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DURING THE TIME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP

ON WALTON'S MOUNTAIN,

I HEARD WHISPERS AND RUMORS ABOUT A WOMAN

NAMED VICTORIA MADDEN.

SOME CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS DEAD.

OTHERS SAID THAT SHE HAD SIMPLY RUN AWAY FROM A BAD MARRIAGE.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VICTORIA, SHE LEFT BEHIND A DAUGHTER.

HER NAME WAS NANCY

AND WHEN MY BROTHER BEN BECAME ATTRACTED TO HER,

HE HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE.

HEY, BEN. OVER HERE.

HOW'S IT GOIN'?

HOW'RE YOU DOING, BEN?

HEY, UH, ORIN'S GOING TO WORK AS A WATER BOY

AT THE CIRCUS IN HOWARDSVILLE.

THEY NEED A COUPLE MORE KIDS.

2 OR 3 THEY SAID.

WE WERE THINKIN' WE COULD ALL DO IT, BEN. IT'D BE FUN.

THINK YOUR DADDY WOULD LET YOU? YEAH. HE MIGHT.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WORK THERE IS TO BE DONE AT HOME.

WELL, COULD YOU ASK TODAY?

OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE TOO LATE.

YEAH, MAYBE. WELL, I GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT.

WELL, NOT TOO LONG.

YEAH, WELL, I'LL LET YOU KNOW LATER.

ONCE THEY GET AHOLD OF YOU...

YOUR LIFE IS OVER. YEAH.

NANCY, WAIT UP. WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHING.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ALL DAY.

WHAT ARE YOU SO SAD ABOUT?

MAYBE I CAN HELP.

NOBODY CAN!

NANCY?

BEN, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.

NOW, I REALLY LIKE YOU, NANCY.

I WISH YOU'D LET ME HELP YOU.

CAN YOU MAKE MY DADDY LET ME GO TO CHARLOTTESVILLE TONIGHT?

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO TO CHARLOTTESVILLE?

TO SEE MY MOTHER.

YOUR MOTHER?

I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.

EVERYBODY THINKS SO, BUT SHE DIDN'T DIE.

SHE RAN AWAY.

DADDY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY,

AND DON'T YOU TELL, EITHER.

SHE'S LIVIN' IN CHARLOTTESVILLE?

SHE'S JUST STOPPING OVER THERE ON HER WAY TO FLORIDA.

SHE WANTS TO SEE ME.

HOW COME YOUR DADDY WON'T LET YOU GO?

IT'S A LONG STORY.

MY MOTHER HAS BEEN LIVING SOMEWHERE UP NORTH.

SHE'S MOVING TO FLORIDA TO GET MARRIED AGAIN.

AND SHE WROTE ME

SHE'D STOP IN CHARLOTTESVILLE,

AND IF I COULD PLEASE TRY AND COME TO HER HOTEL,

BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO SEE ME.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE HER?

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD,

BUT DADDY SAYS SHE DOESN'T DESERVE TO SEE ME.

SHE RAN AWAY WHEN I WAS A BABY.

BUT, BEN,

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE

AND WHAT SHE SOUNDS LIKE.

I JUST WANT TO SEE HER FACE

AND HEAR HER VOICE.

WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO THAT.

YOU TELL THAT TO MY DADDY.

HE WON'T LISTEN TO ME.

I'M AFRAID IF I DON'T GET TO SEE HER TONIGHT,

I NEVER WILL.

BEN,

I DID FIGURE OUT A WAY I COULD GET THERE

SO MY DADDY WOULD NEVER FIND OUT.

HOW?

YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE, DON'T YOU?

YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY LICENSE.

JUST GOT MY LEARNER'S PERMIT LAST MONTH.

NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU COULD ASK JOHN-BOY IF HE'D LEND YOU HIS CAR.

YOU COULD COME GET ME, AND I COULD SNEAK OUT THE WINDOW.

OH, NO. JOHN-BOY'D NEVER LET ME TAKE HIS CAR.

AND EVEN IF HE DID, IF YOUR FATHER EVER FOUND OUT,

HE'D SKIN ME ALIVE.

MINE WOULD, TOO.

OK.

HEY, I'M REALLY SORRY.

IT'S OK.

I'LL FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE.

THE BUS, MAYBE,

OR I COULD PROBABLY HITCHHIKE.

NOW THAT'S CRAZY. IT'S DANGEROUS.

BEN, THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY CHANCE I'LL EVER GET TO SEE HER.

I'LL ASK JOHN-BOY.

BUT YOU GOTTA PROMISE YOU WON'T TELL HIM WHY YOU WANT IT.

IF NOBODY KNOWS, THEN MY FATHER CAN'T POSSIBLY FIND OUT.

HE'S NOT GONNA LET ME TAKE THE CAR

IF I DON'T TELL HIM WHAT I NEED IT FOR.

OK. I WON'T TELL HIM.

I'LL JUST BORROW IT.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA. GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.

GOOD NIGHT, JOHN-BOY.

DON'T STUDY TOO LATE.

NO. I'M GOING TO BED RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MAMA LOOKS LIKE.

DADDY TORE UP ALL HER OLD PICTURES.

I BET SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

YOU THINK SO?

WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK MUCH LIKE YOUR DADDY, SO...

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THEN YOU MUST LOOK LIKE YOUR MAMA, SO SHE'S PROBABLY BEAUTIFUL.

DO I HAVE TO GO IN WITH YOU?

GOOD.

BEN?

OK. I'LL COME WITH YOU. COME ON.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MAMA LOOKS LIKE.

WELL, SHE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU, WON'T SHE?

YEAH.

BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE, EITHER.

I THINK I SEE HER.

MAMA?

NANCY?

I WAS SO YOUNG, NANCY.

YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE NOW, WHEN I MARRIED EUSTACE.

AND THEN, BEFORE I WAS 16, I HAD YOU.

I UNDERSTAND, MAMA.

I JUST COULDN'T...

WELL, I COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF YOU RIGHT.

♪♪

OH, HARVEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?

IT'S YOUR TURN.

OK.

UH, IF I OWNED THIS CAR, UH,

I'D DRIVE IT TO HOLLYWOOD

AND I'D BE JEANETTE MACDONALD.

♪ CALIFORNIA HERE I COME ♪♪

OK, HARVEY, IT'S YOUR TURN.

IF I OWNED THIS CAR, I'D BE AL CAPONE

AND I'D STEAL A MILLION DOLLARS

AND I'D GIVE IT ALL...

HARVEY, WHAT IS IT? COME HERE.

OH, MY GOSH!

COME ON.

NO, I COULDN'T.

WELL, I CAN.

HARVEY, WHAT IF SOMEONE SEES YOU? SHH.

NO ONE'S GONNA SEE US. COME ON.

NO.

OK, SCAREDY.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, BABY, WITH THE LOOT.

HARVEY, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, ARE YOU?

SURE, I AM.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME GONNA BE?

BURNS.

HIS NAME IS HOWARD BURNS.

HE'S IN LAND DEVELOPMENT.

HE'S PROBABLY GONNA GET VERY RICH.

WHAT'S HE LIKE?

HE'S NICE.

HE'S VERY KIND.

I'M SURE I'M GONNA BE VERY HAPPY.

I HOPE YOU ARE, MAMA.

AND I HOPE YOU ARE, NANCY.

HEY! HEY, YOU!

HEY, YOU, COME BACK HERE! STOP!

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I'LL TAKE THAT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

NOW YOU FINISH SCHOOL, NANCY.

DON'T YOU QUIT THE WAY I DID.

I WON'T, MAMA.

I MIGHT EVEN GO ON TO COLLEGE.

THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.

YOU...

YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VERY, VERY READY

BEFORE YOU MARRY ANYONE.

AND VERY, VERY GROWN UP.

MY KEYS.

MUST'VE DROPPED THEM.

COME ON.

I LEFT THEM IN THE IGNITION.

LUCKY SOMEONE JUST DIDN'T DRIVE OFF.

WELL, JOHN-BOY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.

LET'S GET HOME. IT'S GETTING LATE. COME ON.

DO YOU WANT ME TO WALK YOU?

NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU OK?

YES, AND THANK YOU.

YOU WON'T TELL ANYONE, WILL YOU?

ARE YOU CRAZY?

IF MY DADDY EVER FOUND OUT

HE'D LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY.

WELL, HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

BEN, PROMISE. PLEASE SWEAR.

NANCY. PLEASE.

BELIEVE ME, I WON'T TELL.

I SWEAR.

WHERE'RE YOU GOIN'?

NOWHERE. BACK TO BED.

WHAT'RE YOU DOIN' UP?

I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW.

BEN? I'M REAL TIRED NOW.

WHERE'S THAT BEN? HE'S GONNA BE LATE.

I TRIED AND I TRIED, BUT I COULDN'T MAKE HIM GET UP.

MARY ELLEN, GO WAKE YOUR BROTHER.

WHY ME?

BECAUSE I ASKED YOU TO.

I THINK MAYBE BEN LEADS A DOUBLE LIFE.

SCHOOLBOY BY DAY, BY NIGHT, DICK TRACY.

YEAH, HE GOT HIRED BY THE F.B.I.

TO FIND OUT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE BANK ROBBERS.

JIM-BOB, EAT YOUR BREAKFAST.

IT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOU AND YOUR IMAGINATION.

WELL, MAYBE HE JUST NEEDS MORE SLEEP THAN THE REST OF YOU.

HE'S ALMOST 16, GROWIN' LIKE A WEED.

IT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

BEFORE LONG, HE'LL BE GETTIN' HIMSELF MARRIED OFF.

MARRIED! WHO'D WANT TO MARRY BEN?

WHY, I WAS NO OLDER THAN BEN WHEN I MARRIED YOUR GRANDMA.

YOU WERE A WHOLE LOT OLDER THAN BEN, AND YOU KNOW IT!

I DON'T THINK BEN'S THINKIN' ABOUT GETTIN' MARRIED JUST YET.

GOT IT. I GOT IT FIRST.

THERE'S ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF YOU.

YEAH, BUT THE ONE WHO EMPTIES IT HAS TO FILL IT UP AGAIN.

AND IT'S ALWAYS ME.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL FILL IT.

LOOK AT THE GOODY-GOODY.

JASON, SIT DOWN.

ERIN, YOU FILL THAT PITCHER.

WHY ME?

'CAUSE NEXT TIME YOU'LL WATCH WHAT YOU SAY.

HERE'S SLEEPING BEAUTY NOW.

I'M SORRY, MAMA. I OVERSLEPT.

WELL, HELP YOURSELF. IT'S WARMIN' IN THE OVEN.

MAYBE YOU CAN GRAB A NAP AT SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON

TO MAKE UP FOR BEIN' OUT ALL NIGHT.

I WASN'T OUT ALL NIGHT.

WELL, PART OF IT, ANYWAY.

DO YOU HAVE TO TELL?

I'M NOT SAYIN' A THING, YOU ARE.

EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.

WHERE WERE YOU, ANYWAY?

ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS, RIGHT?

WHERE'S THE MILK?

RIGHT THERE.

WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU FILL IT UP ALL THE WAY, AS LONG AS YOU WERE DOING IT?

I DID.

EASY, SON.

SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR.

THAT MUST BE CHARLIE.

HE'S COME BY FOR A LOAD OF LUMBER.

OH, HEY, PETE.

MORNING, MR. WALTON.

COME ON IN.

SHERIFF BRIDGES SENT ME OUT. HE HAD TO GO TO RICHMOND.

YOU HAD BREAKFAST? YES, SIR. SURE HAVE. THANK YOU.

YOU ALL, UH, REMEMBER PETE WALLACE?

MORNING ALL.

GOOD MORNING, MRS. WALTON.

PETE, I HEAR YOUR MAMA'S FEELIN' POORLY.

YES, MA'AM, SHE WAS FEELING POORLY

BUT SHE'S MIGHTY FINE NOW. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COFFEE, PETE?

UH, NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MRS. WALTON. THIS, UH...

WELL, THIS AIN'T EXACTLY WHAT YOU CALL A SOCIAL CALL.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM THEN, PETE?

WELL, I WANT TO TALK TO JOHN-BOY.

ME?

YOUR CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT

LAST NIGHT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WHAT?

I... I WASN'T EVEN IN CHARLOTTESVILLE LAST NIGHT.

JOHN-BOY WAS HERE DOIN' HOMEWORK ALL EVENIN'.

WELL, THE VICTIM TOOK DOWN THE LICENSE NUMBER.

WELL, HE... HE MUST HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN WRONG.

MY CAR WAS OUT ON... ON THE FRONT YARD ALL NIGHT LONG.

WHAT TIME IS THIS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED, PETE?

OH, ABOUT 10:30.

COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY OF US. WE WERE IN BED BY THEN.

WELL, SHERIFF BRIDGES FELT THAT THE FELLA WAS PROBABLY WRONG

BUT HE MADE SUCH A FUSS THAT HE ASKED ME TO COME OUT HERE TO SEE YOU.

WELL, NOW YOU HAVE.

YES, SIR, I HAVE. I SURE HAVE.

BUT, UH, NOW I GOTTA SEE THE CAR.

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

YOU WON'T FIND A SCRATCH ON THAT CAR.

JOHN-BOY TREATS IT JUST LIKE A BABY.

YES, MA'AM. LET'S GO LOOK.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. STOP GAWKING AND EAT UP.

COME ON.

PASS THE MILK.

MAN SAID HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO START HIS OWN CAR

WHEN THE KID SWERVED IN OFF THE STREET, HIT HIM AND THEN TOOK OFF FAST.

SAID IT LOOKED TO HIM LIKE HE'D DONE IT ON PURPOSE.

NOW, WHY WOULD I DO A THING LIKE THAT?

WELL, I WOULDN'T KNOW. BUT HE...

WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S THAT?

THIS IS CRAZY.

SOMEBODY MUST HAVE TAKEN IT,

GOTTEN IN AN ACCIDENT, THEN BROUGHT IT BACK.

PROBABLY,

BUT I'M GONNA NEED A STATEMENT FROM JOHN-BOY.

A STATEMENT SAYING WHAT?

WELL, SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T USE YOUR CAR LAST NIGHT.

SAYING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

SAYING THAT IT'S YOUR CAR, LEGAL.

AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEARING.

HEARING?

PROCEDURE. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE RULES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT.

I DID IT.

WHAT?

I TOOK THE CAR INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE LAST NIGHT.

BETTER GO INSIDE.

SIT DOWN, BEN.

PETE, HAVE A SEAT.

THANK YOU.

JOHN?

HONEY, WOULD YOU SEND THE KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL?

WE HAVE SOME TALKIN' TO DO HERE.

GRANDMA.

COME ON, EVERYBODY, OFF TO SCHOOL.

YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE, AS IT IS.

GO ON. GO ON. GO ON.

MOVE!

ALL RIGHT, SON.

IT'S WHAT I SAID.

I TOOK JOHN-BOY'S CAR INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE,

BUT I DIDN'T HIT ANYBODY.

WHY'D YOU GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

NOTHING. I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO GET OUT.

IN MY CAR?

THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU, BEN.

COME ON, SON.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY.

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU TAKE JOHN-BOY'S CAR,

YOU DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE,

YOU GET INTO A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT,

AND YOU SIT THERE TELLIN' ME THERE'S NOTHIN' MORE TO SAY?

YOU'RE SAYIN' THE CAR WENT OUT AND GOT INTO A WRECK BY ITSELF?

IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN STOLEN AND BROUGHT BACK TO WHERE I PARKED IT.

WELL, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS HAPPENED?

I WENT FOR A WALK. I WANTED TO GET SOME FRESH AIR.

WELL, THEN HOW COULD ANYONE HAVE STOLEN IT?

I LEFT THE KEY IN AND IT WAS THERE WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE...

IT WAS THERE LATER, AFTER MY WALK.

MR. WALTON,

YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT THAT THAT'S A MIGHTY THIN STORY.

I THINK YOU ALL OUGHTA TALK IT OVER AMONGST YOURSELVES

AND THEN COME DOWN AND SEE ME LATER IN THE DAY.

I GOT TO GET A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM YOU, ANYHOW.

ALL RIGHT, PETE. WE'LL DO THAT.

I SURE AM SORRY TO HAVE CAUSED YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE.

JUST SIT DOWN, BEN.

IT'S JUST US NOW. I WANT YOU TO START TALKIN'

AND I WANT YOU TO START TALKIN' FAST.

I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.

YOU BETTER SAY SOMETHIN'.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU TOOK MY CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WOULD YOU HAVE LET ME HAVE TAKEN IT? NO!

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRIVE,

BY YOURSELF, AT NIGHT, ALL THE WAY INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WERE YOU BY YOURSELF? YES.

I WANT AN EXPLANATION FROM YOU, NOW.

NO.

WHAT?

I SAID, NO!

COME ON.

I SAID I WASN'T IN THE ACCIDENT AND I WASN'T!

GET OUT OF HERE. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?

YOU GO TO SCHOOL. DADDY!

I COULD BEAT THIS OUT OF YOU, SON, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO.

I JUST WISH YOU TRUSTED ME ENOUGH TO TELL ME THE TRUTH.

I DO!

THEN STOP THIS NONSENSE

AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MINE.

WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?

YOU GO TO SCHOOL.

WHEN YOU FINISH, YOU COME BACK HERE AND YOU GO UP TO YOUR ROOM

AND YOU STAY THERE UNTIL YOU'RE WILLIN' TO TELL THE TRUTH.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE IS GOIN' ON?

BEN IS WILLFUL AND FULL OF MISCHIEF

BUT HE'S NOT SO ORNERY AS TO GET INTO THAT KIND OF TROUBLE.

I THINK HE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HE UNDERSTANDS.

I THINK HE'S SCARED TO DEATH.

IS THAT WHY HE'S NOT TALKIN'?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE HE GOT MIXED UP WITH A BAD BUNCH OF FELLAS OR SOMETHIN'.

WHY, WE KNOW EVERYBODY THAT BEN KNOWS.

I DON'T SEE HOW HE COULD GET INTO ANY REAL TROUBLE.

UNLESS MAYBE HE'S COVERIN' UP FOR SOMEBODY.

THAT'S WHY WE LOST THAT GAME AGAINST THE ORPHANAGE.

HARVEY.

BEN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

NO. EVERYTHING'S TERRIBLE.

I KEEP HEARING THESE AWFUL STORIES.

I'VE BEEN WORRIED TO DEATH.

ORIN SAID HE HEARD THAT YOU HIT SOMEONE,

THEY GOT KILLED AND THEN YOU RAN OFF.

RIGHT NOW, I WISH SOMEONE HAD HIT ME AND I'D GOTTEN KILLED.

OH, BEN.

LOOK, NANCY,

I GOTTA ASK YOU SOMETHING.

WHAT?

DO YOU THINK IT'D BE ALL RIGHT

IF I TOLD MY DADDY AND MAYBE JOHN-BOY?

OH, NO, IF MY DADDY EVER FOUND OUT, HE'D TAKE ME OUT OF SCHOOL

AND I'D NEVER GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AS LONG AS I LIVE.

THE TRUTH IS, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

I DIDN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS THEY THINK I DID.

SO IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

NOT AT MY HOUSE.

I'M IN THE WORST HOT WATER I'VE EVER BEEN IN.

BUT YOU CAN'T BE PUT IN JAIL OR ANYTHING

IF YOU'RE NOT GUILTY OF SOMETHING.

BUT I CAN'T PROVE I'M NOT GUILTY UNLESS I TELL

AND YOU'D HAVE TO BACK ME UP

AND TELL THEM THAT I'M SAYING THE TRUTH.

YOU SWORE YOU WOULDN'T EVER.

I KNOW I DID, BUT I GOTTA BREAK MY WORD.

YOU SWORE.

OK.

OK, I WON'T TELL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

EVER.

BEN, YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

GET HIM, RECKLESS!

BEN, WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN HERE AND HELP?

CAN'T RIGHT NOW, JASE, THANKS ANYWAY.

COME ON AWAY FROM THAT WINDOW, BEN.

I'M NOT THROUGH TALKIN' TO YOU.

JOHN-BOY, PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE.

I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH TROUBLE YOU'RE IN.

I'M NOT GUILTY OF ANYTHING. NOTHING CAN HAPPEN.

WHAT ABOUT A POLICE RECORD? FOR WHAT?

I DIDN'T STEAL YOUR CAR. I JUST BORROWED IT.

BEN, THERE WAS A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT.

SO FAR, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PROVE

THAT YOU'RE NOT GUILTY OF THAT.

YOU WERE DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE. THAT'S BAD ENOUGH,

BUT HIT-AND-RUN IS HOPELESS.

WELL, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

IS THERE A WITNESS? HAVE YOU GOT A WITNESS?

IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO CAN PROVE

YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? CAN YOU GET A WITNESS?

HOW CAN I DO THAT?

WELL, I THINK YOU'RE PROTECTING SOMEBODY.

WERE YOU WITH A GIRL?

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, JOHN-BOY.

YOU PIG-HEADED DUMBBELL. I'M TRYIN' TO HELP YOU.

I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP.

AND WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, ANYWAY,

ASKING ME ALL THEM QUESTIONS?

I'M YOUR BROTHER. THEN STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE THE LAW.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT... I HAVE EVERY RIGHT!

AND I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM!

YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN ROOM, JOHN-BOY. WHAT'RE YOU DOIN' IN MINE?

WASTING MY TIME.

MARY ELLEN, COME HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT BEN?

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON AT SCHOOL.

LIKE WHAT? I DON'T KNOW.

ANYTHING THAT'D GET HIM OUT OF THIS MESS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING SPECIAL.

HAS HE BEEN PALLING AROUND WITH ANY NEW CHARACTERS LATELY?

JOHN-BOY, YOU WOULD KNOW EVERYBODY BEN DOES.

AND BESIDES, EVEN IF I DID KNOW,

I WOULDN'T STICK MY NOSE INTO HIS BUSINESS.

I'M NOT BEING NOSY, MARY ELLEN.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO HIM.

HE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, IF IT ENDS UP IN COURT,

HE COULD GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

WOULD THEY PUT HIM IN JAIL?

WELL, UH, IF THEY FIND HIM GUILTY, SOMETIMES THEY PUT MINORS

IN REFORM SCHOOLS OR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

NANCY MADDEN. ERIN.

HUH?

WELL, BEN WOULD JUST GO CRAZY IN JAIL. HE'D BE SO LONELY.

I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SHE'S DOESN'T TALK TO TOO MANY PEOPLE.

EXCEPT BEN.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE'S IN LOVE WITH HER.

IF CHILDREN THAT AGE CAN BE IN LOVE.

THANK YOU, MARY ELLEN. THAT'S A GOOD START.

NANCY?

IT'S JOHN-BOY WALTON.

I GOTTA TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE.

I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE.

I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHIN'.

IF YOU DON'T COME DOWN, I'M GONNA GO INSIDE.

I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.

MY DADDY DOESN'T LIKE BOYS COMING AROUND HERE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S NOT HOME.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY BROTHER

BEN TAKIN' MY CAR INTO CHARLOTTESVILLE LAST NIGHT

AND GETTIN' INTO AN ACCIDENT?

BEN WOULDN'T DO A THING LIKE THAT.

HE ADMITS HE TOOK THE CAR.

SAYS HE DIDN'T GET INTO ANY TROUBLE, THOUGH,

AND HE WON'T TELL US ANY MORE THAN THAT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD HELP.

WHY ME?

WELL, THE TWO OF YOU ARE PRETTY CLOSE.

MAYBE HE CONFIDED IN YOU.

HE REALLY COULD USE SOME HELP NOW, NANCY.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING I CAN DO.

ANYTHING AT ALL.

THERE'S NOTHING, JOHN-BOY. I'M SORRY.

WELL, THANKS. IT WAS JUST A TRY.

JOHN-BOY?

IS BEN IN REAL BAD TROUBLE?

YES. IT WAS A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT.

WAS ANYBODY HURT?

NO, BUT SOMEBODY'S CAR WAS PRETTY BADLY SMASHED UP.

BEN SAYS IT WASN'T HIM AND WE BELIEVE HIM

BUT WE GOTTA HAVE MORE THAN HIS WORD.

FACT IS, I THINK HE KNOWS WHO DID IT

AND HE'S JUST COVERIN' UP FOR HIM.

THAT'S AWFUL.

ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME, I'D APPRECIATE.

JOHN-BOY...

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I BARELY EVEN KNOW BEN. I'M SORRY, JOHN-BOY.

AFTERNOON, MR. MADDEN.

JOHN-BOY, YOU WANT TO SEE ME?

NO, SIR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOUR DAUGHTER SOMETHIN'.

WE WERE JUST TALKING, DADDY.

I SET UP SOME RULES AROUND HERE.

YOU THINK I DON'T MEAN WHAT I SAY?

I DIDN'T EVEN ASK HIM INTO THE HOUSE.

I CAN'T HELP IT IF HE CAME HERE. I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO.

THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY BOYS HERE

WHEN I'M NOT HOME, NOT FOR ANY REASON.

BUT I DIDN'T. HE JUST...

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO HIM.

I TOLD YOU NEVER TO OPEN THE DOOR WHEN I'M NOT HOME.

NOW, YOU GET UPSTAIRS

AND DON'T YOU COME BACK DOWN UNTIL I TELL YOU TO.

MR. MADDEN.

AND YOU GET OUT OF HERE!

MR. MADDEN, I'D LIKE TO...

GET OUT OF HERE NOW!

HEY.

THE DEPUTY SHERIFF COME BACK.

HE WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WAS GONNA SWEAR OUT A COMPLAINT.

COMPLAINT ABOUT WHAT?

BEN TAKING YOUR CAR WITHOUT ASKIN'.

HE WANTS ME TO SWEAR OUT A COMPLAINT AGAINST MY OWN BROTHER?

WELL, I THINK I'LL DO MY COMPLAINING DIRECTLY TO BEN, THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE?

WANTS US TO COME BACK FOR A HEARIN'.

WELL, I HAD AN IDEA.

I WENT OVER TO SEE NANCY MADDEN.

EUSTACE'S GIRL? YEAH.

EUSTACE MADDEN, I'D SOONER MEET UP WITH A NEST OF WILD HORNETS.

WELL, UH, SHE AND BEN ARE...

WELL, THEY SORT OF HAVE A LITTLE CRUSH ON EACH OTHER.

I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE'D KNOW SOMETHIN'.

SHE WAS TALKING TO ME AND EUSTACE DROVE UP, SHE FROZE UP ON ME.

SCARED HER TO DEATH.

WELL, THAT BEN JUST BETTER FIND HIMSELF A NEW GIRL.

EUSTACE MADDEN WON'T TOLERATE ANYONE HANGING AROUND HIS WOMEN.

HE WAS PRETTY HARD ON HER.

YEAH, THAT FENDER'S STILL THERE.

I KNOW. I HATE IT.

DADDY, WHERE'S THE CAR WAX?

YOU HAD IT LAST.

YEAH.

DADDY, COME HERE.

LOOK AT THIS.

HOTEL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

YOU BEEN THERE?

NOT LATELY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MY CAR HAS.

BEN?

MAYBE I OUGHTA TAKE A DRIVE OVER THERE

AND SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYTHING OUT.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU?

I GUESS SO.

HE'S GOT HIS HEELS DUG IN. HE'S NOT GONNA SPEAK UP.

WISH ME LUCK.

HE HAS REAL RED HAIR.

YEAH. YEAH, ABOUT 15 OR 16.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, THERE WAS A KID HERE THE OTHER NIGHT LIKE THAT.

IT WAS KINDA ODD BECAUSE HE SAT BY HIMSELF

OVER HERE AND ATE HIS ICE CREAM.

AND THEN HE SAT AND PLAYED WITH SOME MATCHES

WHILE THEY TALKED OVER AT THIS TABLE.

WHO'S THEY?

A NICE-LOOKIN' WOMAN AND A GIRL.

A GIRL. WHAT DID SHE LOOK LIKE?

JUST A GIRL, KIND OF SCARED AND PALE-LOOKIN'.

DID SHE HAVE... DID SHE HAVE LONG HAIR, BLONDE?

YEAH, SHE DID.

SHE DID, HUH?

WELL, WHO WAS THE WOMAN?

THE WOMAN WAS AN OVERNIGHT GUEST.

I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE SHE SIGNED A CHECK.

IT'S ROOM 201, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

MAYBE THE DESK CLERK CAN HELP YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL ASK HIM.

BEN?

JOHN-BOY'S JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WE KNOW ALL ABOUT IT, SON.

YOU CAN'T! HOW CAN... BEN, BEN.

I SPOKE TO THE WAITER AT THE VIRGINIA MANOR HOTEL.

I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WITH NANCY MADDEN AND HER MOTHER.

COME ON, SON. IT'S TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I CAN'T! I SWORE TO NANCY I'D NEVER TELL.

SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE.

HER DADDY'S REAL STRICT AND HE DOESN'T LIKE HER MOM AND, WELL, I JUST CAN'T TELL.

BEN, I'LL TALK TO EUSTACE MADDEN IF YOU WANT ME TO.

NO! JUST LEAVE NANCY OUT OF THIS.

BEN, IT'S GONE TOO FAR FOR THAT NOW.

BUT I PROMISED!

BEN, THIS THING HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.

IT'S GOT TO STOP!

NOW YOU HAVE TO TALK TO NANCY

AND TELL HER YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THAT PROMISE.

HEY, BEN, WHERE'RE YOU GOIN'?

CAN I COME WITH YOU?

NO, YOU CAN'T.

CAKE! WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

NERVOUSNESS.

I'M SO UPSET ABOUT BEN,

I HAD TO HAVE SOMETHIN' SPECIAL TO DO.

AT THE RATE I'M GOIN',

THERE WON'T BE ANY LEFT TO GIVE HIM, EVEN IF I WANTED TO.

WELL, I COULD USE A PIECE MYSELF.

IT'LL SPOIL YOUR DINNER.

I'M NERVOUS, TOO, MAMA.

YOU KNEW EUSTACE MADDEN'S WIFE, DIDN'T YOU?

MMM-HMM.

IT'S FUNNY, I WAS JUST THINKIN' ABOUT HER THIS MORNIN'.

NOBODY'S HEARD A WORD FROM HER IN YEARS.

SHE LEFT WHEN NANCY WAS JUST A BABY.

JUST LEFT, HUH?

WELL, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

HER FAMILY MOVED HERE WHEN SHE WAS JUST 14.

THEY WERE VERY POOR.

SHE ALWAYS FELT A LITTLE ASHAMED OF THE WAY SHE LOOKED.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN STAY IN SCHOOL A YEAR.

SHE JUST, UH, LEFT? WHY NOT?

SHE QUIT TO MARRY EUSTACE MADDEN.

WHEN SHE WAS 14?

WELL, SHE WAS ALMOST 15 BY THEN.

15?

WELL, HE OFFERED HER SECURITY, FOOD.

SHE LOOKED A LITTLE LESS HUNGRY AFTER SHE MARRIED HIM.

AND THEN SHE HAD NANCY RIGHT AWAY,

BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN 16.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER.

ALL HER FRIENDS WERE STILL YOUNG,

AND WANTIN' TO STAY THAT WAY,

HAVING FUN AND ALL.

EUSTACE WOULDN'T EVEN LET HER SEE THEM.

HE WOULDN'T LET HER OUT OF HIS SIGHT.

AND THEN ONE DAY SHE JUST UP AND LEFT.

NOW HE'S MAKIN' NANCY PAY FOR IT, HUH?

MMM-HMM.

MR. MADDEN, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO NANCY.

I DON'T WANT YOU AROUND HERE, BOY.

NOW YOU HIGHTAIL IT BACK WHERE YOU COME FROM.

WILL YOU LET ME ASK HER JUST ONE QUESTION, MR. MADDEN?

THIS IS MY PRIVATE PROPERTY, BOY.

NOW YOU GET OFF IT.

MR. MADDEN, LET ME HAVE JUST ONE MINUTE WITH HER.

JUST ONE MINUTE.

NOT ONE SECOND.

I KNOW ABOUT YOU, BEN WALTON.

IT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTY ABOUT YOU BEIN' A... A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER.

DADDY, BEN DIDN'T DO IT.

YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, GIRL.

AND GET BACK UPSTAIRS LIKE I TOLD YOU!

PLEASE, MR. MADDEN.

IF YOU'RE NOT GONE BY THE TIME I COUNT 3...

MOVE!

HEY, BEN!

HEY, DADDY!

WELL, SON?

HER FATHER WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME SEE HER.

DID YOU TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED?

I COULDN'T, DADDY. HE ORDERED ME OFF THE PLACE.

THAT MAN IS SO HATEFUL. YOU CAN'T TALK TO HIM.

DADDY, WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?

YOU COME WITH ME. JOHN-BOY, TELL YOUR MAMA WE'LL BE BACK.

ALL RIGHT.

MORNING, EUSTACE.

JOHN, I'VE GOT NO BUSINESS WITH YOU OR THAT BOY OF YOURS.

NOW YOU JUST GET OFF MY PROPERTY.

MY SON HERE HAS SOME BUSINESS HE HASN'T FINISHED YET.

HE'S GOT NO BUSINESS HERE.

HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER, NANCY.

NOT WITHOUT MY SAY-SO, HE HASN'T.

NOW YOU GO ON HOME AND DON'T YOU COME BACK HERE.

YOU GOT TROUBLES, BOY?

DON'T YOU BRING THEM AROUND HERE.

DADDY, MAYBE I CAN HELP BEN.

NO, YOU CAN'T, YOUNG LADY.

LET THE GIRL TALK, EUSTACE.

SHE'S NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, JOHN,

ESPECIALLY NOT TO THAT HIT-AND-RUN CRIMINAL BOY OF YOURS.

NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS YOU'RE HAVIN' WITH YOUR DAUGHTER

AND IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS,

BUT THIS TROUBLE MY SON IS IN, IS MY BUSINESS.

AND YOUR DAUGHTER HAS SOMETHIN' TO SAY ABOUT IT.

I WANT TO HEAR IT. AND I THINK YOU OUGHT TO HEAR IT, TOO.

DADDY, BEN GOT IN ALL THIS TROUBLE

BECAUSE HE DROVE ME TO CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WHAT?

HE TOOK ME TO SEE MAMA.

I THOUGHT I FORBID YOU EVEN TO WRITE TO HER.

I MADE BEN TAKE ME TO WHERE SHE WAS STAYING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

AND I SAW HER AND TALKED TO HER, AND, DADDY, I LIKED HER.

BUT SHE LEFT YOU.

I TOLD YOU SHE JUST UP AND WALKED OUT ON YOU

WHEN YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BABY.

SHE'S SORRY NOW, BUT SHE COULDN'T HELP IT THEN.

NANCY!

EUSTACE, THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP...

EUSTACE, THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP ANYTHING.

BEN'S THE ONE THAT CAUSED ALL THIS TROUBLE BETWEEN NANCY AND ME.

NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF,

IF HE HADN'T,

IF HE HADN'T TAKEN HER INTO TOWN

TO SEE THAT MOTHER OF HERS.

OH, JOHN, I'M SORRY,

BUT I'M ALWAYS SO WORRIED.

I KNOW THAT SOME DAY I'M GONNA COME HOME

AND NANCY'S GONNA BE GONE.

SHE'S GONNA LEAVE ME, TOO.

SHE'S GONNA GO AND LIVE WITH THAT...

HER MOTHER.

LISTEN, EUSTACE.

NANCY'S HERE 'CAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE HERE

'CAUSE THIS IS HER HOME.

YOU TOOK CARE OF HER.

YOU LOVE HER. SHE KNOWS THAT.

JOHN,

DO YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY THINK SHE DOES?

SHE'S HERE, EUSTACE.

SHE COULD BE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE WITH HER MAMA.

BUT, EUSTACE,

WHY DON'T YOU LET HER LEAD A MORE NORMAL LIFE

LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS AROUND HERE?

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO AFRAID TO TRY THAT, JOHN.

SHE'S HERE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE, EUSTACE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOCK IN THE WORLD

KEEP SOMEBODY IN IF THEY DON'T WANNA BE.

DADDY.

OH, HONEY.

COME ON, SON.

WELL, NOW I CAN GET THAT DENT FIXED.

JOHN-BOY, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME AND NANCY TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU?

NO, BEN'LL DO IT, EUSTACE.

HE'S GOT A LOT OF TAKING CARE OF TO DO FROM NOW ON.

YEAH, WELL, SEE YOU LATER. EUSTACE.

SEE YOU IN SCHOOL, BEN.

NANCY MADDEN REMAINED IN WALTON'S MOUNTAIN

WITH HER FATHER.

SHE WAS GRADUATED FROM MISS HUNTER'S SCHOOL

AND WAS COURTED BY SEVERAL YOUNG MEN,

INCLUDING MY BROTHER, BEN.

BUT SHE NEVER MARRIED.

AS HER FATHER GREW OLD,

HE CAME TO DEPEND ON NANCY TOTALLY

AND SHE NURSED HIM UNTIL HE DIED.

SHE STILL LIVES IN THE OLD MADDEN HOME,

IS ACTIVE IN MISSIONARY WORK,

AND ON SUNDAYS, SHE SINGS IN THE CHOIR.

DADDY?

WHAT DO YOU WANT, ELIZABETH?

WHEN I GROW UP, CAN I MARRY YOU?

AFRAID I'M ALREADY TAKEN, HONEY.

GOOD NIGHT ANYWAY, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, ELIZABETH.