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♪♪ [ trumpet ]

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Howdy,
I'’m the Old Ranger,

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and Death Valley'’s
my stampin'’ ground.

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Many'’s a tale of adventure
I'’m going to tell you

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about the Death Valley country,
true stories mind you.

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I can vouch for that.

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Tonight you'’re going to hear
a tale of two cities

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and about a girl
who was transplanted

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from one to the other.

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Washington, D.C. and...

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It is the year 1878,

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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is
President of the United States,

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and whirling through
her first social season,

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is Dodie Trumbull,
the most popular,

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the most publicized debutante
in the nation'’s capital.

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Small wonder that
her beautiful young head

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is slightly turned.

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You dance very well,
for a man from Nevada.

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By the way,
that'’s pronounced "Nev-a-da."

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I noticed
you give it the broad "ah."

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I prefer it
to a dreadful, flat "eh."

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Only the dreadful,
flat "eh" is correct.

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Among
the natives, perhaps.

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I just thought
you might like to know,

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in case you go
to Nevada.

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[ chuckles ]
I never expect to.

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You might
marry a man from Nevada.

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When I can choose
any other place in the world.

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What made you do that?

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Because you irritate me...

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and because
you'’re so beautiful.

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You could such-such
a person if you ever got out.

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I am out.

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I mean away from here.

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You don'’t know
anything but Washington.

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You think it'’s the beginning
of the end of everything.

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Your attitude
is absolutely provincial.

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Well, you'’re a fine one
to say that.

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Congressman from
the-the-the Sagebrush State.

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Ah, here you are
Miss Trumbull.

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I believe
this is my dance.

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May I?

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I'’m delighted
to be rescued.

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Monsieur.

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Here'’s another one
for Tuesday, the 17th.

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That makes three receptions
for that afternoon,

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but of course, we can at least
leave our cards at each of them.

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More flowers
for Miss Dodie.

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Oh.

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[ groans ]
From Nigel Jarman.

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Oh yes, that nice attaché
at the British Embassy.

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I thought it might be
an apology from...

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Put it in water,
would you, Martha?

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If you can
find any more vases.

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Yes, Miss Dodie.

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DODIE:
The New Year'’s Day Reception
at the White House!

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[ Mrs. Trumbull gasps ]

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"The President
and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes

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request the honor
of your presence--"

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In Carson City, Nevada.

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Ray.Father.

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My dear.

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Just look at all
the invitations

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that have come today.

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Oh, the next few weeks
will be a veritable world.

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Yes, it will indeed,
because we'’re moving.

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Moving?

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To the house I love so much
on Dupont Circle?

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Oh, Ray!Oh Father,
how wonderful.

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It has twice the room
for entertainment.

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And it'’s a parlor,
fashionable address.

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Let'’s see,
what is that number, dear?

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Oh, i-it'’s--Now, wait a minute.

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Oh, but not until
after the holidays, dear.

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I simply
couldn'’t face a move with--

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Please, may I get
a word in here twice?

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We'’re not moving
to Dupont Circle.

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Oh.Then where?

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I have just been appointed
Director of the Mint.

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The Mint?

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Father!

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In Carson City, Nevada.

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Carson City?

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Nevada?

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I take up my official duties
there on January 2nd,

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which means we'’ll be
leaving here shortly.

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Well, probably, oh,
in the middle of December.

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Sagebrush State.

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Oh no, my dear.
The Silver State.

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It'’s a great honor
that the administration

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has seen fit
to confer upon me.

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An honor?
It seems more to me

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as if
you'’re being shelved.

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How did they happen
to select you, Father?

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Ooh, I really
couldn'’t say.

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A case
of being recommended.

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Some political
wire-pulling, perhaps.

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All I know is,

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is that I'’m extremely happy
and gratified.

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Well, I don'’t even know
where Carson City is?

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My dear, it'’s the capital
of a state.

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The capital?
Oh, well, then--

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Smallest capital
in the United States.

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Oh, dear, no.

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I learned that
from their Congressman.

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Oh, oh you met
young Tabor?

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I'’ve met him.

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Well,
now that'’s splendid

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because I'’ve invited him
here tomorrow night for dinner.

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He can tell us
all about our new home.

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MRS. TRUMBULL:
One of the things
that worries me

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is the servant problem.

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Martha absolutely
refuses to go with us.

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Is there an employment agency
in Carson City?

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Oh I'’m afraid not
Mrs. Trumbull,

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but I think I have
just the person for you.

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She used to work
for my mother.

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As cook?And general factotum.

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Well trained, is she?
She knows what'’s what?

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Oh, yes,
Minnie knows what'’s what.

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I'’ll write her
if you like.

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Oh, well, I'’ll have
to interview her, of course,

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before we could make
any definite arrangements.

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Minnie isn'’t the kind
you interview, you just hire.

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But I'’d want to know
what she can do.

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She can do
anything and everything.

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Ooh, sounds like
a paragon to me,

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go ahead, Mark,
sign her up.

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Well, it would
simplify matters

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to have someone there
to help us settle.

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Then if I found out
she didn'’t work out,

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I-I could let her go.You'’ll keep her.

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Minnie is the best
house servant in Nevada.

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DODIE:
Nevada.

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Miss Dodie.

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Good evening.How beautiful you look.

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Won'’t you sit down?

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Dodie is attending
the cotillion this evening.

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Oh?
You won'’t be here?

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I'’m making the most
of what little time

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I have left
in Washington,

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before we go
into the wilderness.

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Why, ma'’am,
the holidays in Carson City

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a might jolly, too.
All kinds of goings on.

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Such as straw rides,
I suppose?

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You like straw rides?I detest them.

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Now, Dodie, when did you
ever go on a straw ride?

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Never,
and I never intend to.

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Why, ma'’am,
they'’re really lots of fun,

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bouncin'’
in the straw, singin'’,

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holdin'’ hands.

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W-What do you think,
Dodie?

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Mr. Tabor thinks
he can supply us with a maid.

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It'’s all settled.

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If you'’re friends of mine,
she'’ll be glad to work for you.

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Oh, won'’t it
be wonderful

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to step off the train

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in Carson City
and have--

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Excuse me, Mrs. Trumbull,
did you say train?

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Carson City
isn'’t on a railroad.

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The capital
of the state, it-it--

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It'’s a very small capital,
up until a few years ago,

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it was only
a trading post.

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How big?

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Dear me,
I had no idea.

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The whole of Nevada
has a population

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of only half a person
per square mile.

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Half a person?

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Mother,
this is impossible.

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We can'’t go off and bury
ourselves in a place like that.

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Father, can'’t you
refuse the appointment?

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My dear child,
it'’s a political plum.

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It'’s the end of everything
as far as I'’m concerned.

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I know who'’s responsible.

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You flatter me, ma'’am,
a mere Congressman.

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Can'’t you and I
stay here anyway, Mother?

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My place
is with your father, dear.

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At least till
the end of the season?

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By that time, I--

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You would'’ve found
yourself a husband,

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a foreign title perhaps?

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She could, you know?

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Your daughter
could have her choice

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of anybody in the world.

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I'’ve been told so on
the best of authority.

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Dinner is served.

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I'’ll wait in here
until Colonel Carruthers
calls for me.

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Half a man
to every square mile.

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You'’re not even
half a man.

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I-- Excuse me.

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I hope you have
a very pleasant evening.

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And so at the height
of the social season,

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that December of 1878,

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the Trumbulls
said goodbye to Washington

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and started on the long journey
West to Nevada.

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It was the week
after Christmas

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when they arrived
in Carson City,

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and were deposited in front
of the furnished house

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that had been
rented for them.

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Well...

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Not bad.

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At least it'’s not
an Indian teepee.

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[ chuckles ]

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Well,
the door'’s open.

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Good, then the house
has been opened and aired.

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[gasps]
A bear.

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My dear,
it'’s only a rug.

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But it'’s still a bear.

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Hmm, not bad at all.

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It will be like
living in the zoo.

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The young Tabor
has done very well for us.

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Please don'’t mention
that man'’s name to me.

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[ Mrs. Trumbull screaming ]

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Ray, an Indian,
in there.

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I'’ll take
care of it, dear.

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Be careful.
Oh, dear.

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Me Minnie.

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[ whispers]
Minnie?

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Well, this Mark Tabor'’s
idea of a joke.

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I'’ve never been so frightened
in all of my life.

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Of all
of the despicable--

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I wonder if she wears
a feathered headdress

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to serve dinner.Father,
how can you laugh?

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She'’s serving no dinners
in this house, that'’s certain.

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You'’re not
going to keep her?

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Well, hardly.Ray, I wouldn'’t
have a quiet moment

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with that-that redskin savage
under the same roof.

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If she worked
for Mark'’s family--

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Well, that doesn'’t
prove anything.

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He'’s a barbarian himself.

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Well, I shall get rid
of her immediately,

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even if it means I have
to do my own work, I'’ll--[ clattering ]

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Me fix dinner.

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Mother, why didn'’t
you tell her?

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Afraid
she had a tomahawk?

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Oh, Father,
you'’re as bad as Mark.

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It'’s never proper to serve
notice on a servant

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in the presence
of others.

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I shall speak to her
in the kitchen.

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Minnie?

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Minnie?

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How.Ooh.

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Oh.
I'’m very sorry, Minnie,

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but we will not be
needing your services.

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If you tell me
how much we owe you,

247
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I'’ll see that you're paid
and then you may--

248
00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:08,048
[ sniffs ]
You may--

249
00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:14,924
Is that
a pie in there?

250
00:13:14,968 --> 00:13:16,708
[ grunts ]Well, leave it.

251
00:13:16,752 --> 00:13:19,059
I'’ll take it out later,
after you'’re gone.

252
00:13:19,102 --> 00:13:20,930
We'’ll eat it
tomorrow, perhaps.

253
00:13:20,974 --> 00:13:23,019
We'’re going to the hotel
tonight for dinner.

254
00:13:23,063 --> 00:13:23,803
You eat dinner here.

255
00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:25,021
No.

256
00:13:25,065 --> 00:13:26,153
You tired.

257
00:13:26,196 --> 00:13:27,937
Well yes,
a little perhaps, but--

258
00:13:29,417 --> 00:13:31,680
You go to hotel,
must rest,

259
00:13:31,723 --> 00:13:32,986
meet stranger,

260
00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,988
talk, better you eat home.

261
00:13:38,556 --> 00:13:41,211
You don'’t seem
to understand, Minnie, I--

262
00:13:50,307 --> 00:13:54,355
Very well, since you'’ve
already made preparations,

263
00:13:54,398 --> 00:13:56,487
you may serve dinner
at seven.

264
00:13:56,531 --> 00:13:59,839
You eat six o'’clock.We'’re in the habit

265
00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:02,232
of dining at seven.

266
00:14:02,276 --> 00:14:05,670
Maybe so in big Washington.
This little Washington.

267
00:14:05,714 --> 00:14:07,020
Little Washington?

268
00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,197
You be ready six o'’clock.

269
00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,764
Ooh, yes, yes, Minnie.

270
00:14:19,293 --> 00:14:20,772
As maybe
you'’ve already guessed,

271
00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:23,210
Minnie didn'’t leave
that evening.

272
00:14:23,253 --> 00:14:25,255
After the meal
she served them,

273
00:14:25,299 --> 00:14:27,823
the Trumbull'’s decided--

274
00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:30,695
[ sighs ]
I'’ve never
tasted such a pie.

275
00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:33,176
If I had my way,
I'’d never let Minnie go.

276
00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:35,309
Then it might be wise
to keep her, dear,

277
00:14:35,352 --> 00:14:37,659
at least until after
we'’re settled.

278
00:14:37,702 --> 00:14:39,487
As long as
no one sees her.

279
00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:41,402
Well, she'’ll be
in the kitchen, dear.

280
00:14:41,445 --> 00:14:43,360
Suppose someone
should drop in.

281
00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:47,408
Who would? After all,
we know no one in Carson yet.

282
00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:55,503
But the next afternoon
of that very mild winter,

283
00:14:55,546 --> 00:14:58,114
Dodie discovered somebody
she did know in Carson.

284
00:15:07,558 --> 00:15:08,820
Wonderful country,
isn'’t it, Nevada?

285
00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:12,781
What are you
doing here?

286
00:15:12,824 --> 00:15:14,783
Home for the holidays.

287
00:15:14,826 --> 00:15:17,612
There'’s no place like
Carson City at Christmas time.

288
00:15:17,655 --> 00:15:19,048
That'’s a matter
of opinion.

289
00:15:22,747 --> 00:15:24,271
I was just coming
to pay my respects

290
00:15:24,314 --> 00:15:25,925
and ask what size glove
you wear.

291
00:15:27,361 --> 00:15:29,058
Glove?

292
00:15:29,102 --> 00:15:31,669
So I can buy you a pair
at the New Year'’s Eve Ball.

293
00:15:31,713 --> 00:15:33,802
Well, really?

294
00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:36,326
You will do the honor
of going with me, I hope.

295
00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:39,590
Not if you were
the last man on earth.

296
00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:43,290
And as for my gloves,
my father buys me all I need.

297
00:15:45,335 --> 00:15:46,902
You don'’t understand.

298
00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:49,078
Out here, when a man asks
a woman to a dance--

299
00:15:49,122 --> 00:15:50,993
I'’m not attending
the dance.

300
00:15:51,037 --> 00:15:53,474
Really a very nice affair.I'’m not interested.

301
00:15:53,517 --> 00:15:55,824
Everybody who is anything
will be there.

302
00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:59,001
I can just imagine,
women with babies,

303
00:15:59,045 --> 00:16:01,221
Indians--

304
00:16:01,264 --> 00:16:04,137
And speaking of Indians...How are you making out
with Minnie?

305
00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:05,965
You should be
ashamed of yourself,

306
00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:08,793
foisting off a creature
like that on my mother.

307
00:16:08,837 --> 00:16:11,709
Foisting?Suppose someone should come
to the house and see her.

308
00:16:11,753 --> 00:16:14,277
What kind of impression
would they get of us?
[ gasps ]

309
00:16:14,321 --> 00:16:16,758
There goes someone now. Uh-oh, the governor'’s wife.

310
00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:19,630
The governor'’s?
Oh Mark, stop her.

311
00:16:19,674 --> 00:16:20,936
T-T-Tell her
we haven'’t arrived yet.

312
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,807
W-We'’re all out.
We'’re sick.

313
00:16:22,851 --> 00:16:24,635
We-we were dead.

314
00:16:24,679 --> 00:16:26,681
[ stutters ]
If she were to ring
the doorbell and Minnie answers,

315
00:16:26,724 --> 00:16:29,466
well, we'’re socially ruined.

316
00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:31,338
Then you better hurry up
and get there first.

317
00:16:31,381 --> 00:16:34,994
[ sighs ]
You unspeakable desert rat.

318
00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:44,351
[ knocking continues ]

319
00:16:47,963 --> 00:16:49,008
How do you do?

320
00:16:49,051 --> 00:16:50,705
MRS. TRUMBULL:
How do you do?

321
00:16:50,748 --> 00:16:52,924
I'’m Mrs. Kincaid,
the governor'’s wife.

322
00:16:52,968 --> 00:16:55,362
Ooh, well,
won'’t you come in?

323
00:16:55,405 --> 00:16:56,363
Thank you.

324
00:16:57,799 --> 00:16:59,453
I hope you forgive me
for calling on you

325
00:16:59,496 --> 00:17:01,629
in this informal fashion,
Mrs. Trumbull,

326
00:17:01,672 --> 00:17:03,805
instead of waiting
for your day at home.

327
00:17:03,848 --> 00:17:06,286
I have no day at home,
Mrs. Kincaid.

328
00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:07,983
Oh, but you will have,
of course,

329
00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,333
like all the other ladies
in the diplomatic circle.

330
00:17:10,377 --> 00:17:12,248
They do?[ loud clattering ]

331
00:17:12,292 --> 00:17:13,858
[ Minnie grunts ]

332
00:17:13,902 --> 00:17:16,861
I had no idea you
had a diplomatic circle here.

333
00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:20,561
Minnie,
what are you doing?

334
00:17:20,604 --> 00:17:22,867
Me serve tea.Oh, no you don'’t.

335
00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:29,439
Nobody ordered tea.
Nobody wants tea.

336
00:17:29,483 --> 00:17:31,093
If you dare bring that
into the parlor, I--

337
00:17:41,451 --> 00:17:43,845
My daughter is one
of the season'’s buds too.

338
00:17:43,888 --> 00:17:46,021
Really,
where was she presented?Right here in Carson.

339
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,414
You mean the girls have

340
00:17:47,457 --> 00:17:49,111
a formal debut
here in Carson?

341
00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:50,547
Why, certainly.

342
00:17:50,591 --> 00:17:53,115
Katherine was presented
at the Thanksgiving assembly.

343
00:17:53,159 --> 00:17:54,943
Oh, did you
hear that, Dodie?

344
00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:58,555
I heard.I had no idea

345
00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:00,427
that in a remote outpost
like this you have--

346
00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:03,038
Minnie?

347
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,083
How.

348
00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,308
If you don'’t mind
my asking--Oh, I really must apologize.

349
00:18:12,352 --> 00:18:13,614
Well, how did you
ever have--

350
00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:15,659
Oh, she'’s only here
temporarily.

351
00:18:15,703 --> 00:18:17,357
It was
Mark Tabor'’s doings.

352
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,924
Mark Tabor?
Why, that young scamp.

353
00:18:19,968 --> 00:18:21,796
Wait until I tell him
what I think of him.

354
00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:23,363
I already have.

355
00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:26,627
Well, to steal Minnie
right out of my household.What?

356
00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:28,063
Your household?

357
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,935
I'’ve been absolutely lost
since she quit.

358
00:18:30,979 --> 00:18:32,546
Why, Minnie knows
the social ropes

359
00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:35,157
like nobody else
in the capital.

360
00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:38,291
Why, she was invaluable
in the governor'’s mansion,

361
00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:40,119
an authority on protocol.

362
00:18:40,162 --> 00:18:42,425
But if Mark Tabor
told her to work for you,

363
00:18:42,469 --> 00:18:44,166
that'’s all
there was to it.

364
00:18:44,210 --> 00:18:47,169
She adores him,
and so do we all.

365
00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:50,433
He'’s one of Nevada's
most brilliant young men,

366
00:18:50,477 --> 00:18:52,609
but I'’m sure you
already discovered that.

367
00:18:58,093 --> 00:18:59,703
There were other callers
at the Trumbull House

368
00:18:59,747 --> 00:19:01,140
the next two days.

369
00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:03,185
Every one of them
leaving the proper number

370
00:19:03,229 --> 00:19:04,969
of calling cards
in the card tray,

371
00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:06,928
which Minnie placed
beside the door,

372
00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:09,191
But Mark Tabor'’s
wasn'’t among them.

373
00:19:09,235 --> 00:19:11,976
And on New Year'’s Eve,
Dodie lay in bed

374
00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:13,935
and listened
to the carriages rolling by,

375
00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:16,242
taking folks to the Ball
she had spurned

376
00:19:16,285 --> 00:19:19,027
and the faint strains
of a dance orchestra.

377
00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:21,116
♪♪ [ dance orchestra ]

378
00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:25,686
[ clock dongs ]

379
00:19:25,729 --> 00:19:27,253
[ cow bells ringing ]

380
00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:50,101
The following day,
dawn clear and warm,

381
00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:51,494
and around the middle
of the morning,

382
00:19:51,538 --> 00:19:53,801
having retired early
from the night before,

383
00:19:53,844 --> 00:19:55,629
the Trumbull'’s
started for a walk.

384
00:20:00,329 --> 00:20:01,809
Go back.

385
00:20:01,852 --> 00:20:03,419
We'’re just taking
a little walk, Minnie,

386
00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:05,029
a constitutional.

387
00:20:05,073 --> 00:20:07,945
Ladies not walk
on New Years Day.

388
00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:09,730
Gentlemen walk,

389
00:20:09,773 --> 00:20:12,211
only with
high silk hat on head.

390
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:14,604
I'’m sorry, Minnie,

391
00:20:14,648 --> 00:20:17,128
I didn'’t bring my silk hat
to Carson City.

392
00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:19,305
Well it never occurred to him
that he'’d need it.

393
00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:20,871
Stay in house, then.

394
00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:23,570
Well,
you'’re-you're not serious.

395
00:20:23,613 --> 00:20:25,963
Come along,
dear, if Minnie says so.

396
00:20:26,007 --> 00:20:28,705
Well, but surely--Minnie is an authority
on protocol.

397
00:20:30,098 --> 00:20:31,795
Uh-huh?

398
00:20:31,839 --> 00:20:32,535
Well.

399
00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:37,584
You too.

400
00:20:37,627 --> 00:20:40,674
I feel like taking a walk,
and nobody'’s going to stop me.

401
00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:44,199
[ sighs ]
Please let me by.

402
00:20:46,114 --> 00:20:47,985
I'’m not going back
into the house.

403
00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:52,294
I want some fresh air.

404
00:20:52,338 --> 00:20:55,384
Oh you have
no right to--You spoiled brat.

405
00:20:56,994 --> 00:21:00,302
You want Minnie spank?Don'’t you dare.

406
00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:02,826
Then march in house,
get dressed,

407
00:21:02,870 --> 00:21:03,871
best clothes.

408
00:21:10,530 --> 00:21:13,837
Well, I must say that
I feel something of a fool.

409
00:21:13,881 --> 00:21:15,404
All dressed up
and no place to go.

410
00:21:15,448 --> 00:21:17,928
Minnie knows best, dear.

411
00:21:17,972 --> 00:21:19,147
Do you realize
where we'’d be going

412
00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:21,105
if we were back
in Washington?

413
00:21:21,149 --> 00:21:23,194
To the President'’s Reception
at the White House.

414
00:21:23,238 --> 00:21:24,500
[ knocking ]

415
00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:29,853
Me get.

416
00:21:38,471 --> 00:21:39,776
The Attorney General

417
00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:43,258
and the Secretary of State
from Nevada.

418
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:46,043
MAN:
Hello, Ray,
good to see you again.

419
00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:47,697
Yes, it'’s the regular
New Year'’s custom

420
00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,046
in Carson City.

421
00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:50,483
Before the day is over,

422
00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:52,485
you'’ll receive several hundred
gentlemen callers.

423
00:21:52,528 --> 00:21:54,530
Several hundred?Oh yes.

424
00:21:54,574 --> 00:21:57,577
Ooh, how
perfectly delightful.

425
00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,535
Will you excuse me
a moment?

426
00:22:02,582 --> 00:22:05,280
It'’s my first trip out West
and I think I'’m gonna like it.

427
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:06,586
Very much.Ah, wonderful.

428
00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:08,370
Excuse me,
I want to speak to my daughter.

429
00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:09,153
Yes.Certainly.

430
00:22:09,197 --> 00:22:10,938
[ mumbles ]

431
00:22:10,981 --> 00:22:13,506
There are hundreds
on the way.Isn'’t it thrilling?

432
00:22:13,549 --> 00:22:15,029
Washington was
nothing like this.

433
00:22:15,072 --> 00:22:16,378
But what am I
going to feed them?

434
00:22:16,422 --> 00:22:19,338
I don'’t know.Oh, dear.

435
00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:25,692
Ray, I was just going to ask
Minnie to make some coffee.

436
00:22:25,735 --> 00:22:28,129
I had no idea there'’d be
so many this afternoon.[ chuckles ]

437
00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:30,087
Oh, I just don'’t know
what we'’re going--

438
00:22:30,131 --> 00:22:31,959
Make way,
clear track.

439
00:22:32,002 --> 00:22:33,569
Oh, Minnie,
what have you there?

440
00:22:33,613 --> 00:22:36,616
Heap eggnog.And isn'’t it good.

441
00:22:36,659 --> 00:22:39,836
Mm! The White House never
served anything to touch it.

442
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,491
[ sighs ]
Give me some.
I need it.

443
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:46,582
[ chattering ]

444
00:22:50,194 --> 00:22:52,327
[ knocking ]

445
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,981
[ chattering continues ]

446
00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:02,729
Mr. Mark Tabor.

447
00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:07,603
Excuse me.Certainly.

448
00:23:11,564 --> 00:23:13,653
Mark.Happy New Year.

449
00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:14,871
For me?Mm-hmm.

450
00:23:32,149 --> 00:23:33,890
Just one
of our funny customs,

451
00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:36,110
instead of flowers,
we give gloves,

452
00:23:36,153 --> 00:23:37,590
since fresh flowers
are unattainable

453
00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:39,940
out here
in the wilderness.

454
00:23:39,983 --> 00:23:42,464
You'’re laughing at me,
I deserve it.

455
00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:43,813
No, I think with you.

456
00:23:43,857 --> 00:23:45,815
Why didn'’t you
tell me, Mark?

457
00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,556
Carson City
is the most formal place

458
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,994
in the whole United States,
outside of Washington, D.C.

459
00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:54,128
Where ladies have homes
and girls make debuts,

460
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:56,435
and where nobody calls
without leaving cards.

461
00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:59,350
And where the--And where there are
no straw rides?

462
00:23:59,394 --> 00:24:02,310
[ chuckles ]What a fool
you must have thought me.

463
00:24:02,353 --> 00:24:04,965
Darling, no, just--Just provincial.

464
00:24:05,008 --> 00:24:06,314
That was
inexcusable of me.

465
00:24:06,357 --> 00:24:08,185
But so true.

466
00:24:08,229 --> 00:24:09,535
I did think
that Washington

467
00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:11,798
was the beginning
and end of everything,

468
00:24:11,841 --> 00:24:13,190
and that men
with titles were--

469
00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:14,365
Eggnog?

470
00:24:15,671 --> 00:24:18,282
I might have
a title myself someday.

471
00:24:18,326 --> 00:24:20,981
Governor,
of the Sagebrush State.

472
00:24:21,024 --> 00:24:23,374
We teach her,
she make good first lady.

473
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:26,160
To us,
and to Little Washington.

474
00:24:26,203 --> 00:24:27,161
Nevada.

475
00:24:27,204 --> 00:24:28,249
Dodie.

476
00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:47,224
Carson City is still
the smallest capital

477
00:24:47,268 --> 00:24:49,749
in the United States,
and one of the best.

478
00:24:49,792 --> 00:24:51,446
But if you go
there today,

479
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,317
don'’t worry
about calling cards

480
00:24:53,361 --> 00:24:54,318
and a high hat.

481
00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,409
♪♪ [ trumpet ]