1 00:01:15,776 --> 00:01:19,113 During the time when I was growing up on Walton's Mountain 2 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:22,950 I heard whispers and rumors about a woman named Victoria Madden. 3 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:24,652 Some claimed that she was dead. 4 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:28,156 Others said that she had simply run away from a bad marriage. 5 00:01:28,222 --> 00:01:30,991 Whatever happened to Victoria, she left behind a daughter. 6 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:32,493 Her name was Nancy 7 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,363 and when my brother Ben became attracted to her 8 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:38,366 he had no idea what the consequences would be. 9 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,534 Hey, Ben. Over here. 10 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:45,239 -How's it going? -How're you doing, Ben? 11 00:01:45,306 --> 00:01:48,842 Hey, Orin's going to work as a water boy at the circus in Howardsville. 12 00:01:48,909 --> 00:01:51,679 -They need a couple more kids. -Two or three they said. 13 00:01:51,745 --> 00:01:53,714 We were thinking we could all do it. 14 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:56,284 -Think your daddy would let you? -Yeah. He might. 15 00:01:56,350 --> 00:01:58,719 It depends on how much work's left at home. 16 00:01:58,786 --> 00:02:01,622 -Well, could you ask today? -Otherwise, it'll be too late. 17 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:04,258 Yeah, maybe. Well, I gotta think about it. 18 00:02:04,325 --> 00:02:07,928 -Well, not too long. -Yeah, well, I'll let you know later. 19 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:11,532 -Once they get a hold of you.. - You're life is over. 20 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:14,735 -Nancy, wait up. What's wrong? -Nothing. 21 00:02:14,802 --> 00:02:19,139 I've been watching you all day. What are you so sad about? 22 00:02:19,207 --> 00:02:22,210 -Maybe I can help. -Nobody can. 23 00:02:34,688 --> 00:02:36,023 Nancy? 24 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,559 Ben, just leave me alone. 25 00:02:38,626 --> 00:02:42,663 Now, I really like you, Nancy. I wish you'd let me help you. 26 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:45,833 Can you make my daddy let me go to Charlottesville tonight? 27 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:48,869 Why would you want to go to Charlottesville? 28 00:02:48,936 --> 00:02:51,605 To see my mother. 29 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:52,906 Your mother? 30 00:02:56,076 --> 00:02:57,811 I thought she was dead. 31 00:02:57,878 --> 00:03:01,982 Everybody thinks so, but she didn't die. 32 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:05,085 She ran away. 33 00:03:05,152 --> 00:03:07,221 Daddy didn't tell anybody.... 34 00:03:07,288 --> 00:03:09,257 and don't you tell, either. 35 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:11,925 She's living in Charlottesville? 36 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:14,928 She's just stopping over there on her way to Florida. 37 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:17,097 She wants to see me. 38 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:22,603 -How come your daddy won't let you go? -It's a long story. 39 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:25,373 My mother has been living somewhere up north. 40 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:27,608 She's moving to Florida to get married again. 41 00:03:29,777 --> 00:03:32,813 And she wrote me she'd stop in Charlottesville 42 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,350 and if I could please try and come to her hotel.... 43 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:38,452 because she wants to see me. 44 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,654 Do you want to see her? 45 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:43,857 More than anything else in the world.... 46 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:47,361 but daddy says she doesn't deserve to see me. 47 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:50,097 She ran away when I was a baby. 48 00:03:50,163 --> 00:03:53,634 But, Ben, I just want to know what she looks like.... 49 00:03:53,701 --> 00:03:56,770 and what she sounds like. 50 00:03:56,837 --> 00:04:00,841 I just want to see her face and hear her voice. 51 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:03,511 Well, it seems like you have a right to that. 52 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:07,014 You tell that to my daddy. He won't listen to me. 53 00:04:08,616 --> 00:04:12,152 I'm afraid if I don't get to see her tonight.... 54 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,722 I never will. 55 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:19,159 Ben.... 56 00:04:19,226 --> 00:04:23,130 I did figure out a way I could get there so my daddy would never find out. 57 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:24,732 How? 58 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:27,134 You know how to drive, don't you? 59 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,238 Yeah, but I don't have my license. Just got my learner's permit last month. 60 00:04:31,305 --> 00:04:34,041 -No one would ever know. -What do you mean? 61 00:04:36,143 --> 00:04:38,712 You could ask John-Boy if he'd lend you his car. 62 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:41,349 You could come get me, and I could sneak out. 63 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:43,484 Oh, no. John-Boy'd never let me take his car. 64 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:47,120 And even if he did, if your father ever found out, he'd skin me alive. 65 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:50,824 Mine would, too. 66 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:52,893 Okay. 67 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,695 I'm really sorry. 68 00:04:54,762 --> 00:04:57,898 It's okay. I'll figure out another way to get there. 69 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,437 The bus, maybe, or I could probably hitchhike. 70 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:06,607 Now that's crazy. It's dangerous. 71 00:05:06,674 --> 00:05:10,478 Ben, this might be the only chance I'll ever get to see her. 72 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:20,821 I'll ask John-Boy. 73 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:23,624 But you gotta promise you won't tell him why you want it. 74 00:05:23,691 --> 00:05:26,660 If nobody knows, then my father can't possibly find out. 75 00:05:26,727 --> 00:05:29,930 He's not gonna let me take the car if I don't tell him what I need it for. 76 00:05:38,205 --> 00:05:40,541 Okay. I won't tell him. 77 00:05:43,477 --> 00:05:45,479 I'll just borrow it. 78 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:02,095 -Goodnight, Mama. Goodnight, Daddy. -Goodnight, John-Boy. 79 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:05,666 -Don't study too late. -I'm going to bed right now. 80 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:56,436 I don't even know what Mama looks like. Daddy tore up all her old pictures. 81 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:59,206 I bet she's beautiful. 82 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,741 You think so? 83 00:09:00,808 --> 00:09:03,110 Well, you don't look much like your daddy, so.... 84 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:04,177 I don't understand. 85 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:06,213 Well, you must look like your Mama. 86 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:08,782 So she's probably beautiful. 87 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:51,558 Do I have to go in with you? 88 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:53,093 Good. 89 00:09:58,531 --> 00:10:01,969 -Ben? -Okay. I'll come with you. Come on. 90 00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:29,062 I don't even know what Mama looks like. 91 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:32,332 -Well, she'll be looking for you, won't she? -Yeah. 92 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:34,968 But she doesn't know what I look like, either. 93 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:51,318 I think I see her. 94 00:11:15,275 --> 00:11:17,310 Mama? 95 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:18,879 Nancy? 96 00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:43,570 I was so young, Nancy.... 97 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:46,239 younger than you are now, when I married Eustace. 98 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:51,078 And then, before I was 16, I had you. 99 00:11:52,612 --> 00:11:54,848 I understand, Mama. 100 00:11:54,915 --> 00:11:57,617 I just couldn't.... 101 00:11:57,684 --> 00:12:00,187 Well, I couldn't take care of you right. 102 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:19,572 Oh, Harvey, what about this one? 103 00:12:19,639 --> 00:12:22,843 -It's your turn. -Okay. 104 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:26,079 If I owned this car.... 105 00:12:26,146 --> 00:12:28,515 I'd drive it to Hollywood.... 106 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:30,884 and I'd be Jeanette MacDonald. 107 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:36,023 * California here I come ** 108 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:41,528 Okay, Harvey, it's your turn. 109 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,864 If I owned this car.... 110 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,498 I'd be Al Capone.... 111 00:12:45,565 --> 00:12:49,402 and I'd steal a million dollars and I'd give it all.... 112 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:53,173 -Harvey, what is it? -Come here. 113 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,643 -Oh, my gosh! -Come on. 114 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:59,346 -No, I couldn't. -Well, I can. 115 00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,181 Harvey, what if someone sees you? 116 00:13:01,248 --> 00:13:04,417 No one's gonna see us. Come on. 117 00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:08,455 -No. -Okay, scaredy. 118 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:12,259 I'll be right back, baby, with the loot. 119 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:15,228 Harvey, you're not really serious about this, are you? 120 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:16,796 Sure, I am. 121 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:39,586 What's your name gonna be? 122 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:42,089 Burns. 123 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,492 His name is Howard Burns. 124 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:50,630 He's in land development. He's probably gonna get very rich. 125 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:52,866 What's he like? 126 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:58,271 He's nice. 127 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:00,507 He's very kind. 128 00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:06,046 I'm sure I'm gonna be very happy. 129 00:14:06,113 --> 00:14:08,281 I hope you are, Mama. 130 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:13,153 And I hope you are, Nancy. 131 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:33,106 Hey! Hey, you! Hey, you, come back here! Stop! 132 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:54,928 Thank you, ma'am. 133 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:10,410 I'll take that. 134 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:22,222 -Thank you, ma'am. -Thank you. 135 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:35,102 Now you finish school, Nancy. 136 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:37,437 Don't you quit the way I did. 137 00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:40,407 I won't, Mama. I might even go on to college. 138 00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:44,644 That'd be wonderful. 139 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:02,495 You just make sure that you're very, very ready.... 140 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:05,665 before you marry anyone.... 141 00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:08,435 And.... 142 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:12,539 very, very grown up. 143 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:28,321 My keys. Must've dropped them. 144 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,363 I left them in the ignition. 145 00:16:36,429 --> 00:16:38,298 Lucky someone just didn't drive off. 146 00:16:38,365 --> 00:16:40,900 Well, John-Boy would have killed me. 147 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:44,271 Let's get home. It's gettin' late. 148 00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:09,529 -Do you want me to walk you? -No, it's alright. 149 00:17:09,596 --> 00:17:13,500 -You okay? -Yes, and thank you. 150 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,670 You won't tell anyone, will you? 151 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,307 -Are you crazy? -If my daddy ever found out 152 00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:22,175 he'd lock me up and throw away the key. 153 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:24,311 Well, he's not the only one. 154 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:27,747 Ben, promise. Please swear. 155 00:17:27,814 --> 00:17:30,150 -Nancy. -Please. 156 00:17:30,217 --> 00:17:33,320 Believe me, I won't tell. I swear. 157 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:08,348 -Where're you going? -Nowhere. Back to bed. 158 00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:11,284 -What're you doing up? -I'll talk to you tomorrow. 159 00:19:11,351 --> 00:19:13,886 -Ben? -I'm real tired now. 160 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:45,151 Where's that Ben? He's going to be late. 161 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,053 I couldn't make him get up. 162 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,856 -Mary Ellen, go wake your brother. -Why me? 163 00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,658 Because I asked you to. 164 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:55,895 I think maybe Ben leads a double life. 165 00:19:55,962 --> 00:19:58,164 Schoolboy by day, by night, Dick Tracy. 166 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:02,235 Yeah, he got hired by the FBI to find out about people who are bank robbers. 167 00:20:02,302 --> 00:20:06,005 Jim-Bob, eat your breakfast. It's too early for you and your imagination. 168 00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:09,108 Well, maybe he just needs more sleep than the rest of you. 169 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:12,078 He's almost 16, growing like a weed. It's to be expected. 170 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:14,547 Before long, he'll be getting himself married off. 171 00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,949 Married! Who'd want to marry Ben? 172 00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:20,152 Why, I was no older than Ben when I married your grandma. 173 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,522 You were a lot older and you know it! 174 00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:25,292 I don't think Ben's thinking about getting married just yet. 175 00:20:25,358 --> 00:20:27,193 -Got it. -I got it first. 176 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,895 There's enough for both of you. 177 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:30,863 But the one who empties it has to fill it up. 178 00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:34,934 -And it's always me. -Alright. I'll fill it. 179 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:37,870 -Look at the goody-goody. -Jason, sit down. 180 00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:41,708 -Erin, you fill that pitcher. -Why me? 181 00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:46,613 'Cause next time you'll watch what you say. 182 00:20:46,679 --> 00:20:49,181 Here's Sleeping Beauty now. 183 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:50,617 I'm sorry, Mama. I overslept. 184 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:56,823 Well, help yourself. It's warming in the oven. 185 00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:59,426 Maybe you can grab a nap at school this afternoon 186 00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:01,494 to make up for being out all night. 187 00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:05,064 -I wasn't out all night. -Well, part of it, anyway. 188 00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:06,666 Do you have to tell? 189 00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:09,168 I'm not saying a thing, you are. Every time you open your mouth. 190 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:13,039 Where were you, anyway? Only The Shadow knows, right? 191 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:21,514 -Where's the milk? -Right there. 192 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:26,353 Well, why didn't you fill it up all the way? 193 00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:29,221 I did. 194 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,358 -Easy, Son. -Someone's at the door. 195 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:34,694 That must be Charlie. 196 00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:37,196 He's come by for a load of lumber. 197 00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:38,465 Oh, hey, Pete. 198 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:40,700 -Morning, Mr. Walton. -Come on in. 199 00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:43,536 Sheriff Bridges sent me out. He had to go to Richmond. 200 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,938 -You had breakfast? -Yes, sir. Sure have. Thank you. 201 00:21:46,005 --> 00:21:50,176 -You all remember Pete Wallace? -Morning, y'all. 202 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:51,778 Good morning, Mrs. Walton. 203 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:53,713 Pete, I hear your mama's feeling poorly. 204 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:55,582 Yes, ma'am, she was feeling poorly.... 205 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,550 but she's mighty fine now. 206 00:21:57,617 --> 00:21:58,985 Would you like some coffee, Pete? 207 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:01,220 No, ma'am. Thank you, Mrs. Walton. This.... 208 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:04,457 Well, this ain't exactly what you call a social call. 209 00:22:04,524 --> 00:22:06,793 What's the problem then, Pete? 210 00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:09,228 Well, I want to talk to John-Boy. 211 00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:11,364 Me? 212 00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:15,668 Your car was involved in a hit-and-run accident last night in Charlottesville. 213 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,470 What? 214 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:20,206 I wasn't even in Charlottesville last night. 215 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,975 John-Boy was here doing homework all evening. 216 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,745 Well, the victim took down the license number. 217 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:27,880 Well, he must have taken it down wrong. 218 00:22:27,947 --> 00:22:31,217 My car was out on the front yard all night long. 219 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,520 What time is this supposed to have happened, Pete? 220 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,287 About 10:30. 221 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,591 Couldn't have been any of us. We were in bed by then. 222 00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:41,961 Well, Sheriff Bridges felt that the fella was probably wrong 223 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:45,031 but he made such a fuss that he asked me to come out here to see you. 224 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:49,168 -Well, now you have. -Yes, sir, I have. I sure have. 225 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:51,838 But now I gotta see the car. 226 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:56,709 You have to do what you have to do. 227 00:22:56,776 --> 00:23:01,180 You won't find a scratch on that car. John-Boy treats it just like a baby. 228 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:04,083 -Yes, ma'am. -Let's go look. 229 00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:07,520 Alright, everybody. Stop gawking and eat up. Come on. 230 00:23:07,587 --> 00:23:09,889 Pass the milk. 231 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:14,861 Man said he was just about to start his own car 232 00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,764 when the kid swerved in, hit him and then took off. 233 00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,599 Looked like he'd done it on purpose. 234 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:22,301 -Why would I do that? -I wouldn't know. But he.... 235 00:23:22,368 --> 00:23:24,604 Wait a minute. What's that? 236 00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,141 This is crazy. 237 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:32,979 Somebody must have taken it, gotten in an accident, then brought it back. 238 00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:36,649 Probably, but I'm gonna need a statement from John-Boy. 239 00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:38,250 A statement saying what? 240 00:23:38,317 --> 00:23:40,920 Well, saying that you didn't use your car last night. 241 00:23:40,987 --> 00:23:42,388 Saying that you don't know what happened. 242 00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:44,591 Saying that it's your car, legal. 243 00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:46,358 And then there's going to be a hearing. 244 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:48,127 -Hearing? -Procedure. 245 00:23:48,194 --> 00:23:51,664 -I didn't do anything. -I'm sorry. That's the rules. 246 00:23:57,737 --> 00:23:59,105 I don't understand about it. 247 00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:01,440 -I did it. -What? 248 00:24:01,508 --> 00:24:04,010 I took the car into Charlottesville last night. 249 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:10,449 Maybe go inside. 250 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:25,565 Sit down, Ben. 251 00:24:25,632 --> 00:24:30,169 -Pete, have a seat. -Thank you. 252 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:31,538 John? 253 00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:33,706 Honey, would you send the kids off to school? 254 00:24:33,773 --> 00:24:36,408 We have some talking to do here. 255 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,377 Grandma. 256 00:24:38,444 --> 00:24:42,381 Come on, everybody, off to school. You're going to be late, as it is. 257 00:24:42,448 --> 00:24:44,250 -Go on. -Go on. Go on. 258 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:47,620 Move! 259 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:49,421 Alright, Son. 260 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:52,458 It's what I said. I took John-Boy's car into Charlottesville.... 261 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,493 but I didn't hit anybody. 262 00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:56,996 Why'd you go out in the middle of the night in the first place? 263 00:24:57,063 --> 00:25:00,366 -Nothing. I mean, I just wanted to get out. -In my car? 264 00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:02,334 That's not like you, Ben. 265 00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:06,606 -Come on, Son. -There's nothing more to say. 266 00:25:06,673 --> 00:25:09,441 You mean to tell me that you take John-Boy's car.... 267 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:12,211 you drive without a license, you get into a hit-and-run accident 268 00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:15,081 and you sit there telling me there's nothing more to say? 269 00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:17,717 You're saying the car got into a wreck by itself? 270 00:25:17,784 --> 00:25:19,652 Someone stole it and brought it back. 271 00:25:19,719 --> 00:25:21,153 Where were you when this happened? 272 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:23,656 I went for a walk for some fresh air. 273 00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:25,558 Then how could anyone have stolen it? 274 00:25:25,625 --> 00:25:27,760 I left the key in.... 275 00:25:27,827 --> 00:25:30,396 It was there later, after my walk. 276 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,298 Mr. Walton.... 277 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:37,036 you've got to admit that that's a mighty thin story. 278 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:39,739 I think you all oughta talk it over amongst yourselves 279 00:25:39,806 --> 00:25:42,074 and then come down and see me later. 280 00:25:42,141 --> 00:25:44,543 I got to get a signed statement from you, anyhow. 281 00:25:44,611 --> 00:25:46,112 Alright, Pete. We'll do that. 282 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:49,215 I sure am sorry to have caused you so much trouble. 283 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:56,055 Just sit down, Ben. 284 00:25:58,124 --> 00:26:01,227 It's just us now. I want you to start talking.... 285 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,495 and I want you to start talking fast. 286 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,732 I have nothing more to say. 287 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:07,166 You better say something. 288 00:26:07,233 --> 00:26:09,869 I don't know why you took my car in the first place. 289 00:26:09,936 --> 00:26:11,570 -Would you have let me? -No! 290 00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:13,205 You're not supposed to drive.... 291 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,507 by yourself, at night, all the way into Charlottesville. 292 00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,744 -Were you by yourself? -Yes. 293 00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:21,347 -I want an explanation, now. -No. 294 00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:26,118 -What? -I said, no! 295 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:27,386 John! 296 00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:30,256 I said I wasn't in the accident and I wasn't! 297 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:32,859 -Get out of here. -Where do you want me to go? 298 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,927 -You go to school. -Daddy! 299 00:26:34,994 --> 00:26:39,031 I could beat this outta you, but I wish you trusted me enough with the truth. 300 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,366 I do! 301 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,569 Then stop this nonsense and tell me what happened last night. 302 00:26:43,636 --> 00:26:47,774 It's nobody's business but mine. Why don't you all just leave me alone? 303 00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:52,578 You go to school. 304 00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:54,546 When you finish, you go up to your room 305 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:57,684 and you stay there until you're willing to tell the truth. 306 00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:11,898 What do you suppose is going on? 307 00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:14,033 Ben is willful and full of mischief 308 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,737 but he's not so ornery as to get into that kind of trouble. 309 00:27:17,804 --> 00:27:19,605 I think he just don't understand. 310 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,073 He understands. 311 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,209 I think he's scared to death. 312 00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,377 -Is that why he's not talking? -I don't know. 313 00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:28,915 Maybe he got mixed up with a bad bunch of fellas or something. 314 00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,217 Why, we know everybody that Ben knows. 315 00:27:31,283 --> 00:27:35,988 I don't see how he could get into any real trouble. 316 00:27:36,055 --> 00:27:38,991 Unless maybe he's covering up for somebody. 317 00:27:45,131 --> 00:27:48,701 That's why we lost that game against the orphanage. Harvey. 318 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:06,618 Ben, are you alright? 319 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:09,956 No. Everything's terrible. 320 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:13,025 I keep hearing these awful stories. I've been worried to death. 321 00:28:13,092 --> 00:28:17,396 Orin said he heard that you hit someone, they got killed and then you ran off. 322 00:28:17,463 --> 00:28:20,399 Right now, wish someone had hit me and I'd gotten killed. 323 00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:22,301 Oh, Ben. 324 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,136 Look, Nancy.... 325 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:28,407 -I gotta ask you something. -What? 326 00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:31,243 D'you think it'll be alright if I told my daddy and maybe John-Boy? 327 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,479 Oh, no. If my daddy ever found out 328 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:37,817 he'd take me out of school and I'd never get out of the house as long as I live. 329 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:45,657 The truth is, you didn't do anything. 330 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,193 Isn't that right? 331 00:28:47,259 --> 00:28:49,428 I didn't do any of the things they think I did. 332 00:28:49,495 --> 00:28:52,264 -So it'll be alright. -Not at my house. 333 00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:55,167 I'm in the worst hot water I've ever been in. 334 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:57,636 But you can't be put in jail or anything.... 335 00:28:57,703 --> 00:28:59,271 if you're not guilty of something. 336 00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:02,041 But I can't prove I'm not guilty unless I tell. 337 00:29:02,108 --> 00:29:05,111 And you'd have to back me up when I'm saying the truth. 338 00:29:05,177 --> 00:29:06,813 You swore you wouldn't ever. 339 00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:09,415 I know I did, but I gotta break my word. 340 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:11,117 You swore. 341 00:29:15,154 --> 00:29:17,556 Okay. 342 00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:19,926 Okay, I won't tell.... 343 00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:22,728 and you don't have to. 344 00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:25,231 Ever. 345 00:29:25,297 --> 00:29:26,765 Ben.... 346 00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:28,968 you're wonderful. 347 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:38,177 Get him, Reckless! 348 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:40,746 Ben, why don't you come down here and help? 349 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:43,816 Can't right now, Jase, thanks anyway. 350 00:29:43,883 --> 00:29:49,488 Come on away from that window, Ben. I'm not through talking to you. 351 00:29:49,555 --> 00:29:51,157 John-Boy, please leave me alone. 352 00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,993 I don't think you realize how much trouble you're in. 353 00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:56,095 I'm not guilty of anything. Nothing can happen. 354 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:58,197 -What about a police record? -For what? 355 00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:00,967 I didn't steal your car. I just borrowed it. 356 00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:02,768 Ben, there was a hit-and-run accident. 357 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:06,038 You haven't been able to prove that you're not guilty of that. 358 00:30:06,105 --> 00:30:08,107 You were driving without a license. That's bad enough. 359 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:09,508 But hit-and-run is hopeless. 360 00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:12,078 Well, there's nothing I can do about it. 361 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,180 Is there a witness? Have you got a witness? 362 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:16,348 Is there somebody who can prove your innocence? 363 00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:19,285 -Can you get a witness? -How can I do that? 364 00:30:19,351 --> 00:30:23,890 Well, I think you're protecting somebody. 365 00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:25,257 Were you with a girl? 366 00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:27,526 Mind your own business, John-Boy. 367 00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:30,662 -You pig-headed dumbbell. I'm trying to help you. -I don't want your help. 368 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:33,199 Who do you think you are, asking me questions? 369 00:30:33,265 --> 00:30:35,301 -I'm your brother. -Stop acting like you're the law. 370 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:37,103 -You have-- -I have every right! 371 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,438 And I don't have to answer any of them! 372 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:42,141 You've got your own room. What're you doing in mine? 373 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,946 Wasting my time. 374 00:31:05,264 --> 00:31:08,167 Mary Ellen, come here. 375 00:31:08,234 --> 00:31:11,503 Can you tell me anything about Ben? You know everything that goes on at school. 376 00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:14,606 -Like what? -Anything to get him outta this mess. 377 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:16,642 I don't know anything special. 378 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,545 Has he been palling around with any new characters lately? 379 00:31:19,611 --> 00:31:21,713 John-Boy, you would know everybody Ben does. 380 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:24,716 Even if I did know, I wouldn't stick my nose into his business. 381 00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:28,120 I'm not being nosy. I'm worried about what's going to happen to him. 382 00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:30,522 He doesn't realize how serious this is. 383 00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:33,892 -What d'you mean? -If he ends up in court, he could get into trouble. 384 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,661 Would they put him in jail? 385 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:38,264 Well, if they find him guilty, sometimes they put minors 386 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:41,167 in reform schools or correctional institutions. 387 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:42,801 -Nancy Madden. -Erin. 388 00:31:42,868 --> 00:31:44,436 Ha? 389 00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:47,106 Well, Ben would just go crazy in jail. He'd be so lonely. 390 00:31:47,173 --> 00:31:51,443 I don't think she knows anything about it. She's doesn't talk to too many people. 391 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:52,911 Except Ben. 392 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:54,480 I wouldn't be surprised if he's in love. 393 00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:56,648 If children that age can be in love. 394 00:31:56,715 --> 00:31:59,385 Thank you, Mary Ellen. That's a good start. 395 00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:42,094 Nancy? 396 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:44,563 It's John-Boy Walton. 397 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:47,033 I gotta talk to you for a minute. 398 00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:55,174 I know you're up there. 399 00:32:55,241 --> 00:32:56,942 I've gotta talk to you. 400 00:32:57,009 --> 00:33:00,712 If you don't come down, I'm gonna go inside. 401 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,981 I'll be right down. 402 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,029 My daddy doesn't like boys coming around here, especially when he's not home. 403 00:33:17,096 --> 00:33:18,930 I just wanted to ask you a question. 404 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:22,334 Do you know anything about Ben taking my car into Charlottesville 405 00:33:22,401 --> 00:33:25,003 last night and getting into an accident? 406 00:33:25,071 --> 00:33:27,139 Ben wouldn't do a thing like that. 407 00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:32,111 He admits he took the car. Says he didn't get into trouble though and says nothing more. 408 00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:34,480 I thought maybe you could help. 409 00:33:34,546 --> 00:33:37,316 -Why me? -Well, the two of you are pretty close. 410 00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:39,585 Maybe he confided in you. 411 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:42,388 He really could use some help now, Nancy. 412 00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:44,823 There isn't anything I can do. 413 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:47,259 Anything at all. 414 00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:50,028 There's nothing, John-Boy. I'm sorry. 415 00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:53,165 Well, thanks. It was just a try. 416 00:33:53,232 --> 00:33:55,334 John-Boy? 417 00:33:55,401 --> 00:33:57,336 Is Ben in real bad trouble? 418 00:33:57,403 --> 00:34:00,306 -Yes. It was a hit-and-run accident. -Was anybody hurt? 419 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:02,441 No, but somebody's car was pretty badly smashed up. 420 00:34:02,508 --> 00:34:05,744 Ben says it wasn't him and we believe him but we need more. 421 00:34:05,811 --> 00:34:10,716 Fact is, I think he knows who did it and he's just covering up for him. 422 00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:12,084 That's awful. 423 00:34:12,151 --> 00:34:15,154 Anything you can tell me, I'd appreciate. 424 00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,558 John-Boy.... 425 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:29,135 I don't know anything about it. I barely even know Ben. I'm sorry, John-Boy. 426 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:38,310 -Afternoon, Mr. Madden. -John-Boy, you want to see me? 427 00:34:38,377 --> 00:34:41,280 No, sir, I just wanted to ask your daughter something. 428 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:43,549 We were just talking, Daddy. 429 00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:47,186 I set up some rules around here. You think I don't mean what I say? 430 00:34:47,253 --> 00:34:50,489 I didn't even ask him into the house. I can't help it if he came here. 431 00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:53,525 There's not supposed to be any boys here when I'm not home. 432 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:55,861 -But I didn't-- -You shouldn't have opened the door. 433 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,997 I told you to never open the door when I'm not home. 434 00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:05,204 Now, you get upstairs and don't you come back down until I tell you to. 435 00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:07,573 -Mr. Madden. -And you get out of here! 436 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:10,476 -Mr. Madden, I'd like to-- -Get out of here now! 437 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:49,448 Hey. 438 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,819 The deputy sheriff come back. 439 00:35:53,885 --> 00:35:55,987 Everyone knows that he's gonna swear out complaint. 440 00:35:56,054 --> 00:35:58,924 -Complaint about what? -Ben taking car without asking. 441 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:02,093 He wants me to swear out a complaint against my brother? 442 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,963 I think I'll do my complaining directly to Ben, thank you. 443 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,599 -Anything else? -Wants us to come back for a hearing. 444 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,502 I had an idea. I went over to see Nancy Madden. 445 00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:12,838 -Eustace's girl? -Yeah. 446 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:17,042 Eustace Madden, I'd sooner meet up with a nest of wild hornets. 447 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:19,578 Well, she and Ben are.... 448 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:21,613 They have a little crush on each other. 449 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,382 I thought maybe she'd know something. 450 00:36:23,449 --> 00:36:26,385 She was talking and Eustace drove up, she froze up on me. 451 00:36:26,452 --> 00:36:27,819 Scared her to death. 452 00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:29,655 Ben just better find himself a new girl. 453 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:33,058 Eustace Madden won't tolerate anyone hanging around his women. 454 00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,461 He was pretty hard on her. 455 00:36:38,364 --> 00:36:41,132 Yeah, that fender's still there. 456 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,469 I know. I hate it. 457 00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:05,156 Daddy, where's the car wax? 458 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,026 You had it last. 459 00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:09,695 Yeah. 460 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:39,124 Daddy, come here. 461 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:43,529 Look at this. 462 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:46,698 Hotel in Charlottesville. 463 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:48,734 -You been there? -Not lately... 464 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,037 but it looks like my car has. 465 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,072 Ben? 466 00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:57,643 Maybe I'll take a drive over there and see if I can find out. 467 00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:00,045 Is that alright with you? 468 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:06,952 I guess so. He's got his heels dug in. He's not gonna speak up. 469 00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:16,294 Wish me luck. 470 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:34,446 -He has real red hair. -Yeah. 471 00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:37,148 -Yeah, about 15 or 16. -That's right. 472 00:38:37,215 --> 00:38:39,718 There was a kid here the other night like that. 473 00:38:39,785 --> 00:38:43,054 It was odd because he sat by himself and ate his ice cream. 474 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:45,156 And then he sat and played with some matches... 475 00:38:45,223 --> 00:38:47,659 -while they talked over at this table. -Who's they? 476 00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:49,194 A nice-looking woman and a girl. 477 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:50,996 A girl. What did she look like? 478 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:53,732 Just a girl, kind of scared and pale-looking. 479 00:38:53,799 --> 00:38:56,435 Did she have long hair, blonde? 480 00:38:56,502 --> 00:38:59,505 -Yeah, she did. -She did, huh? 481 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:02,708 -Well, who was the woman? -The woman was an overnight guest. 482 00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:04,843 I know that 'cause she signed a check. 483 00:39:04,910 --> 00:39:06,845 It's room 201, if I remember correctly. 484 00:39:06,912 --> 00:39:12,384 -The desk clerk can help you. -Thank you very much. I'll ask. 485 00:39:12,451 --> 00:39:15,954 Ben? 486 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:18,323 John-Boy's just gotten back from Charlottesville. 487 00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:19,925 We know all about it, Son. 488 00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:22,193 -You can't! How can-- -Ben, Ben. 489 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,763 I spoke to the waiter at the Virginia Manor Hotel. 490 00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:28,534 I know that you were with Nancy Madden and her mother. 491 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,102 Come on, Son. It's time we talked about this. 492 00:39:31,169 --> 00:39:34,172 I can't! I swore to Nancy I'd never tell. 493 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,274 She wasn't supposed to go in the first place. 494 00:39:36,341 --> 00:39:38,844 Her daddy's real strict and he doesn't like her mama 495 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,712 and, well, I just can't tell. 496 00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,515 Ben, I'll talk to Eustace Madden if you want me to. 497 00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:45,417 No! Just leave Nancy out of this. 498 00:39:45,484 --> 00:39:47,352 Ben, it's gone too far for that now. 499 00:39:47,419 --> 00:39:48,987 But I promised! 500 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:51,256 Ben, this thing has gotten out of hand. 501 00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:53,058 It's got to stop! 502 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:56,428 Talk to Nancy and tell her you're gonna break that promise. 503 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,730 Hey, Ben, where're you going? 504 00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:35,200 -Can I come with you? -No, you can't. 505 00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:45,611 Cake! What's the occasion? 506 00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:47,946 Nervousness. 507 00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:52,150 So upset about Ben, I had to have something special to do. 508 00:40:52,217 --> 00:40:55,821 Rate I'm going, there won't be any left to give him. 509 00:40:55,887 --> 00:40:58,089 Well, I could use a piece myself. 510 00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:01,126 -It'll spoil your dinner. -I'm nervous, too, Mama. 511 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:06,898 You knew Eustace Madden's wife, didn't you? 512 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:09,868 It's funny, I was just thinking about her this morning. 513 00:41:09,935 --> 00:41:12,437 Nobody's heard a word from her in years. 514 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:14,906 She left when Nancy was just a baby. 515 00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,307 Just left, huh? 516 00:41:16,374 --> 00:41:19,144 Well, it was a little more complicated than that. 517 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:22,147 Her family moved here when she was just 14. 518 00:41:22,213 --> 00:41:24,049 They were very poor. 519 00:41:24,115 --> 00:41:26,818 She always felt ashamed of the way she looked. 520 00:41:26,885 --> 00:41:29,621 She didn't even stay in school a year. 521 00:41:29,688 --> 00:41:32,090 She just left? Why not? 522 00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:34,292 She quit to marry Eustace Madden. 523 00:41:34,359 --> 00:41:36,161 When she was 14? 524 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:40,498 -She was almost 15 by then. -Fifteen? 525 00:41:40,566 --> 00:41:43,702 Well, he offered her security, food. 526 00:41:43,769 --> 00:41:47,038 She looked a little less hungry after she married him. 527 00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:51,276 And then she had Nancy right away, before she was even 16. 528 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,979 I always thought that was too much for her. 529 00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:56,514 All her friends were still young... 530 00:41:56,582 --> 00:41:58,584 and wanting to stay that way... 531 00:41:58,650 --> 00:42:00,786 having fun and all. 532 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:03,021 Eustace wouldn't even let her see them. 533 00:42:03,088 --> 00:42:06,992 He wouldn't let her out of his sight. 534 00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:09,795 And then one day she just up and left. 535 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,564 Now he's making Nancy pay for it, huh? 536 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:17,135 Mr. Madden, I just wanna talk to Nancy. 537 00:42:17,202 --> 00:42:19,070 I don't want you around here, boy. 538 00:42:19,137 --> 00:42:20,872 Now you hightail it back where you come from. 539 00:42:20,939 --> 00:42:23,341 Will you let me ask her just one question, Mr. Madden? 540 00:42:23,408 --> 00:42:26,411 This is my private property, boy. Now you get off it. 541 00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:30,015 Let me have just one minute with her. Just one minute. 542 00:42:30,081 --> 00:42:31,482 Not one second. 543 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:33,151 I know about you, Ben Walton. 544 00:42:33,218 --> 00:42:36,554 It's all over the county about you being a hit-and-run driver. 545 00:42:36,622 --> 00:42:38,523 Daddy, Ben didn't do it. 546 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:40,058 You stay out of this, girl. 547 00:42:40,125 --> 00:42:44,329 And get back upstairs like I told you! 548 00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:45,997 Please, Mr. Madden. 549 00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:50,368 If you're not gone by the time I count three.... 550 00:42:50,435 --> 00:42:52,738 Move! 551 00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:03,615 Hey, Ben! 552 00:43:04,549 --> 00:43:07,085 Hey, Daddy! 553 00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:19,931 -Well, Son? -He wouldn't let me see her. 554 00:43:19,998 --> 00:43:21,833 Did you tell him what happened? 555 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:23,601 I couldn't, Daddy. He ordered me off the place. 556 00:43:23,669 --> 00:43:26,237 That man is so hateful. You can't talk to him. 557 00:43:26,304 --> 00:43:31,209 -Daddy, what should I do now? -You come with me. 558 00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:33,611 John-Boy, tell your ma we'll be back. 559 00:43:33,679 --> 00:43:35,613 Alright. 560 00:43:56,601 --> 00:43:58,469 Morning, Eustace. 561 00:43:58,536 --> 00:44:01,439 John, I've got no business with you or that boy of yours. 562 00:44:01,506 --> 00:44:03,441 Now you just get off my property. 563 00:44:03,508 --> 00:44:05,944 My son here has some business he hasn't finished yet. 564 00:44:06,011 --> 00:44:07,145 He's got no business here. 565 00:44:07,212 --> 00:44:09,214 He wants to talk to your daughter, Nancy. 566 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,883 Not without my say-so, he hasn't. 567 00:44:11,950 --> 00:44:14,285 Now you go on home and don't come back. 568 00:44:14,352 --> 00:44:18,423 You got troubles, boy? Don't you bring them around here. 569 00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:22,728 -Daddy, maybe I can help Ben. -No, you can't, young lady. 570 00:44:22,794 --> 00:44:24,763 Let the girl talk, Eustace. 571 00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:26,364 She's not gonna say anything, John 572 00:44:26,431 --> 00:44:30,268 especially not to that hit-and-run criminal boy. 573 00:44:30,335 --> 00:44:32,738 I don't know what problems you have with her 574 00:44:32,804 --> 00:44:34,172 and it's none of my business... 575 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,208 but this trouble my son is in, is my business. 576 00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:39,711 And your daughter has something to say about it. 577 00:44:39,778 --> 00:44:42,347 I want to hear it. I think you should, too. 578 00:44:42,413 --> 00:44:43,982 Daddy... 579 00:44:44,049 --> 00:44:45,751 Ben got in all this trouble 580 00:44:45,817 --> 00:44:47,552 because he drove me to Charlottesville. 581 00:44:47,618 --> 00:44:50,388 -What? -He took me to see Mama. 582 00:44:50,455 --> 00:44:53,224 I thought I forbid you even to write to her. 583 00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:56,194 I made Ben take me to where she was staying in Charlottesville. 584 00:44:56,261 --> 00:45:00,966 And I saw her and talked to her, and, Daddy, I liked her. 585 00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:02,367 But she left you. 586 00:45:02,433 --> 00:45:05,203 I told you she just up and walked out on you 587 00:45:05,270 --> 00:45:06,872 when you were a little baby. 588 00:45:06,938 --> 00:45:09,407 She's sorry now, but she couldn't help it then. 589 00:45:09,474 --> 00:45:12,343 -Nancy! -That's not going to help.... 590 00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:14,412 Eustace, that's not going to help anything. 591 00:45:14,479 --> 00:45:18,349 Ben's the one that caused this trouble between Nancy and me. 592 00:45:18,416 --> 00:45:22,587 None of this would have happened if he hadn't.... 593 00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:25,556 If he hadn't taken her into town 594 00:45:25,623 --> 00:45:28,026 to see that mother of hers. 595 00:45:31,797 --> 00:45:33,965 John, I'm sorry 596 00:45:34,032 --> 00:45:39,370 but I'm always so worried. 597 00:45:39,437 --> 00:45:44,442 I know that some day I'm gonna come home 598 00:45:44,509 --> 00:45:47,145 and Nancy's gonna be gone. 599 00:45:47,212 --> 00:45:50,849 She's gonna leave me, too. 600 00:45:50,916 --> 00:45:54,285 She's gonna go and live with that.... 601 00:45:54,352 --> 00:45:56,354 Her mother. 602 00:45:59,958 --> 00:46:02,393 Listen, Eustace. 603 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:05,063 Nancy's here 'cause she wants to be here 604 00:46:05,130 --> 00:46:06,998 'cause this is her home. 605 00:46:07,065 --> 00:46:09,467 You took care of her. 606 00:46:09,534 --> 00:46:14,039 You love her. She knows that. 607 00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:16,207 John 608 00:46:16,274 --> 00:46:19,945 do you really think she does? 609 00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:21,246 She's here, Eustace. 610 00:46:21,312 --> 00:46:23,882 She could be in Charlottesville with her mama. 611 00:46:26,985 --> 00:46:30,856 But, Eustace 612 00:46:30,922 --> 00:46:33,158 why don't you let her lead a normal life 613 00:46:33,224 --> 00:46:36,227 like the other girls around here? 614 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:42,400 I've always been so afraid to try that, John. 615 00:46:42,467 --> 00:46:44,635 She's here because she wants to be, Eustace. 616 00:46:44,702 --> 00:46:46,237 I know there's not a lock world 617 00:46:46,304 --> 00:46:50,308 to keep somebody in if they don't wanna be. 618 00:46:54,212 --> 00:46:56,814 Daddy. 619 00:46:56,882 --> 00:46:59,017 Oh, honey. 620 00:47:03,922 --> 00:47:05,891 Come on, Son. 621 00:47:14,032 --> 00:47:16,101 Well, now I can get that dent fixed. 622 00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:18,169 John-Boy, why don't you let me and Nancy 623 00:47:18,236 --> 00:47:20,138 take care of that for you? 624 00:47:20,205 --> 00:47:21,973 No, Ben'll do it, Eustace. 625 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,542 He's got a lot of taking care of to do. 626 00:47:24,609 --> 00:47:27,045 -Yeah, well, see you later. -Eustace. 627 00:47:27,112 --> 00:47:30,181 See you in school, Ben. 628 00:47:30,248 --> 00:47:32,383 Nancy Madden remained in Walton's Mountain 629 00:47:32,450 --> 00:47:33,751 with her father. 630 00:47:33,818 --> 00:47:36,287 She was graduated from Miss Hunter's school 631 00:47:36,354 --> 00:47:38,123 and was courted by several young men, 632 00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:39,857 including my brother, Ben. 633 00:47:39,925 --> 00:47:41,960 But she never married. 634 00:47:42,027 --> 00:47:43,428 As her father grew old 635 00:47:43,494 --> 00:47:45,463 he came to depend on Nancy, totally 636 00:47:45,530 --> 00:47:47,832 and she nursed him until he died. 637 00:47:47,899 --> 00:47:50,601 She still lives in the old Madden home 638 00:47:50,668 --> 00:47:52,503 is active in missionary work 639 00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:55,273 and on Sundays, she sings in the choir. 640 00:47:57,508 --> 00:48:00,278 -Daddy? -What do you want, Elizabeth? 641 00:48:00,345 --> 00:48:03,781 When I grow up, can I marry you? 642 00:48:03,848 --> 00:48:06,151 Afraid I'm already taken, honey. 643 00:48:06,217 --> 00:48:09,287 -Goodnight anyway, Mama. -Goodnight, Elizabeth.