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Time to go, little one.

Got the wagon hitched.

It'll be good to have Sully home again.

Yes, it will.

Morning,

Reuben. It's wonderful to see you getting around.

Mikaela? Mikaela?

Honey!

Mikaela!

What a wonderful surprise. Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Well,

I didn't know myself. I'm on my way to San Francisco. When I found out how

to Colorado Springs I would be, I had to come here and see.

And to meet your wonderful family. This would be... This is Katie.

Hello, Katie, sweet dear Katie. And you must be Brian.

I couldn't wait to meet you after all the wonderful things your mother has

written to me about you.

She has?

Indeed, she has.

And where is this Sully?

Oh, we were just about to meet him.

I'll come along, if I may.

Will...

Why not?

We'll leave the wagon at the library.

Shall I lead on?

Now that you're here, you will stay a while?

Oh, well, a few days, yes. I'm about to start on a concert tour.

Did you really plan for the King of Norway, Uncle Teddy?

Uncle Theodore.

I'm the only one with permission to call him Uncle Teddy. Perhaps an exception

to be made in this case.

What do you say, Mikhail?

Did you know I'm taking piano lessons?

Piano lessons?

Here.

You must play for me.

Maybe you could give me a few lessons.

That would please me.

Perhaps you'd like to make Uncle Teddy over to Grace.

What about meeting Sully?

I'll bring Sully over to Grace's.

Where is Sully?

He's right over here. Come on, I'll show you.

Hey,

Matthew. Good morning.

Matthew, I'd like you to meet my Uncle Theodore.

Glad to meet you. How do you do?

Well, he was incarcerated for an action he took as a matter of principle.

Ah, civil disobedience. Good man.

I'm a pathologist myself.

That's not why I'm in jail.

Here you go.

I haven't seen you, Matthew.

Look at this.

It's Alma.

I missed you, Paul.

I missed you, too.

Uncle Teddy, may I present my husband, Byron Sully.

Sully, my godfather, Theodore Quinn.

Pleasure to meet you. No, sir, the pleasure is entirely mine.

I've been looking forward to this moment for so long.

I know you're going to be great friends.

And she'd be sitting with a book open in her lap, right at the top of the

stairs, pretending to study right above the parlor, all the while listening to

us adults discussing the immorality of slavery.

And every night, she'd sit one step lower until finally there she was in the

parlor with us.

Wasn't too shy to express her opinion?

I'll say.

Hey, uh, did Michaela ever get in trouble?

Oh, now, wait a minute. Well, there was this one time... Really?

Uncle Teddy!

When she was abducted by slave traders.

You mean kidnapped?

Well, so we thought.

She disappeared.

All of Beacon Hill was in an uproar. Her mother called for the fire brigade.

And you know where they finally found her?

Where? I don't remember any of this.

At the hospital where her father was head of surgery. She was sitting in the

front row of the operating theater with all the medical students. And guess what

she said when they found her? That she was going to be a doctor when she grew

up. You are very perceptive, young man.

Now, don't listen to any of this. He'll have you believe that I was rude.

Forward and disrespectful.

I mean, all the while, it was Carlton who put me up to this.

Do you remember the time when you found us tuning your piano?

Who's Carlton?

My cousin. Uncle Teddy's son. Oh, he was the handsomest boy in all of Boston.

No, no, no. I think we've bored them all enough with our remember when talk,

don't you? And I had a hopeless crush on him.

Are you up to do a recital for the governor?

Do you remember Uncle Teddy and Carlton? Speaking of recitals, I'll require a

piano to practice on while I'm here. Do you have one at home?

Well, no.

I'm sure the Reverend will let you borrow the church piano.

Huh.

To the right there, Reverend. To the right.

You, uh, sure you want to bring all these?

Having them with me will be a comfort.

Did you get the clock from off the bureau? We got a clock over in the

No, please, Lauren, I'd like to have that clock.

It belonged to my mother.

I remember waking at night as a child and listening to the chimes. Reverend?

Michaela? Hey, Reverend.

Hey, Brian.

You alone?

Oh, no, Lauren's here.

Somewhere.

Well, I brought my uncle, Theodore Quinn.

Ah, pleased to meet you. Ah, pleased to meet you.

He needs a piano in which to practice while he's here in town. I wondered if

might use the one in the church.

Oh, yes, of course. That'd be fine.

It'd be nice to know that it's getting some use.

Are you moving?

Oh, just taking some of my personal belongings over to Lauren's for the time

being. I'll be staying in Dorothy's old room for now.

Oh, and this is Lauren Bray. He owns the General Mercantile. This is my Uncle

Theodore. How do you do?

Oh, Elizabeth's brother?

No, my father's.

Piano's this way.

Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, Michaela, your turn.

Come on, for old time's sake.

It's been a while.

Ready?

That's the first piece Uncle Teddy taught me to play.

Can you teach me to play that?

Well, yes, but I understand your abilities already far outshine what you

heard.

The smile of a man who hears the truth and knows it.

You want this clock on that table over there? Sure, sure, that'd be fine.

If there's anything else I can do for you... No, no, I'll be fine.

Sully, Forrest was looking for you this game.

Who's it from?

Willem Smith.

That that fella who wanted you for the Yellowstone job?

Yeah. What's he want?

Rero bought a right -of -way through the Red Rocks land.

What's he planning on doing about it?

Nothing.

What are you planning on doing about it?

Yes, come.

I knew I had a photograph of Carlton somewhere.

I found it tucked away in a book.

You've certainly created a beautiful home for yourself here on the frontier.

Well, Sully built it with his own hands.

Really? Well, he's quite a craftsman, but I suspect it's your touch that's

it home.

Well, I'll let you finish up.

Supper will be ready soon.

Yes, Uncle Teddy.

How about that?

Yes.

Trying to show me up in front of you, Uncle Teddy?

You want to try?

No, thank you. These hands have never held a weapon, and they never will.

Pacifists believe that all violence is wrong, Brian.

This ain't violence, it's just a friendly competition.

Yes, but to what end?

Sorry, you must forgive me. We musicians can appear to be absurdly protective of

our hands.

That's all you're going to eat, young man.

Mom, can I be excused? I got lots of homework.

Of course.

Sully Hart.

Good night, Brian.

Matthew told me you received a telegram from Will and Smith.

Yeah. Bad news.

Ray wrote a plan on putting a spur line right through the middle of Red Rocks.

Oh, Sully.

Fixing that.

Selling the land.

Open it up for homestead.

Well, that'll ruin it.

Ruin? What?

A valley with beautiful rock formations.

Sully's been working to secure the area for a national park.

Yes, sir. Beautiful country around here. A beautiful country that won't be

beautiful for long unless we do something to save it.

How do you propose to do that?

By stopping the railroad.

I thought the railroad was improving life on the frontier.

That all depends on how you look at it.

Progress is inevitable.

Inevitable ain't necessarily good.

Surely, Uncle Teddy, you also agree that it's important to preserve the natural

beauty of the land for future generations.

Oh, yes, yes, of course. Glories of the wilderness.

Oh, I couldn't agree more.

But what about the glories of civilization?

Art, literature, music.

Take a young man like Brian, for example. Any father would want those

opportunities. Or his son.

I'll get the door.

I can see you are a man of principle, and I respect that.

I'd say the same about you.

I suppose what it amounts to is which offers more promise of a future for a

young man like Brian.

Protecting a lovely bit of wilderness, or making way for museums, libraries,

concert halls.

I guess it's for Brian to decide.

Yes.

It is.

Then your uncle moved away from Boston?

He left after Carlton died.

Boston abolitionists needed recruits.

Carlton signed up against his father's wishes.

Left the next day.

He was killed on the second day at Gettysburg.

Uncle Teddy went down there and walked along the battlefields for hours,

searching until he found his body.

That's enough to make anybody into a pacifist.

No, he was already a pacifist.

As far back as I can remember.

I suppose he's wondering what you're doing in a place like this.

Oh, no, on the contrary. He loves the homestead. He told me so himself.

No, I meant... I meant what he said about Brian.

About music and the art.

You need to be patient with him, Sully.

I know his ideas are different, but he comes from a different world.

It's just that he... He cares so very much.

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14 steps to the counter, stairs to the left.

What do you know? Same as before.

Why don't you take a rest?

I need to practice getting around on my own.

Morning.

May I help? All right, I'll do it, I'll do it.

Look, I hear Grace is serving rhubarb pie over at the restaurant. Why don't

and your uncle take the reverend over and have a slice?

No, no, I'd rather not do that just now.

I came over to walk you up to the clinic for your appointment.

You need to examine the optic nerve and see if the swelling's gone down.

Good idea.

Will you join us, Uncle? Oh, thank you. No, if it's all right, I'll stay here

and look around.

Anything I can do to help you, you just sing out. Thank you.

She's really something, that niece of yours.

Yes, isn't she?

And her husband, Sully, do you know him well?

Oh, yeah.

He was married to my daughter, Abigail.

I didn't know that.

She passed away.

I'm sorry.

Tragic for me. Yeah.

Sully's an interesting character.

One might say unconventional.

Well, he used to live with Indians.

Huh? Billy McKayla wrote to me that he was an Indian agent?

He was.

There was some trouble. It's a long story.

When I was arriving in town, Sully was just getting out of jail.

Oh, yeah, that was another thing.

Something to do with a dam.

Dam? Yeah.

Trying to hijack dynamite.

Howdy, sir.

Up and doing?

Hello, Brian.

Hey, Uncle Teddy.

How was school today?

Great.

Thought this might be a good time for a piano lesson. Sure.

As long as we're done by four o 'clock.

See, me and Sully are going to... Sully and I. Forgive me for interrupting.

But the way we speak reflects our breeding.

As gentlemen, we would say Sully and I.

That way no one will think us crude or illiterate.

Like I was saying, Sully and I are going out to the reservation at 4 o 'clock.

The Indian reservation?

Yeah. See, Sully can't go inside.

Why not?

He had some trouble with the army. Now they won't let him inside.

So I have to take stuff in for cloud dancing.

He sends you in there with Indians and soldiers by yourself?

Yeah.

You have a gift.

Thanks. I'm serious, Brian. You play the inner music.

It's not that your technique is everything it could be, but one can

Have an idea?

Why don't you and I give a recital here in the church before I leave for San

Francisco? It could be a surprise for your mother.

A recital?

Mm -hmm.

Why not?

Can we play that duet that you and Ma were playing?

Yes, of course, if you'd like.

It's a pity, though.

We can't fully appreciate the precision and the harmony of the music on this

tired old instrument.

I've got an idea.

The gold nugget? Yeah.

They just opened. They got a brand new piano. Come on.

Perhaps we won't mention this to your mother.

My uncle and I were wondering if we could play your piano.

I don't think his music's in line with my customer's taste.

I don't see anyone else waiting to play.

I don't think so.

He played for kings and queens all over the world, and you don't want to hear

it?

Let him play.

Right.

I've been waiting for you. I thought you and me had plans.

Sorry, Sully.

I forgot.

Don't blame me.

It's my fault.

I got swept up in the music. I lost track of time.

You ready? Let's go. Come on.

They have to make this so impossible.

Why don't you let me do it for you?

I was only trying to help. I don't want help.

Five o 'clock.

Time for supper.

Are you coming?

No.

I'll bring you some meatloaf.

May I interrupt?

Of course, any time.

Brian said he was going out to the reservation.

Oh, he often goes with Sully.

But the Indians and the army, mightn't that make for a rather dangerous

situation?

Difficult, but not dangerous.

Our closest friend lives there.

Michaela, I have no doubt that Sully is well -intentioned, but I wonder if he

isn't impulsive at times, misguided even.

I've wanted to pry about why exactly Sully was in jail.

but it does cause me some anxiety as it regards Brian.

Are you suggesting that Sully would do anything to endanger Brian?

No, no, no. I didn't mean to imply that, I assure you.

It's wonderful that you take such an interest in Brian.

In many ways, he reminds me of Carlton.

Yes.

Yes. He's talented.

He's bright.

Confident.

Not a day goes by that I don't miss him.

Found a way to save the Red Rocks, maybe.

If I can find another route to the spur line, a better one, I might be able to

talk the railroad into going another way.

Is there a better route?

Cloud dancing and the other Indians have been wondering about Possum Valley,

just north of Cripple Creek Road.

It's a little bit longer, but it's flat. It's probably cheaper to build.

That sounds like a wonderful solution.

We'll ride out there tomorrow, scout it, and draw a map.

I told Brian he can go along with me and help.

You're taking Brian out there?

What about his piano lesson?

I suppose we can wait another day.

I got some getting ready to do.

You're not going to let Brian go out there, sure.

I don't see why not.

Out into a wilderness valley, into a confrontation with the railroad?

Sally would never do anything that would put Brian in danger.

Michaela, you must reconsider this.

I will not allow it.

Brian is our son, not yours.

Good morning.

I was just wondering, is this the same dam with which Sully was involved?

Yeah. He went out there to persuade the company to change the mine.

How then did it happen that Sully ended up in jail?

Things kind of got out of hand. That wasn't Sully's fault, though. The other

started the shooting.

The shooting?

Yeah. Big shooter.

Oh, it's in the fingering.

5 -1 -2 -1 -3. 5 -1 -2 -1 -3. 5 -1 -2 -1 -3. Try again.

That's it exactly.

That's it.

Brian, turn around, please. I'd like to speak with you.

Brian, you could have a brilliant career waiting for you.

If you want it.

Playing music?

That's right.

But, Brian, you can't achieve it here.

You need the proper training.

New York.

New York?

Mm -hmm.

But who would teach me? I would. I'd be happy to.

Where would I live?

Well, you'd stay with me.

Of course, you would have to work very hard.

But we could go to the theater or museum.

In the summertime, we could go to concerts in Washington Square.

But you have to want it.

You have to want it more than anything else.

You have to commit to your life.

To music.

What about Ma?

Sully and Katie?

Well, you could come back and visit them when you like. They can come and see

you.

Right.

Think about it.

We'll talk about it at tomorrow's lesson.

We're heading out to Possum Valley in the morning.

The recital is the following day.

If you miss the final rehearsal...

You won't be ready.

Maybe we could have the recital the day after.

I'm afraid I'll be gone by then.

But I told Sully I'd go with him.

Now, Brian, that is what I mean by a commitment.

You have to make a choice.

You can go to Possum Valley any time, but the recital, that is a step toward

your future.

Yeah. A little habit I picked up from Dorothy.

She always had to have her cup of tea before she turned in.

If you want sugar, it's right there on the tray.

Huh.

It must have been lonely when Dorothy moved out, huh?

Well, it does get a little quiet around here after closing time.

Try spending the night in an empty church.

Shame it didn't work out with that lady friend of yours a few years ago.

Teacher.

I always believed that the right girl was out there somewhere.

If I was patient enough, she'd come along one day, but now... Such a thing

being too patient, you know.

Hang on long enough, forget how to let go.

Thank you for this, Lauren. It's delicious.

You know, it's really no trouble you being here.

You're welcome to stay as long as you like.

Thank you. That's very kind of you, Lauren.

Want me to leave the lamp lit for you?

What for?

I'll say good night then.

Good night, Lauren.

Ma, did you ever think Sully was crude or illiterate because of how he talks?

What makes you think that?

I was just wondering.

Well, it's important to learn correct English, but there are many ways of

communicating, and how you speak is not nearly as important as what kind of a

person you are.

Uncle Teddy says it reflects your breeding.

He says that I could learn to give concerts like him if I wanted bad

But I have to choose between that and going with Sally to Possum Valley.

What?

See, me and him, he and I, were planning a recital.

A recital?

Yeah, it was supposed to be a surprise for you, but if I go with Sally, I won't

be ready.

And what else did Uncle Teddy say?

He said that he wants to give me lessons to teach me.

He said I could stay with him in New York.

Well, going to Possum Valley won't stop you from becoming a musician, if that's

what you decide you want to be.

And as for the recital, perhaps you won't be able to do both.

But it won't be the last time you can play for me.

Brian!

Ready to go?

Whatever you decide, Tully and I will respect your decision.

Come on, Tully.

Good luck.

We'll be home tomorrow.

Come on.

How could you do that to Brian?

I've never known you to be cruel.

Be reasonable, Michaela.

I'm in a position to offer Brian opportunities for his life, and he could

get here.

Perhaps, but that's not the point.

The point is you're interfering between us and our child.

Why? I cannot fathom. Of course you can.

You just refuse to see it. Are you criticizing the way we care for our

I certainly shall if you allow Brian to go off on this dangerous undertaking

with Sully.

Oh, he's already gone.

When? This morning.

Uncle Teddy, wait!

What are you doing? Which way to Possum Valley?

Uncle Teddy, be reasonable. If you won't tell me, I'll find someone who will.

Don't go out there.

I will not stand by and let this man kill Brian the way your father killed

Carlton.

22 degrees, 30 minutes.

Take it, boy.

What next?

Let's take a look at the other side of the gully. Be careful.

It wasn't your fault.

Sorry, Mom.

I think your leg's broken.

We'll need to get him to the clinic.

Is he all right?

We won't know how bad he is until I've had a chance to examine him.

I didn't hurt my hands.

What were you thinking?

He could have been killed.

Have you gone completely mad, both of you? He was doing just fine until you

showed up.

It's a clean break, as I said, Brian.

You're going to be fine.

Can I still be in the recital?

Perhaps. We'll see how you're feeling.

May I have a word with you?

Yes, of course.

I don't know what to say to you.

Say what you mean.

I've always held you in such esteem.

My godfather.

That man, the man that I knew, he would never behave like this.

And what did you mean this morning when you said father killed Carlton? I raised

Carlton to abhor violence.

I taught him that war doesn't solve anything.

He apparently disagreed with you.

No, your father disagreed with me.

Carlton went to him, a man he revered and trusted, to seek his advice. Do you

know what your father told him?

He would have spoken the truth from his heart. He said that any man who loved

freedom so, who abhorred slavery, should do everything he could to end it.

And the next day, Carlton showed up in uniform. I begged him.

I pleaded with him not to go.

That was the last time I saw him.

He was a grown man, Uncle Teddy.

Gettysburg didn't kill my son.

Your father did.

My brother.

And I cannot forgive him for that. I will not forgive him for that.

It wasn't my father who killed his son.

It's his grief turned him.

Bitter and irrational.

Sometimes pain like that can make a man crazy.

He was always so fair -minded, reasonable.

When you lose somebody you love, it ain't reasonable.

Sometimes you blame somebody else because who you really blame is

I think you're using Brian to replace Carlton.

You should just let Brian be Brian.

Perhaps I've been doing the same thing with my uncle.

I always wanted to believe that he could do no wrong.

He's only human, Michaela.

Oh, please don't stop.

Well, I was just finishing.

I'd enjoy hearing the rest of that.

It's beautiful.

All right. Good luck.

Thank you very much.

It's five o 'clock.

Time for supper.

Oh, I was just going over to Grayson's.

Mind if I join you?

Sounds like the Reverend I used to know.

Do I look all right?

Oh, you look fine.

Here, let me help you a little.

I was thinking it'd be nice to have supper together more often.

Yeah, it'd be nice.

Make it a habit.

I'll just get my coat.

Be careful, Art. Be careful of that door.

Nothing left to say?

Just

because

Carlton didn't make the choice you wanted for him doesn't mean that he

love you.

I know that.

And you know in your heart that my father loved you too.

He would never knowingly have done anything to hurt you or your son.

My father didn't fail you.

And you didn't fail Carlton.

I could have stopped him.

I should have stopped him.

test of love.

Allowing those who are dearest to us to make decisions that disappoint us or

hurt us.

And loving them just the same.

Oh, Michaela, I've been such an old fool.

There's a young man waiting for you.

Brown.

He's gone to round up an audience for the recital.

I think he's well enough to play.

And he wants to.

introduced in his farewell appearance before he leaves for San Francisco, my

great -uncle, the world -famous Theodore Quinn.

Cheers.

Thank you, gentlemen.

For my first selection, will you help me with this, Brian? Please.

What a surprise.