Original subtitles

[ theme music playing ]

Whoa.

Hello, Yanko, Sophie.

Oops! Let me take this. Ah...

Well...

Here, let me look at you.

Whoa, you two are a sight.

Aren't you goin' into town today?

Oh, is it today?Of course it is. Go on and get cleaned up.

STAVROS: Sophie, send down the bucket!

Hey, Stavros!

Oh, my good friend Mr. Garth.

You've got this down pretty deep, haven't you?

Yeah, it's hard work.

Please, you send the bucket down?

Say, you better come up outta there.

Forgotten what day this is?

Day? What? What day?

Your new wife-- your bride is due in on the afternoon train!

Ah, she come today! I work, I forget.

Good thing somebody remembered.

Oh, look at me.

I got to wash, shave, get dressed--

That's all right. You'll get there in plenty of time.

Oh, sure, plenty of time.

One life is enough for one man if he hurry up.

[ laughs ]

Hey, with the sun blazin' down this way,

you'll have to start irrigating pretty soon.

Yeah, well, if the well not go dry, everything be fine.

The trees grow up, and I cut, and I plant again,

I get more trees from the old country--

Pretty soon, there's big, big culture here.

What if the well stays dry?

No, no, no, the well not going to stay dry. I going to find more water.

If it does, you can always divert some of that water from the stream.

Did you talk to Charley Cousins?

I talk to him sweet, like you tell me.

You know what he say when I ask if I can use little pinch water from his spring?

He say big no.

I can't understand that.

All that water going to waste down the gully...

Did he say why?

Yeah, he say, is hiswater-- is the law.

Well, the law's pretty flexible in such matters.

I can file a petition, ask for a waiver of rights, divert some of the water.

When the court hears about your need--

Mr. Garth, please, you don't go to court for Stavros Karas.

I gonna find water. I don't need Charley Cousins.

Ah... look at this place. Look at this house.

How I'm going to bring woman here?

What she say when she see my kids, eh?

Well, she'll see that they need her.

Mr. Garth, you're my good friend, is true? True.

Please, you do me a big favor.

You go to the depot and you meet this woman.

Eleni Niarcos.

Yes, you say-- you say, "Greetings from Stavros Karas."

[ laughs ] Oh, no. I don't even know what she looks like.

Oh, what's she going to look like?

What kind bride they going to send Stavros Karas?

Mama goat. You know her when you see her.

Ha! But she'll be expecting you!

Oh, yes. Papa goat, eh?

[ both laugh ]

I'll tell you what.

I'll take Yanko and Sophie over to Shiloh.

Jennifer'll clean 'em up. They'll be bright and shiny when you come for 'em.

Yanko, Sophie, come on. [ speaks Greek ]

Go in the house, get clean clothes for you and Sophie.

Okay, up you go!

You'll stay for dinner, of course.

Wanna give the bride a welcome.

You know, Mr. Garth,

in my country is a saying...

I forgot what it is.

Just be to the depot on time. Don't want to keep the bride waiting.

Hop in.

All right?Is right, Mr. Garth.

Yanko, you be good boy, take care of Sophie, eh?

[ train whistle blows ]

[ giggle ]

TRAMPAS: Emmett...

I've been meanin' to talk to you about somethin'.

What's that?

Your coffee.

You sure you haven't been cleanin' your guns in it?

It's perfectly good coffee.

Matter of fact, exceptionally good coffee.

You don't have to drink it, you know.

You could be givin' Randy a hand over there with that stuff.

Randy's a growin' boy. Exercise is good for him.

Hey, you didn't tell me about that dummy Jennifer ordered.

Oh, Jennifer just said to pick up some things.

She didn't say whatthings.

I haven't seen you pick up anything so far.

[ clears throat ] Randy, you all through with the mercantile?

I hope so.

There's some, uh, odds and ends over at the harness shop.

Odds and ends, huh?Yeah.

Well, some of us have got business to conduct.

Remind me to ask the Virginian

about signing on at Shiloh, will ya?Mmm?

Yeah, I feel like I'm due a little rest... like you.

And, uh, when you finish that good coffee, do me a favor.

What?

Rinse out your cup.

Trampas!

Sam. What you doin'?

Well, I'm workin', as any fool can see.

You know what they say about all work and no play.

Let's ride over to Alder. I hear they got a good poker game.

No, count me out.

I don't figure to blow my hard-earned money on a poker game.

Since when? Lots of new girls working at Alder.

Well, that's a horse of a different color.

Try me on my day off.

Aah. Come on!

[ whistles ] Yaah!

Randy, let me give you a hand with that stuff.

Oh, that's all right, Trampas, I wouldn't wanna trouble you none.

Oh, no trouble.

[ laughing ]

Whoo!

See ya.

[ whistles ] Randy. Randy.

Look what the train brought in.

You finish loadin' up the wagon while I show a little Medicine Bow hospitality.

You better hurry up. Sam Cousins is gonna beat you to it.

I saw her first now.

I'll be glad to give you an introduction

if you promise to act like a gentleman.

Pardon me, ma'am. Are you expecting someone?

She was expecting me, weren't you, ma'am?

If not, I'd be mighty disappointed.

See, ever since I was a little kid, I've had a passion for trains.

I'm always wakin' up in the middle of the night,

and every chance I get, I come hurryin' down to the depot

to wait for someone to come in.

Wanna know who I've been waitin' for?

Who?

Been waitin' for you.

Me?

Yes, ma'am, ever since I been a little bitty kid.

Now, here you are after all these years.

Uh, he's only joking.

Oh...

I told my friend here I'd introduce him if he, uh--

promised to act like a gentleman.

This here is Trampas.

My name is Sam Cousins.

Now, you tell us who you are.

Please, I--Sam, we better let her go. Let her go.

Where can I find you? Who're you stayin' with?

I have come to marry someone.

I am promised.

Whoa, there.

[ speaks Greek ]

Uh, is they-- [ speaks Greek ] Eleni Niarcos?

Huh?

[ speaks Greek ]

[ Greek ] Eleni Niarcos.

You are Stavros Karas?

[ Greek ]

[ Greek ]

Uh, no, no, no, no.

You're gonna marry him?

Hear that, Trampas? She's gonna marry the Greek.

If you don't mind my saying so, ma'am,

he's old enough to be your pa.

Did he bother you?

No, he-- he didn't mean any harm.

Stavros. Stavros!

Now, you two start trouble and Ryker'll throw you both in jail.

TRAMPAS: Get her on the wagon and you get outta here.

Sam.

Come on.

I apologize for such a welcome.

I have trouble with him before.

And his father.

Welcome.

You must be tired, hungry.

I take you to the hotel.

You're going to leave me?

Well, uh, I thought maybe you-- you tired from your journey,

you want to take a bath, rest.

But...

I thought I was going to be with you and-- and the children.

The children.

All right.

What's the matter with you?

What'd you say?

The way you look. You got the pip or something?

I've been thinkin'...

about the fig orchard the Greek planted.

Trees are gonna be leafin' pretty soon.

He's still diggin' in that well, but it's bound to come up dry.

There's only one other place he can go.

He'll have to come to us.He already has.

But not to us-- to me.

What'd you tell him?

You never took an interest in this place before.

Well, you keep tellin' me it's gonna be mine.

'Bout time I settled down, wouldn't you say?

I been saying it right along,

but all you ever cared about was raising cain and having a good time.

You've changed awful sudden-like.

Maybe.

Well, what are you gonna do about the Greek?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Well...

Speak.

Is all right. You can say anything.

What shall I say?

You can say...

what you expected; something different.

Somebody...

young, like those two at the station.

I expect a man.

You are a man.

[ lambs bleat ]

[ speaks Greek ]

Stavros.

This is my... fig orchard.

And... this...

This is the "palace" I describe in my letters.

Come, come, I want you to see the whole thing.

Very different from what you expect, eh?

I'm very different, too.

Now you see how big my lies are.

And you-- you expect a woman.

My father sends you a child.

Is all right with you to stay in this place?

I made a bargain.

Oh! How beautiful.

[ chuckles ] Oh, yes, the flowers.

My wife plant them last summer. I forgot about them.

Then, one morning, pow-- there they are.

[ giggles ]

What was your wife's name?

Amelia.

Ahh, this place needs Amelia's hand.

The sticks... they would not be sticks.

They would be fig trees.

This-- this pen even the pigs would not live in.

This was not just a house.

This wasa palace when Amelia was alive.

Ah, Amelia...

we live in dreams here.

Where are your children?

Ah! The children!

We did not have time to give them bath, dress.

I leave them with a friend.They must wonder where we are.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Whoa, hello.

Mr. Garth, this is Eleni.

Eleni, this is my good friend Mr. Garth.

Welcome to Shiloh.

I hope you will be my good friend, too.

Stavros, you must pinch yourself every time you look at her.

Pinch himself?To see if you're real.

I must say, you're a pleasant surprise, Mrs. Karas.

Oh-- oh, no, no, not Mrs. Karas.

We are not married yet. We--

The-- not married?

I woulda thought you'd run her to the preacher as soon as she got off the train.

KIDS: Papa! Papa!

Ah, ha ha!

Jennifer, bless your hands. You make my children look so nice.

Ah! Thank you.

Jennifer, this is Eleni.

Eleni...

this is my children.

Yanko, Sophie, this is Eleni.

I found your doll.

She was crying. She was so lonely, so I brought her to you.

Do you know her name?

I ask her, but she don't tell me.

You wouldn't tell me. You said it was a secret.

Oh, that's a beautiful name.

Promise you won't tell?

I promise, I promise.

Don't you worry, Yanko, you too--

You and I will have secrets, too-- very soon.

[ laughing ]

There.

Goodnight, my love.Goodnight.

Sleep well, eh?Goodnight.

There.

Ah, I finally get them to sleep.

They're beautiful children, both of them.

Oh, yes, they are.

Jennifer, the dinner was delicious.

Well, thank you.

What was that last thing we ate? What you call it?

Oh, you mean the sour apple pie? Yes!

You show me how to make that, I show you how to make dolmadis, eh?

Well, I'm sure I'd be getting the best of the bargain.No.

Eleni?

How-- how can you love a man you've never met before?

I don't love him.

You mean you'd marry him even if you don't love him?

Yes.

But why?

Because my father wants me to marry him.

Oh, Eleni, that's awful.

Why is it so awful?

My mother tell me...

she have eight children before she fall in love with my father.

Eh?

Ohh...

I ate too much, but my stomach is very happy.

Mmm, we eat good, now we drink good, eh?

You know, in my country is a saying--

"Big table, big heart."

But your heart is bigger than your table.

Oh, this was supposed to be a wedding feast.

[ chuckles ]

You know...

in my country, there's a saying, too...

A man has something on his mind, it's best if he talks about it.

All right.

All right, the girl is very pretty.

Her mama, papa-- they raise her very nice.

She help Jennifer in the kitchen, she good with my children.

Well, I'd say you were a lucky man.

Ahh, lucky man...

What is it, Stavros?

The girl is too young. She need a young man to love her,

to give her children, to have many years happiness together.

But you aren't that old, Stavros.

I need somebody to wash, cook, take care my house, that's all.

What about the needs of the children?

She likes them. They like her.

Stavros. Stavros.

She came here to marry you. You can't disappoint her.

Ah... all right, I marry her.

Where I'm going to find Greek priest in Medicine Bow?

[ laughs ]

If you need a priest, you'll find one. Denver, San Francisco...

It'll take a little time, but...

Meantime, where she stay?

Right here, with us. As long as you need.

My good friend, you do me a favor.

You, um-- you explain to her so she understands.

Hi there, Sam.

Looks like-- looks like you were workin' for a change.

Yeah. Roundin' up stock.

Holdin' some Shiloh strays in Bouquet Canyon.

Oh, sure you are. I see.

Yesterday, it was the fence that broke down on the south side,

and the day before that it was the calf that bald-faced heifer threw in the brush.

You better pick up them strays this afternoon.

Well, what with one thing or another, you have been droppin' over pretty regular

ever since you found out Eleni was stayin' at Shiloh.

You're crazy if you think I'm gonna leave her for you.

She isn't for either one of us, Sam. You're wastin' your time.

She's for the Greek.

Be right back.

Howdy, ma'am.

Oh, hello, Mr. Cousins.

Sam.

Sam.

That sure is a pretty song. What's it about?

Oh, it is about a girl who falls in a well,

and a young man finds her and says he will help her out if she will marry him.

Hello, Sam.

Oh, hello, Miss Jennifer.

I-- I got somethin' for you.

Stand up. Come over here.

Now, close your eyes and hold out your hands.

Now, catch him quick or he'll run away.

Oh, Sam. I found him in the meadow.

Well, I gotta be going. I'll be seeing you. Bye, Miss Jennifer.

[ speaks Greek ]

TRAMPAS: Hey, Sam. Hmm?

I was just thinkin'.

I got a day off tomorrow. Why don't we ride over to Alder?

What for?

For those girls you were talkin' about, remember?

Sorry, can't make it.

I'll see you, Trampas.

Papa! Papa!

Yanko, tell Papa to come quick!

Papa, Sophie says to come quick!

What's the matter? What's the matter?

Something's the matter with Sophie!

Sophie? Sophie, what's the matter?

Children...

soon, all the trees will have leaves.

The trees will grow big.Right away, Papa?

No, no, no, no, Yanko.

Not right away, but slowly,

the way a little boy grows up-- a little girl.

The sun, the water-- the trees will come out of the ground,

they will get big, and then one day...

figs! Eh?

Not right away...

What is it, Papa?

There will be no trees.

The leaves will dry up and blow away.

There is no water.

There'll be water. From the well.

You have nothing to worry about, Stavros. Everything's gonna be all right.

Mr. Garth, now only one of my trees have leaves.

In one week, all my trees have leaves.

If they don't have water, they going to die.

You'll have water. They're not gonna die.

Mr. Garth, Charley Cousins don't give mewater.

He's going to give it to you? Why?

'Cause he owes me a favor.

Aah! That well, that well. I dig, I dig.

The sand is wet, but no water.

But Charley, that water is going to waste down in the canyon.

It isn't as though you're givin' him anything you need.

Judge, there's no point in arguing.

I have no hard feelings against the Greek,

but it's my water, and if I choose to see it go to waste, that's my business.

His trees are beginning to sprout leaves.

A week under this hot sun and those leaves'll dry to dust.

I know how hard he's tried to make something out of that land,

and I sure hate to see all that sweat go to waste.

Listen, Mr. Cousins--I think you should know this, Charley--

I've put in for a waiver of rights.

Ryker's waiting for the circuit judge right now to present my appeal.

All right, we'll wait till the circuit judge gets here.

My trees need water now!

Charley, I'm asking you to do this as a favor.

But you're asking me to favor the Greek, not you.

You want my trees to die.

You want meto die. Why?!

Look, I have nothing personal against you.

But if I was to give you the water,

why, I'd have to give it to any dirt farmer who asked.

Before you know it, they'd be all over the place, shoving us out--

folks like me, and you, too, Judge.

I need water. You're not gonna stop me.

It's up to the law now.

Let's go.

What do you say, Karas?

That, uh, ditch you're buildin' there--

should flow a lot of water.

How far do you expect to run it?

All the way up the hill.

Charley Cousins was in to see me.

He's mighty worried you're gonna trespass across his property.

He got mighty good reason to worry.

I don't wanna see you get into trouble, Karas.

You go past that fence, it's bound to end bad.

For me or Charley Cousins?

Both of you.

Look, why don't you let me handle this? That's what a sheriff's for.

All right.

Youhandle. Here's the shovel. Youdig the ditch.

I'll bring my own shovel, Karas, and I'll dig right along with you.

Just as soon as a circuit judge acts on Garth's appeal.

Sheriff, in my country, too, the law is for the rich man.

Not in this country.

I'm sorry, Sheriff.

Charley Cousin, he got you in his pocket.

He whistle the song and you dance.

He say you go see the Greek, right? You come.

Go tell Charley Cousins I dig this ditch!

All right, Karas.

Takes two to make a fight.

Now, I've told Charley,

and now I'm tellin' you.

Don't take things in your own hands.

Oh! It is a beautiful dress.

Looks beautiful on you.Oh...

But I go nowhere, I-- I see no one. Where will I wear it?

You could wear it lots of places if you just didn't sit here waiting.

Why doesn't he come? He said he would come.

Look, Eleni, I like Mr. Karas,

but... what about Sam?

I mean, if you wanna marry somebody, why don't you marry him?

You've got him doing frog jumps over you.

My father didn't send me to America to marry Sam.

If you loved Stavros, I could understand,

but to marry him because of your father--

One day, the trees will grow, and there will be figs--

Eleni!

You're marrying Stavros, you're not marrying his trees or his farm.

But Stavros is a good man, and when things go well for him, he bring my family to America.

So that's why your father wants you to marry Stavros.

It is the custom.

Life is very hard in Greece.

There are many mouths to feed in my family.

To bring his children to America--

that is my father's dream.

But, maybe it won't happen that way--

not the way my father hopes.

In all the time I've been here,

he has never come to see me. Not once.

If it was me, I know what I'd do.

I'd go on over to his farm,

I'd grab him by the ear, and I'd say,

"Look here, Stavros, you've got some explaining to do."

Oh!

Eleni, you're not in the old country anymore.

You're in America.

Here, a girl can do what she wants.

Yeah!

Hello, Miss Jennifer. Hi, Eleni. Hello.

Where's your father?

He's over there by the ditch.

Go ahead. Do it just the way I told you.

All right.

Oh, no, you two stay with me.

Stavros?

Eleni.

How are you?

I am fine, Stavros.

How are you?

Working.

Have you been working day and night?

You never have time to see me.

Don't you want to see me, Stavros?

Eh, sure I want to see you, but--

All day I think, "Stavros is working.

"That is why he does not come.

But at night, he will come and bring the children."

And I wait, and I wait, but you do not come.

Stavros...

Look at me!

You never look at me.

If I were the other woman at the station,

we would be married by now.

I-- I would be cooking for you,

taking care of your children.

What is wrong with me, Stavros?

Don't you want me?

Go away. Go!

Elenike.

When the ditch is finished,

the children and I...

will come to see you.

Looks like the Greek's gonna get his water-- from us.

I thought Ryker was gonna talk to him.

So did I.

Looks like we're gonna have to stop him ourselves.

How? For start, let's drop a couple of fence poles, move the cattle through.

On his land?

He's plannin' to cut through into ours, isn't he?

Well, he hasn't done it yet. You run cattle over that ditch, what good would that do?

The Greek'll just build it back again.

But that's just what you're looking for, isn't it, Sam?

I was over at Shiloh the other day.

That's a pretty girl they got staying there.

I heard that you been going over there regular on visits.

She don't give me the time of day.

Well, of course not. She's spoken for.

Judge Garth tells me she's going to marry the Greek.

So she marries him. Nothing I can do to stop her.

But you'll give it a good try, won't you, Sam?

Isn't that what this is all about?

I know what you're up to.

It isn't the ranch that you're worried about-- it's the girl.

The ranch is just an excuse.

Well, I want you to leave her alone, you hear?

You gonna let the Greek run water?

I'm gonna let Ryker handle it.

I don't want any trouble.

Uncle Henry?Hmm?

Has the circuit judge decided yet about letting Stavros use Charley Cousins' spring?

Mmm, not yet. Why?

Oh, well...

When he decides and Stavros can begin to water his trees,

then he and the children can come see Eleni.

The way things are going now, looks like they're never going to come,

and poor Eleni's been moping around for days and days.

Why don't we have a party?

Well, for Stavros and the children. They'd have to come.

I thought you had something up your sleeve.Oh!

[ music plays ]

Bravo, Trampas, Eleni.

Ha ha ha!

Thank you.

I think I need some punch.

You dance American-style very good.

Thank you.

Now... time for Greek style.

[ crowd oohs, claps ]

[ music resumes ]

Eleni: Yassou,Stavros.

Yassou,Stavros.

Yassou,Stavros.

Ever since I heard about the party, I was wondering what it was for.

It's just a party.

Well, you must be celebrating somethin'.

When's the wedding?

Oh, that is what you worry about, eh?

I saw the two of you together.

He's much too old for you, Eleni.

In my country, there is a saying--

"The ripe apple is the sweetest."

[ crowd cheers ]

That was great!

Eh?

Eleni?

Don't answer him.

Eleni?

No! No!

No, Stavros. No, Stavros!

Stop. He doesn't mean any harm.

I'm sorry.

Why should I fight you?

Because you like Eleni?

[ music resumes ]

Maybe you like him, too.

No, Stavros, he just come to visit me when I'm alone, that's all.

Eleni...

Eleni, you're young, pretty.

There will always be somebody who likes you.

Maybe somebody you like.

I ask you to wait for me,

but how long can you wait?We don't have to wait.

We get married now.

Elenike, you know the letters I write to your papa--

that I have land, nice trees-- that was lies.

You don't lie, Stavros.

You have house, you have trees.

[ laughs ]

Thathouse, thosetrees.

Elenike...

Elenike...

Without water, I have nothing!

Mr. Garth, he say wait, wait, wait...

but I tell you something, Elenike,

I don't wait... no more.

Papa! Papa! Come quick!

Papa, look. There isn't any water.

Hey, Greek!

You did this, huh?

That's right.

Watch yourself, Greek.

This gun has a hair trigger

and I'd sure hate to see it go off.

Stand back!

Now let's see how smart you really are, Greek.

What's gonna happen if you try to put that thing up again?

You shoot.

You kill Stavros, is right?

Is right.

Next question is, what happens if you don't fix it?

You kill Stavros' trees,

you kill Stavros.

You don't have to shoot.

Is right.

[ gun fires ]

Papa?

Papa?

Papa!

[ crying ]

Where's your father?

He put us in the wagon and told us to go to Eleni.

Well, what happened?I heard a gunshot.

Come on, Sophie.

We better go up to the house and see the Judge.

That's all right. Come on.

Whoa, whoa.

Stavros!

Whoa, whoa.

JUDGE: Stavros!

He's been irrigatin'.

Judge... Judge!

Stavros!

Let's get him to a wagon.

What happened?

I dunno, Charley.

I sent Trampas in to get a doctor and find Ryker.

The Greek?

We can't be sure. I'm sure.

Take it easy, Charley.He shot my son!

You can't know that.

Not until Sam regains consciousness,

or until Ryker finds Stavros.

I'll find him.

[ guitar plays ]

[ Eleni sings in Greek ]

Where's Papa?

He is safe, Yanko. Don't worry.

Mr. Ryker and Trampas will find him.

Why did he run away?

Go to sleep, eh?

When I wake up in the morning, will Papa be here?

I will be here.

Good night.

There he goes!

[ gun fires ]

Over there.

All right, Charley, call your men off.

I'm going to get the Greek.

If he doesn't get you first.

You'll talk to him, will ya, while I try to talk some sense into the Greek?

Charley, now, nobody feels worse about Sam than I do.

If the Greek did it, I'll help you spring the trap myself.

But you don't need your guns now.

All right, boys, put 'em away.

Karas!

Can you hear me, Stavros?

Who are you?

It's me, Ryker!

I wanna talk to you, Stavros!

I'm comin' up!

Put down your gun.

You're not going to take me back and hang me.

You're not gonna hang, Stavros,

unless Sam dies.

He's alive?

Yeah, just barely.

I don't shoot him.

Well, then, why did you run?

What happened?

You don't believe me.

So, why don't you give me a chance?

Sam Cousins, he break the flume.

I try to fix, he point the gun.

I hit the gun, I knock him down.

The gun go off.Well, why--

Why did you run? Why didn't you come to me like I told you?

I come to you, you put me in jail.

You'll be safer in jail, Stavros, than you are here.

What I gonna do?

There's only one thing you cando.

You gotta-- you gotta give yourself up.

And then? What?

There'll be a trial.

If you can prove you're innocent, a judge'll let you go.

And if I no "innocent"?

Then you spend a while in jail.

A while?

And if he die?That's a chance you gotta take.

One thing's for sure...

this way, you don't have a chance.

Give me your gun.

TRAMPAS: Charley!

Don't be a fool.

Whoa, now. Whoa.

Eleni.

Stavros.

How are you?

I'm fine.

Where are the children?

They are with Jennifer.

How are they?

They are fine.

They send you hugs and kisses.

Kiss them for me when you see them.

You-- you know what Yanko asked me today?

What?

He-- he ask me if I marry him.

Ha! That boy!

He knows a good woman when he sees one.

What did you say?

Oh, I say, "How can I be your wife? I'm going to be your mother."

[ laughs ]

Elenike...

there is something I want you to understand.

I didn't expect to have feelings.

You remember the woman in the station.

That woman, she could keep my house, take care of my children--

it would mean nothing.

I would still have my Amelia.

But, with you...

I have to forget her.

How can you forget her when you have her children?

Elenike, listen...

You know, ever since they put me in this place,

I think, I think, I think, "My trees-- they come from Anatolia.

"But when I plant them in the ground, I put down roots,

they change-- they become American trees."

This is life!

But me, I don't change.

I come to this country, I put down roots,

but I don't want to be American. I stay Greek.

I want to have a mother for my children, but I don't want a wife.

This is not life. This is not life!

You think you have to marry me because...

your father picked me in the old country.

But...

in thiscountry, we don't do that.

You don't have to marry me unless youwant.

Are you asking me, Stavros?

No, Eleni...

I can't ask you in this place.

But... but...

when I get out...

I'm going to, um--

um-- court-- court you.

American-style.

So you wantto marry me.

What is it, Stavros?

Suppose he die?

Suppose they say I murder him?

No...

Whoa.

Hi, Trampas.Charley.

She wants to see Sam.

You're Eleni?

He's been asking for you.

Somebody to see you, Sam.

I was wishing you'd come.

I am sorry you are hurt.

I would have come earlier, but I have Stavros' children.

The Greek's in jail. His own fault.

He came on our land, he built that thing on our land.

No. No, is myfault.

Because I let you come to see me--

because I should have said, "No, no, don't come."

No, that didn't have anything to do with it.

I think it did.

You let me come because you wanted me.

No. You made me laugh.

You bring me gifts.

But... I never want you.

And no matter what happens to Stavros,

I never will.

But you don't love him.

Oh, Sam...

What is love?

Is building a life together.

Is taking care of children--

make them laugh when they going to cry.

Is being there in the middle of the night when a little boy wakes up afraid.

Is so many things.

Why did you come here? To tell me you're gonna marry him?

Yes.

Well, he'll have to get out of jail first.

But, if it happened the way he said it happened...

Thank you.

How you feeling?

All right.

Trampas asked about you.

Said he'd be out to see you in a couple of days.

That, uh, Greek girl-- she's real pretty.

Yeah.

Listen, Sam...

it didn't have to happen this way.

Karas shouldn't have built that flume,

and you shouldn't have tried to stop him.

Not on account of that girl.

It wasn't just because of her.

Not because of me or the ranch, either.

You don't have to prove anything to me, son.

Pa, I-- I lied to ya about the Greek.

It didn't happen the way I said it did.

It was my fault. I was gunnin' for him.

Will you tell Ryker for me?

I'll tell him.

Papa! Papa! Come up, quick!

What?

Look, Papa, up there.What? What?

Where's Eleni?

She's nearly ready.

Uncle Henry, we're going to be late.

Well, what time is it?

Well, it's after 10:00. Why don't we go?

Oh, we've got plenty of time.

Eleni!

How do I look? Beautiful.

Ah.

Look what I've got, Eleni. Yanko!

Give me the flowers. I give to Eleni.

Eh, Mr. Garth, um--

you don't mind take Sophie and Yanko with you to church today?

Oh...

no, I don't mind.

Do we, Jennifer?No.

Oh, good. Now, eh...

Now the flowers.

For Miss Eleni Niarcos, from Stavros Karas.

Thank you, Mr. Karas.

Oh-- uh, uh, uh-- Mr. Stavros Karas...

uh, give invitation to Miss Eleni Niarcos

to go church with him today.

Then, after, take a little ride,

have ice cream in Medicine Bow.

Miss Eleni Niarcos accept invitation from Mr. Stavros Karas.

Ya-hoo! [ laughs ]

Ha ha!

Now we go!

I'll see you in church.[ giggles ]

Uncle Henry, you knew about it all the time.

You helped him plan it.

Why, all I did was show him how to tie that four-in-hand tie.

[ giggles ]

[ speaks Greek ] Ice cream.

Get up.

[ Greek ]

Ha!