs. Pierce: MISS WILDER.

DO YOU NEED AN INVITATION TO START WORKING?

William: EMERSON WAS ONE OF THE FEW LITERARY MEN

TO FIND MERIT IN WHITMAN'S STRANGE BOOK.

IN FACT, HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO READ IT AT THE TIME IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED.

BUT HE'S GIVEN IT GREAT PRAISE.

AND I THEREFORE FEEL IT IS WORTH OUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

THE ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY WAS "SONG OF MYSELF."

LAURA, WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS POEM?

NOTHING.

DID YOU READ IT?

I STARTED.

[BELL RINGS]

WELL, FOR NEXT TIME, FINISH "LEAVES OF GRASS,"

BEGIN TWAIN'S "HUCKLEBERRY FINN,"

AND READ EMERSON'S "AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR."

IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOME OF YOU

WERE CONVERSANT WITH HIS WORK BEFORE HE ARRIVED.

CLASS DISMISSED.

LAURA, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU FOR A MOMENT.

LAURA, I'M SORRY I TOOK THE BOOK WITH ME THIS MORNING.

I THOUGHT YOU HAD FINISHED.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU HAD TO READ IT, TOO.

THIS BOOK-SHARING IDEA ISN'T WORKING OUT VERY WELL.

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU OUTSIDE.

I'M SORRY I WAS LATE TODAY.

I STARTED A NEW JOB AND HAD NO IDEA.

I'LL BE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED,

BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE BECOME A FOURSOME.

DINNER, THE ART EXHIBIT.

OH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE EXHIBIT ALONE

WITH ELIZA JANE, I UNDERSTAND.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I COULD USE THE TIME TO STUDY.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S YOU I WANT TO SEE?

MR. WOESTEHOFF, I'M MARRIED.

LAST NIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT MY HUSBAND AT DINNER.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM.

I'M MARRIED, TOO.

PLEASE, DON'T LOOK AT ME AF IF I JUST ASKED YOU

TO SELL YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL.

I JUST WANT US TO HAVE A CANDLELIGHT DINNER...

OR TWO,

ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY IN A ROMANTIC SETTING.

I CAN ASSURE YOU IT WOULD BE QUITE HARMLESS.

I COULDN'T DO THAT.

YOU ARE JUST ON THE VERGE OF AWAKENING.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PUT YOUR SMALL TOWN VALUES BEHIND YOU

AND LEARN ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS

THAT THE WORLD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.

I'D LIKE TO TEACH YOU SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I CAME HERE TO LEARN!

SO, YOU TURNED OUT TO BE A PROVINCIAL AFTER ALL.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE...

I THINK THAT YOU'D BE WELL ADVISED

TO GIVE THIS MATTER SOME MORE THOUGHT.

IT'D BE A SHAME FOR YOU TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME

AND EFFORT ON YOUR SCHOOLWORK ONLY TO FAIL THE SEMINAR.

FAIL?

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW WHERE I AM.

LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN ON YOUR WAY OUT.

[DOOR SLAMS]

LAURA.

ELIZA JANE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

IF MRS. PIERCE FINDS YOU, SHE'LL HAVE YOUR SCALP.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT AM I DOING HERE?

WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE US LATE FOR THE ART EXHIBIT.

I'M NOT GOING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING.

YOU HAVE TO GO!

I CAN'T GO.

BUT YOU PROMISED.

I DIDN'T PROMISE. I SAID I WOULD GO, BUT I CAN'T NOW.

IT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COME OVER YOU, LAURA.

Mrs. Pierce: MISS WILDER.

THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL HALL!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE GUESTS WHILE AT WORK!

I'M SORRY, MRS. PIERCE, I--

-WHY WON'T YOU GO? -BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO.

I AM SPEAKING TO YOU, MISS--

DON'T WORRY, I'M LEAVING!

ELIZA JANE!

I'VE NEVER KNOWN YOU TO BE SO SELFISH, LAURA.

IT'S NO WONDER IT TAKES YOU SO LONG TO DO THE WORK.

I HAD THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE JUST NATURALLY SLOW,

BUT NOW I SEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING GUESTS

ON MY TIME!

I HAVEN'T BEEN ENTERTAINING GUESTS! I JUST--

[CRASH]

AND BREAKING MY DISHES, TOO, I SEE.

WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DEDUCT THAT FROM YOUR PAY!

OH!

I STOPPED KICKING THAT SINK A LONG TIME AGO.

I HATE THIS SUMMER!

DON'T FEEL SO BAD.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE SUMMER.

I GOT TO DO IT ALL YEAR ROUND.

IS SHE ALWAYS LIKE THAT?

NO. SHE WAS BRIGHT AND CHEERY ONCE.

I THINK IT WAS ON A TUESDAY.

SOMEBODY SHE HATED JUST DIED.

[LAUGHING]

HOW GOES THE WORKING CLASS?

HI.

TERRIBLE.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD USE SOME CHEERING UP.

I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU.

BOOKS YOU NEED FOR CLASS.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD ABOUT IT.

YOU NEED THESE BOOKS NOW,

NOT SOMEDAY DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU GET PAID.

YOU JUST PUT THEM TO GOOD USE.

I'LL PAY YOU AS SOON AS I GET PAID.

YOU DO NOTHING OF THE SORT.

THEY'RE A PRESENT. COME ON. I'LL WALK YOU HALFWAY.

SO, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GOING TO THE ART EXHIBIT AFTER ALL, HUH?

NO.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

WELL, NOT THAT I CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT ART,

BUT I DO SO ENJOY TALKING TO ELIZA JANE.

I'VE NEVER MET A WOMAN WITH SO MANY OPINIONS.

MORT, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

SURE.

IT'S SORT OF A "WHAT IF" QUESTION.

SHOOT.

WELL, WHAT IF YOU HAD THIS FRIEND,

AND THIS FRIEND WAS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE,

AND THAT SOMEONE

SUGGESTED SOMETHING...

IMPROPER.

AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND THEM ANYMORE,

BUT YOUR FRIEND THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST BEING SELFISH.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

WHAT WOULD I DO?

WELL, IT SOUNDS KIND OF COMPLICATED.

BUT I WOULD TALK IT OVER WITH MY FRIEND.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN'T SOLVE

IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TALK IT OVER.

IT'S AWFUL HARD TO TALK ABOUT.

YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR FRIENDSHIP,

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO TRY.

YEAH, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

NOW, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT ELIZA JANE.

DOES SHE LIKE FLOWERS?

-FLOWERS? -YEAH.

OF COURSE SHE DOES.

I THINK DAISIES ARE HER FAVORITE.

WHY DO YOU ASK?

OH, WELL, YOU SEE, I'M STILL WORKING ON A PLAN TO GET HER TO NOTICE

WHAT A TRULY SPECTACULAR PERSON I AM. [LAUGHS]

BUT SINCE WASTONHOOFENHOOFER ARRIVED HERE,

IT'S TAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT,

LET ME TELL YOU.

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE A TRULY SPECTACULAR PERSON.

I WISH ELIZA JANE WOULD TAKE A LESSON OR TWO FROM YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

I'M NOT. I'D MUCH RATHER BE AT THE EXHIBIT

THAN SITTING HERE IN THIS TINY ROOM BY MYSELF.

ELIZA JANE--

I'VE BEEN THINKING ALL AFTERNOON.

AND YOUR BEHAVIOR DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I KNOW I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THINGS VERY WELL--

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.

A HUSBAND WHO LOVES YOU,

A TEACHING POSITION NEAR ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

YOU'VE NEVER SPENT A LONELY MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!

WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO COME BETWEEN ME

AND MY CHANCE FOR A LITTLE HAPPINESS IS ABSOLUTELY BEYOND ME.

I DON'T WANT TO COME BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS!

IF YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME ALONE WITH WILLIAM, GO AHEAD.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO ALONG.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO WILLIAM IS TOO MUCH OF A GENTLEMAN

TO SPEND TIME WITH ME ALONE.

IT WOULD COMPROMISE MY REPUTATION.

I DON'T THINK HE'S HALF THE GENTLEMAN YOU THINK HE IS.

I WON'T STAND HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU INSULT HIM.

I JUST DON'T THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM VERY CLEARLY.

HOW I LOOK AT WILLIAM IS MY OWN BUSINESS.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT!

SO MUCH FOR TALKING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME, PLEASE.

TAKE YOUR SEATS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LAURA, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET AROUND TO THE READING ASSIGNMENT TODAY?

YES, SIR.

AND WHAT DOES MR. EMERSON HAVE TO SAY TO US

ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SCHOLAR?

HE SAYS THAT THE SCHOLAR'S PURPOSE

IS TO OBSERVE LIFE AND TO HELP OTHERS SEE THE TRUTH

WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE CONFUSING.

INDEED.

AND THAT... TRUSTING YOURSELF

IS THE FIRST STEP TO UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING.

THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE VIEW OF THE ESSAY, ISN'T IT?

IT'S MY VIEW.

OH...

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

IS THE MOST COSMOPOLITAN OF AMERICAN WRITERS.

HIS STYLE IS ALLUSIVE AND HIS ALLUSIONS ARE TO A BODY OF LITERATURE

WHICH IS KNOWN TO BUT A FEW.

AND CERTAINLY HIS THOUGHTS,

HIS MESSAGES ARE APPEALING

TO THE COMMONEST CLASSES AMONG US,

BUT UNDERSTOOD...

UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY A FEW.

SOMEDAY, LAURA, WHEN YOU'RE OLDER,

AND YOU'VE HAD MORE EXPERIENCE,

YOU MAY SEE FOR YOURSELF

HOW SIMPLISTIC YOUR ANSWER REALLY IS.

I'M NOT PAYING YOU TO READ, MISS.

OH, I'M NOT READING. I'M WASHING.

I MEAN, I'M WASHING AND READING,

BUT I CAN DO BOTH AT ONCE.

YOU CALL THIS PLATE CLEAN?

I'M SORRY. I'M SURE IT'S THE ONLY ONE.

WELL, I GUESS WE JUST WON'T TAKE THAT CHANCE, WILL WE?

BUT...

YOU CAN PICK YOUR BOOK UP AFTER WORK.

AND I'VE A GOOD MIND TO DOCK YOU

FOR THE TIME YOU'VE WASTED ALREADY.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

NOTHING.

THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

"WAKE THEM AND THEY SHALL..."

I DIDN'T MEAN TO WAKE YOU.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I HAD TO FINISH ANYWAY.

LAURA, I'M SORRY FOR THE WAY I'VE BEEN TREATING YOU.

I'VE BEEN TERRIBLY RUDE AND THERE'S SIMPLY NO EXCUSE FOR IT.

YOU TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU WOULDN'T GO TO THE ART EXHIBIT,

AND I WOULDN'T EVEN LISTEN.

WELL, I'M READY TO LISTEN

IF YOU STILL WANT TO TALK.

OF COURSE I DO.

I...

THIS ISN'T EASY FOR ME.

THE OTHER DAY, WHEN I HAD TO STAY AFTER CLASS--

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

WHO ON EARTH?

ELIZA JANE WILDER?

YES.

THESE ARE FOR YOU.

OH, THANK YOU.

DAISIES!

"YOUR SECRET ADMIRER."

THEY'RE FROM WILLIAM.

WILLIAM?

ARE YOU SURE?

OF COURSE, WHO ELSE WOULD SEND THEM?

MORT.

OH, DON'T BE SILLY. IF THEY WERE FROM MORT,

HE WOULD HAVE JUST SIGNED HIS NAME FLAT OUT.

MORT? BUT WILLIAM...

WILLIAM UNDERSTANDS

THE SUBTLE ART OF COURTSHIP.

ELIZA JANE...

THE OTHER DAY, WHEN WILLIAM KEPT ME AFTER CLASS,

HE DIDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS MY SCHOOL WORK.

HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CANDLELIGHT DINNERS.

JUST WILLIAM AND ME.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I SWEAR IT IS.

LAURA, YOU MISUNDERSTOOD.

YOU'RE FROM A SMALL TOWN.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

THE WAY MORE SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE TALK.

I UNDERSTOOD WILLIAM.

YOU'RE MARRIED!

YOU'RE LYING!

ELIZA JANE!

Mort: LAURA!

WHERE ARE YOU OFF TO?

I WAS JUST COMING OVER TO SEE IF MY FLOWERS ARRIVED.

FLOWERS?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?

NO. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO MY ROOM.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS. I SHOULD HAVE SENT YOU SOME FLOWERS.

I'M SORRY. IT DIDN'T DAWN ON ME.

SOMETIMES I CAN BE SO INSENSITIVE.

NO. IT ISN'T THAT.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, TELL ME. WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S ME.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING WRONG.

I MEAN, I INSISTED ON COMING HERE,

EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.

NOW I'M EXHAUSTED AT WORK,

I CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH MY STUDIES,

AND ELIZA JANE ISN'T SPEAKING TO ME ANYMORE.

I JUST WANT TO GO HOME.

I SEE.

BUT IF I GO HOME, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO THINK I'M A FAILURE.

NO ONE IS GOING TO THINK YOU'RE A FAILURE.

JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GO HOME, LAURA.

NO?

NOT A SOUL.

WELL, NOT A SOUL EXCEPT YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?

I THINK THAT YOU'RE BRIGHT ENOUGH

AND DETERMINED ENOUGH TO SUCCEED

IF YOU JUST KEEP TRYING.

BESIDES, WHAT ABOUT EMERSON?

EMERSON?

YOU CAN'T LEAVE TILL HE GIVES HIS LECTURE.

I HOPE I CAN LAST UNTIL HE GETS HERE.

WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DECIDE THAT.

WELL!

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT.

I SEE YOU'RE FINALLY GETTING THE HANG OF THINGS.

VERY NICE.

THANK YOU.

HERE'S YOUR PAY FOR THE FIRST 3 WEEKS.

OF COURSE, I HAVE TAKEN MONEY OUT FOR THE DISH YOU BROKE.

BUT I DIDN'T DEDUCT ANYTHING FOR THE TIME

I CAUGHT YOU READING ON THE JOB.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU HAVE FINALLY LEARNED

HOW WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE,

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY WORKING IN THE KITCHEN.

I'M SORRY, MRS. PIERCE.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND

SOMEONE TO REPLACE ME.

WHAT?

I'VE FOUND THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR MY SCHOOL WORK.

AND TO KEEP A JOB, TOO.

YOU CAN'T QUIT HALFWAY THROUGH.

I CAME HERE TO GO TO SCHOOL,

NOT TO SPEND ALL OF MY TIME IN A KITCHEN.

I CAN DO THAT IN WALNUT GROVE.

DON'T YOU GET IMPUDENT WITH ME, YOUNG LADY!

GOOD-BYE, MRS. PIERCE.

JUST A MOMENT.

I SAID THAT YOU CAN'T QUIT UNTIL I FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE YOU!

LET GO OF MY ARM!

NOT UNTIL I'M FINISHED!

YOU ARE FINISHED!

AAH!

OH!

BYE, PAM.

BYE.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU. [LAUGHS]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRY?

SHUT UP.

OH!

Mort: LAURA!

SO MRS. PIERCE DECIDED TO LET HER SLAVES OUT, HUH?

OH, NO. I NOW HAVE TOTAL FREEDOM. I QUIT MY JOB.

WAIT A MINUTE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TIME TO GO HOME, ISN'T IT?

I MADE IT THIS FAR. I GUESS I CAN MAKE IT TO THE FINAL EXAM.

GOOD! SHALL WE?

WE SHALL.

OH, LOOK, THERE'S ELIZA JANE.

MAYBE WE COULD SIT WITH HER.

I DOUBT IT. SHE HASN'T SPOKEN TO ME

SINCE THE DAY THOSE DAISIES ARRIVED.

THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. SHE HASN'T SPOKEN TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

COME ON.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY

THE GREATEST OF ALL AMERICAN WRITERS,

MR. RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

[APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU, MR., UH...

WOESTEHOFF.

OF COURSE. MR. WOESTEHOFF.

I THOUGHT WILLIAM SAID THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.

I WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH OF WHAT WILLIAM SAYS AT FACE VALUE.

MEN ARE ALL INVENTORS

SAILING FORTH ON A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

THE POWER AND RESOURCES OF MAN ARE BENEFITED

BY THE OBSERVATION OF EVERY TRIUMPH

OF MAN OVER NATURE,

BY EVERY OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THAT WISDOM

IS BETTER THAN STRENGTH.

TO THINK I ALMOST MISSED THAT LECTURE.

YEAH.

I'M GLAD YOU DECIDED TO STAY.

ME, TOO.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF FIGURING SINCE WE TALKED.

AND IF I'M VERY, VERY CAREFUL,

I OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEMINAR

ON THE MONEY I'VE EARNED SO FAR.

I'VE GOT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON MY STUDIES

IF I WANT TO GET A PASSING GRADE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A MUCH BETTER GRASP ON THE MATERIAL

THAN MOST PEOPLE IN THE CLASS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WILLIAM SAYS.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE TURNED ON YOU LIKE THAT, LAURA.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

TAKE IT FROM ME. I USED TO TEACH THIS CLASS.

I JUST HOPE I PASS THE FINAL.

I WONDER IF I MIGHT HAVE A WORD WITH YOU.

CERTAINLY.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE DAISIES.

THE DAISIES?

I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING

WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED,

BUT I'M A BIT ON THE SHY SIDE

WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIED MEN.

-MISS WILDER, I-- -PLEASE, LET ME FINISH.

I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED,

BUT I'VE DECIDED IT DOESN'T MATTER,

NOT WHEN YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT SOMEONE.

WILLIAM.

I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE HAVING A CONFERENCE.

EMILY, I'LL BE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

OF COURSE, DAISIES ARE MY FAVORITE FLOWER.

THAT'S FINE. FINE!

I'M GLAD YOU LIKE THEM.

I REALLY CAN'T KEEP MISS POWERS WAITING ANY LONGER.

SO IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.

OF COURSE.

YOU DID SEND THE FLOWERS, DIDN'T YOU?

MISS WILDER...

I DON'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.

[SIGHS]

I THOUGHT I'D FIND YOU HERE.

YOU KNOW, LAURA IS WORRIED HALF SICK ABOUT YOU.

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE LEFT HER A NOTE.

I SUPPOSE SO.

YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHY YOU'RE LEAVING TOWN IN SUCH A HURRY?

IT'S COMPLICATED.

TRY ME.

WELL...SUPPOSE YOU HAD A FRIEND,

AND YOU THOUGHT THIS FRIEND HAD DONE A TERRIBLE THING,

AND YOU WERE RUDE AND AWFUL TO HER,

AND THEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU WERE THE ONE

WHO HAD DONE THE TERRIBLE THING TO BEGIN WITH.

WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO GO AWAY?

NO.

I'VE BEEN SO TERRIBLE TO LAURA.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO HER.

YOU KNOW, ELIZA JANE, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

AT A LOSS FOR WORDS AROUND ME.

YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

YOU WILL.

LAURA, I'VE BEHAVED ABSOLUTELY ABOMINABLY.

AND I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME AGAIN,

BUT I HOPE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME SO WE CAN BE FRIENDS.

I'VE MISSED YOU.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU.

YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT WILLIAM.

HE WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN ME.

I MADE SUCH A FOOL OUT OF MYSELF.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN EVER GO BACK INTO THAT CLASSROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TOGETHER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD AND STUDY,

AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT FINAL.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM RUIN OUR SUMMER, ARE YOU?

NO. NO, I'M NOT.

I'M GOING TO PASS OUT YOUR FINAL EXAM PAPERS.

SOME OF YOU DID VERY WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

NERVOUS?

YEAH, A LITTLE.

I DON'T THINK I DID VERY WELL AT ALL.

I DON'T CARE HOW I DID AS LONG AS

HE RECOMMENDS ME FOR A JOB.

A "B." THAT'S NOT SO BAD.

HOW'D YOU DO, LAURA?

MR. WOESTEHOFF,

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY GRADE...

AFTER CLASS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LAURA,

YOU MAY ASK THEM NOW.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND--

THAT'S CORRECT. YOU DON'T.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHITMAN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND EMERSON,

AND FROM YOUR FINAL EXAM,

IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND MARK TWAIN,

WHICH IS WHY I HAD TO FAIL YOU.

UH, EXCUSE ME.

BUT I THINK YOU MADE A MISTAKE.

I'VE MADE A WHAT?

UH, WELL, SEE, I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER LAURA'S PAPER HERE,

AND, UH...

WELL, IT'S PERFECT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW COULD YOU SAY

THAT SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TWAIN. I MEAN--

CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION, MR. CARSTAIRS,

BUT I AM THE PROFESSOR

AND, I MIGHT REMIND YOU, A GRADUATE OF YALE UNIVERSITY.

OH. WELL, THAT EXPLAINS IT.

SEE, I'M A HARVARD MAN MYSELF.

[GIGGLES]

AND I DID MY POSTGRADUATE WORK AT CAMBRIDGE.

OH. I WAS AT OXFORD.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT

I KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN YOU DO.

CAPTAIN OF THE DEBATING TEAM--

TWO YEARS.

LITERARY MAGAZINE--

EDITOR, 3 YEARS.

[LAUGHTER]

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO STEP OUTSIDE AND SETTLE THIS LIKE A MAN?

NOT REALLY.

I THOUGHT NOT.

BUT I WILL.

Students: OH.

WELL, I GUESS I INSULTED HIM.

WE'VE GOT TO STOP HIM! HE COULD GET HURT!

MORT, DON'T DO THIS. IT'S CRAZY.

I'VE MADE UP MY MIND.

HOLD MY COAT. OH, MY GLASSES.

I HOPE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LESSON TO YOU, CARSTAIRS,

BECAUSE YOU'RE AN INSUFFERABLE, ODIOUS LOUT!

UH, I MAY BE AN INSUFFERABLE, ODIOUS LOUT,

BUT I'M ONE HECK OF A BOXER.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING NO RECOMMENDATION FROM ME!

YEAH, OF COURSE. IT'S THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

Students: AWW!

I'M REAL SORRY.

DON'T WORRY.

SOMETHING WILL TURN UP.

THERE'S A POSITION OPEN AT MY SCHOOL...

IF YOU DON'T MIND MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS.

WILL YOU BE THERE?

OF COURSE I'LL BE THERE! I TEACH THERE!

THEN I'D BE HONORED TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.

AND I'D BE HONORED TO RECOMMEND YOU.

LAURA, I DO HOPE YOU'RE NOT SORRY THAT YOU CAME.

I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED THIS SUMMER FOR THE WORLD.

EVEN THOUGH YOU FAILED THE SEMINAR?

WELL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER IF I'VE GOTTEN A BETTER GRADE,

BUT LEARNING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GRADES,

AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT.

ALL ABOARD!

I DO HATE LEAVING YOU HERE ALL ALONE.

MY TRAIN LEAVES IN JUST AN HOUR.

YOU BETTER GO.

GOOD LUCK IN MINNEAPOLIS, MORT.

THANKS. I HAVE A FEELING

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO WORK OUT JUST FINE.

-GOOD-BYE, LAURA. -GOOD-BYE.

-BYE. -BYE.

LAURA, DON'T FORGET TO WRITE!

I WON'T!

I'D LIKE ONE TICKET TO WALNUT GROVE, PLEASE.

WOULD THAT BE A ROUND TRIP TICKET?

OH, NO. ONE WAY. I'M GOING HOME.

[STEAM WHISTLE]

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