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Bravo! Bravo!

Gracias, Carlos.

Elena, don't go too far away. We are leaving very soon.

Ay, they have such spirit.

Fools. Idiots.

Papa, why do you allow them to come with us?

Chasing Elena all over Nevada. It's crazy.

Now, Margarita. They do no harm and if it--

No harm? Papa, look at the dust!

All Spaniards are loco.

If Don Luis is as stupid as those two,

I will not marry him.

Ben!

Ben.

Ben Cartwright! Don Miguel.

Are you all right?

Do you think this is my normal way of disembarking?

Of course I am not all right. Help me up.

Why do you gape? Take down the luggage.

Howdy, ma'am, my name is Hess and this is my little brother, Joe.

Why do you make conversation? I don't care what your name is.

Take down the luggage, that's your job, no?

Well, you heard what the lady said. Take down the luggage.

Margarita. Hey, Papa.

They are not servants. Well.

Ben, my older daughter, Margarita.

Señor Cartwright.

Señorita, welcome to the Ponderosa.

And this is Adam,

Yes, we've met.

Joe and Hess.

My sons.

Your sons?

It is just as well, they would make very bad servants.

Well, let's get to the ranch.

"Why do you gape? Take down the luggage."

To old times. The good old times.

You're not staying nearly long enough, Miguel.

Si, amigo, not long enough for either of us.

But we still have a long way to travel

and Margarita is most anxious to meet the man she is going to marry.

Oh, you mean, they haven't met yet?

Well, please understand, Adam.

It is our custom that the father arrange these things for his daughters.

With Elena there is no problem but Margarita, ay...

Ben, how often I have envied you, your sons.

Well, I'll tell you, Miguel, I am quite certain that

my sons wouldn't want me to arrange any of their marriages,

but there are sure times when I would like to give it a try.

Ay, Margarita, Margarita.

Always the same.

No, no, no. No!

Margarita.

Because they live with us day and night, night and day,

they dance and sing.

I cannot even have chocolate in peace.

Margarita, no, no, no hablas asi.

Margarita!

Smashing up my good china.

Margarita!

Get out.

They do not have to leave just because you say so.

I do not have to live with your two buffoons.

Margarita.

You may turn out to be my sister-in-law.

You. You?

My brother-in-law! Not today!

Adam! Adam! Adam! No, no, no.

No, amigo. No, no, no.

Aah!

Animal!

Let me go!

Never before have I seen her so silent.

You are to be congratulated.

Hmm.

Our guests settled for the night?

Yes, finally.

Miguel says she's always been like this, can't do a thing with her.

I think he's afraid he'll never be able to marry her off.

And with good reason.

Come in.

Well, come in, gentlemen.

Señor Adam.

Señor Adam, we wish to express our admiration.

For what you did this afternoon, señor.

You actually silenced Margarita. And that was a true miracle.

There's the voice of wisdom. I lose my temper, he calls it a miracle.

No, but we are serious, señor.

We love the little Elena. Si, and we would like to marry her.

Both of you?

But there is one little problem.

Only one?

Don Miguel, he requires that Margarita be married primero.

Oh.

If you could only gentle her a little. So that when they meet,

this Don Luis will not run away like all the others.

The answer, señores, is no.

Why not, big brother?

You're pretty good at gentling wild horses.

Sure, might turn out to be fun.

You two stay out of this.

I hope I do not interrupt.

It's all right, señorita, I was just leaving.

Señor, por favor, you have to help us, why don't you help us?

I cannot understand this. I could not help but hear you.

I see that like me, no one else can sleep, eh?

Please, Adam.

Allow me to speak.

Well, sir. Adam.

Luis Santana is our last hope.

Margarita has frightened all the others away.

One little thing that is not perfect, she explodes and pfft.

They disappear.

If I permit Elena to marry before her older sister,

the disgrace will make Margarita so full of fury that...

Adam, have pity.

Please, Señor Adam.

Please, Señor Adam, have pity.

Please, Señor Adam.

Please, Señor Adam, you're the only one that can help.

Please, please.

Hey, Adam, looks like you got a regular Jim-dandy prayer meeting

going for you there, big brother.

Get up, get up.

What you want me to do,

smack her every time she's bad? Which is most of the time.

Perhaps this will help, Adam. I found it this afternoon.

A play by your Englishman, Señor Shakespeare.

The Taming of the Shrew.

You might have known.

How did Shakespeare put it, Adam? "Kill her with kindness."

Kindness? With that

lovely lady?

Silencio, you have awakened me.

I want to sleep ahora, that means "new"!

You're right.

She is a problem.

But like you said, she's your problem, not mine.

Oh, get up.

Then we were walking down this street

in Juarez.

And we were both...

Good morning.

I hope you slept well, Margarita. I have not.

First there is the noise, then there is something wrong with that bed.

I'm sorry. It's crooked, it leans.

I had to hold on all night long to keep from slipping to the bottom.

It is not so funny, Elena. I could not close my eyes.

Well, first thing after breakfast, I'll take a look at it.

I ask for chocolate, I get coffee.

Margarita, por favor.

Oh, Fa--

It is very lucky for you, it's cold.

I am going riding.

Joe, saddle a horse and go with her.

Yes, sir.

Manuel and Carlos are taking me riding.

Margarita will run into them.

To fatherhood. No, no, no.

First to marriage, I hope and... Heh, heh.

I will take that horse.

Margarita, these horses are for Elena and us.

I'll get another horse. Stand aside.

Sorry.

Well, I'm afraid we're going to have to get another horse.

Tell me something, Elena.

You want your sister to marry that Santana fellow.

So do your young men and so does your father, but...

But how does Margarita feel about all this?

She has much pride, Señor Adam.

Too much pride to admit to her private dreams.

Even to me.

But she is my sister and I know her very well.

Like all women, she longs for the beauty of a man's love,

the sweet delight of a child in her arms,

as I do, señor.

It is a great pity.

A pity.

And so you push and push.

Did you ever stop to think, Elena, that maybe you

and everybody else might have just

pushed Margarita to desperation?

Perhaps we are selfish, Señor Adam.

But it is not only selfishness,

we believe that Margarita could fulfill a man to running-over.

We all hope very much, for her sake,

that Don Luis will be that man.

Check and mate.

Mighty pretty, ma'am. I sure wish I could play like that.

Gracias, perhaps you can, Señor Hoss.

Here, you try.

Now,

you put your fingers thus.

This is the E-chord. Now strum.

Don't laugh.

Now again, we try once-- That's terrible.

I can't help it.

Here.

Stop laughing!

Okay, okay already.

Put your fingers, here, here, good.

Now strum!

No!

This large onion has the fingers of a bear.

Huh? I said, we must have patience

with the instrument.

Let me show you now.

See?

It's impossible.

Margarita.

Imbecile!

Adam, please, you are the only one that can help us.

She's the meanest dang woman I ever did see.

Out of my way.

That wouldn't happen to be my guitar?

Now, Adam. My new guitar?

Adam.

The one I sent all the way to New York for?

He sure did. See, that? Get New York, right there inside.

Yeah, I see it.

I'm sorry, Adam.

But as you said, she's a problem to everybody.

All the way from New York.

My new guitar.

Who has done this to me?

Speak up!

Cowards!

Come on, speak up. Come out and face me.

Jellyfish!

Dirty dogs!

Av,

and amid this hurly I intend

That all is done in reverend care of her.

And in conclusion she shall watch all night.

Ah. There you are. My, you're an early bird this morning.

Did you sleep well?

How can one sleep on the floor?

On the floor?

Why, was there something wrong with your bed?

The stupid evil thing collapsed. I could not put it together.

Well, I fixed it myself, right after you complained.

You fixed it, señor?

Yes, you should have called me when it collapsed.

Called? Where were you when I called?

Oh, you did call?

I'm terribly sorry. I didn't hear a thing.

I must have been sleeping like a baby.

Listen, señor, if you think it is very funny

to spend the whole night on the floor--

Don't lose your temper so early in the morning.

You won't have any left for the rest of the day.

Why don't you have some eggs? I fixed them myself.

What are these?

Eggs from a dude bird?

They taste like leather.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I guess I'm not very much of a cook.

Maybe you would like to have some chocolate.

You see, I remembered that you don't like coffee.

It's cold.

Don't you even know how to make chocolate?

I am sorry, señorita.

I am truly sorry. I'll heat it up.

Is nothing ever right in this house? The beds, the food?

What have you done?

Oh, I am so sorry.

Fortunately for you, it's cold.

Maybe some water will help. You're making it worse!

How can anyone be so stupid?

It's not easy.

Idiot. It's a conspiracy!

Margarita. Hey.

Have you slept at all this night?

No.

Thanks to Señor Adam, the bed-fixer.

I think he hates me.

No, Margarita.

On the contrary, he is very simpatico to you.

He thinks perhaps that

Papa and I have pushed you too hard towards marriage.

He does?

What business is that of his?

How dare he express an opinion?

Because, as I said, he is very simpatico to you.

As most men would be if only you would let them.

You permit people to tread on you like a worm, that is not me.

I have a fire inside of me. If I cannot explode,

IWill die.

If only you could try sometimes to bank the fire a little?

Perhaps. I will try, I will try.

It is not that I always wish to be alone.

I think, perhaps,

I would like to marry.

I know this.

But your temper.

So you have said, and Papa has said,

and every suitor has said, too many times!

Well, I am I!

And any man,

including Don Luis, must accept me the way I am.

I wish to ride alone. I'm afraid not, señorita.

The Ponderosa's a pretty big place, you might get lost.

Then someone else will ride with me.

There's no one else around. Sorry.

Magarita! The cinch!

How dare you, señor? How dare you?

You didn't tighten the cinch on your saddle.

There is nothing wrong with this saddle.

You make a fuss over nothing.

I would have known if this saddle was slipping.

Do you see what you have caused?

I tried to keep my temper with you, señor, but you are impossible.

Maybe so, señorita.

I am a man of limited patience.

And believe me, you try those limits beyond endurance.

Looks like you'll have to walk home.

You will walk, señor! Not I. Oh, no, señorita!

My horse is much too dangerous for you.

You know I am excellent with the horse.

I couldn't possibly let a delicate creature like yourself ride this animal.

Then you will bring me one back.

Señorita, you will walk.

Whether in my company or by yourself is entirely up to you,

but you will walk.

Well?

You do know about rattlesnakes?

Rattlesnakes?

Of course, they shouldn't bother you too much,

but you can never tell about these Wildcats.

Well. Have it your own way.

I'm tired. Wouldn't be surprised.

I would like to ride.

Yes?

It really isn't so hard.

Try it.

Just once?

Please?

Your horse awaits, señorita.

Could that possibly be your Don Luis?

It cannot be anyone else, can it?

But he was not to come here.

What am Ito do, señor? Have him--

Have him see me this way for the first time?

It does matter then, what people think of you?

We are what we are, señor.

But, Si, it does matter.

No one wants to be alone, senor.

All right.

I'll go over and talk to him for a few minutes,

give you a chance to get upstairs and change.

I regret my rudeness to you.

I will try to apply the lesson you have tried to taught me.

I'm Adam Cartwright. Welcome to the Ponderosa.

Luis Santana at your service, señor.

You'll think it's a little foolish of me,

but I couldn't wait home any longer.

I heard so much about Margarita.

She is here, isn't she? Oh, yes, she's here.

And you are welcome, Don Luis.

Don Miguel and the entire family will be very delighted to see you.

I wanted to meet this Margarita so much. And tell me,

is she as beautiful as they say?

Oh, yes, she is very beautiful.

And what about her nature, huh? Her nature?

Yes, her nature.

I heard she has very hot temper.

I wouldn't be too concerned.

People often exaggerate things, you know?

I hope you are wrong, señor.

You do?

What's a tiger without claws? Ha-ha-ha.

It makes for more excitement. A man needs a good fight

every now and then to warm the blood.

You know, I should have gone to Timbuktu.

Señor, can we go to find my tiger now?

Huh?

Why not, why not?

Gracias, Manuel.

Señor Cartwright, Don Miguel,

may I propose a toast?

Why, of course. Thank you.

I propose a toast to Eleneta, my future bride.

Ah, ah, ah.

Señores, a toast, yes,

but to my future bride.

Your future bride?

What are you so glum about?

Oh, Margarita, Don Luis...

Adam, you haven't-- Taken her to my head?

I haven't any good Spanish blood, remember?

Oh.

I've convinced Don Miguel to stay on for a couple of more days.

It's for Don Luis' sake, he's kind of tired

and his ranch is quite a piece from here.

And it's very kind of you, Ben.

Not at all, Don Miguel. You know you're welcome to stay on here

for as long as you like.

Adam, what do you think?

I'm glad you asked, sir.

I'm afraid things aren't working out exactly the way you planned.

Oh? You see, Don Luis wants 10--

Don Luis wants to meet your daughter, Don Miguel.

I have heard so much of her beauty, among other things.

I'm most impatient to see her.

Well, I'm sure that she will be here any moment, Don Luis.

Well, shall we?

Señor Cartwright, dinner was excellent as usual.

Well, thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

You care for a demitasse-- I mean, some chocolate?

Oh, no, coffee is fine.

Well, fine, fine.

Ben, shall I set up the chessboard? Yeah, come on, I'll help you.

May I sit next to you, señorita? Oh, please.

There you are. Oh, gracias.

I am most-- You are most--

After you.

Por favor, Don Luis. You first.

I wanted to say you are most beautiful, Margarita.

All the beauty of a Spanish night is in you.

Please, señor. You are most kind.

You and I are very much alike, I think.

And I think this, señor, goes with much speed.

Time alone will tell us this, no?

Time moves too slowly for a man who is impatient with living alone.

And I am, Margarita. Very impatient.

Don Luis, in this at least, I must agree we are alike.

I have traveled very far to come to you.

And with each passing hour, I wish evermore to please you.

And I, you.

We'll do very well together, Margarita.

I am sure.

Si, and all that is required is that I be pleasant and agreeable

and sweet. No?

I don't mean to be insulting, but I have heard things that...

What things have you heard, Don Luis?

Well, that...

Well, they say that if you are provoked,

you rage like a firestorm.

Gossip, gossip.

Malicious gossip.

That it isn't true?

A woman would be a fool to rage at the man

that she would have love her.

For him,

she should always bank the fire.

You wanted to talk to me?

Si, señor.

This Margarita, I am very disappointed.

She is not at all what I expected.

She's not?

A beautiful woman, I was told, and a woman of fire.

Now I think I've been misled.

Well, you couldn't possibly mean that she isn't beautiful enough?

Oh, no, señor!

But the fire? Where is it?

You have heard, as well as I, what she said.

And I guarantee you, there is no warmth in a banked fire.

She was the same the whole evening.

Her manner is as meek as a lamb.

Don't go jumping to conclusions.

She's probably on her good behavior.

After all-- Adam, I'm a sheep rancher.

I live surrounded by sheep.

And I don't want a sheep for a wife, as well.

I can understand that.

You have been with her for several days now.

Is this what she is like, always?

Well, it's...

It's very difficult to judge a person, especially a woman,

in just a few days.

But that's exactly what I must do.

Once we reach my hacienda, it will be too late.

I couldn't possibly send her away then.

It would be too cruel.

I must decide before we leave here.

Well, there's still tomorrow.

I don't think another day will make any difference.

We're planning a picnic tomorrow.

You know about picnics?

Know about them, señor?

Yes.

They're just full of surprises.

You son of a gun. Heh, heh.

Have I got a roamer?

Is that yours? Yup.

That one's yours.

Hey, look! Farther than you!

It was a lovely picnic, no?

Si, señorita.

Look at that.

Did you ever see such a beautiful moon?

You joke, señor? Certainly not.

Do you not agree that it is a beautiful moon?

But it is the sun, señor.

You are making fun.

I say, it is the moon.

Of course, it is the moon.

And very beautiful, just as you say.

Señorita.

It is obviously the sun that is shining up there.

Now are you trying to make fools of us all? Hmm?

As it pleases you, señor.

The sun, the moon, a star,

is all the same to me.

But look at my little Margarita.

How like a dove, a little flower.

Look, look how pleasant she looks.

Yes, she's as gentle as a lamb.

I'm afraid we have to talk later, you and I, Don Miguel.

Margarita.

Please, señor, be kind enough to leave me alone.

Believe me, I only wish I could.

Señorita...

You have my deepest apology.

Hey, what's--?

He's loco! She slipped.

Adam has pushed Margarita into the water!

Carlos, stop laughing and go help Margarita out of the water.

Si, Elena. Manuel, get Margarita out of the water.

Manuel, gracias, you are such a gentleman.

I'm as much as a gentleman as you are. I will get her out--

I'm very sorry. Manuel.

I am just as much a gentleman as you are.

I will get her out of the water. No, I will!

All right then. You get her out of the water.

Oh, no, I won't.

At a time like this! She's drowning! Why don't you--? Manuel!

You pushed me.

That's right, señorita. I most certainly did do just that.

I am sure it was a mistake.

Will you be kind enough to help me out?

Margarita.

I deliberately pushed you into the water.

Si, señor.

If you say so.

And now, would you help me out?

All right, you win.

Let it be on your head.

Why do you have to choose now to be so nice?

Señor, you are a barbarian.

An accident, Don Luis. Nothing more.

I understand what you're trying to do, Adam, but it is hopeless.

Not even a sheep would have so much forbearance as that woman.

Well, I've tried everything else.

Why not? Margarita!

Do we always go swimming with our clothes on?

What did you do? Why don't you get out and fight?

What are you doing?

Remember, you were going to be pleasant,

sweet, agreeable, kind--

Don't you now "remember" me!

Señorita, you were going to bank the fire.

For what! If he--

If Don Luis wants a sweet, little... I don't want him!

Why don't you get out and fight?

Why don't you fight?

You! How could I ever think I wanted a man?

Rabbit!

For you...

What are you laugh...?

All right, all right, all right.

Thank you, Adam.

She is all I hoped for, and more.

Sorry, my friend. Was a matter of honor.

Margarita.

Margarita,

I am so happy for you, Margarita.

Congratulations.

Well, Mr. Shakespeare,

you mind telling me what's going on?

Don't look so worried, Pa.

This is the best picnic I was ever on.

Don Miguel, I sure wish you weren't leaving quite so soon.

So do I.

And thank you so much for your hospitality, Ben.

I'll tell you, I'm sure glad everything worked out so well.

What a relief.

Muchas gracias, Señor Adam.

I suppose you'll soon be getting married now yourself?

Soon? Oh, no, señor.

Now I have to make up my mind.

Adios, Señor Adam.

Señor Adam. Yes, Margarita.

I found this last night when I could not sleep.

For once it was not your fault. I was too happy to sleep.

It is yours, no? Mm-hm.

I think it may be the way to tame a shrew,

but not a woman of fire.

Don Luis, be careful, my dress!

Yes, my little tiger.

Ya!

"Fie, fie! Unknit that threatening unkind brow,

And dad not scornful glances from those eyes

To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor.

It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads,

Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds,

And in no sense is meet or amiable.

A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,

Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty.

And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty

Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.

Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,

Thy head, thy sovereign..."