01x29 - Tunnel of Gold

[bunniefuu]

Howdy. Gettin' ready to open up?

- This weekend.
- That'll be real nice having a store right there.

- Well, good luck.
- Thanks.

Oh. Hidey, Lou. What
brings you to town?

Heath Barkley sent
me in from the mine.

Wants me to tell you they'll
be comin' in tomorrow night...

with a load of gold for
the San Francisco mint.

Oh, the San Francisco
train don't leave till 9:00.

I ain't sittin'
around watchin' it.

- They'll have their own guards.
- Oh.

- When?
- Tomorrow night. About suppertime.

- How much, amigo?
- 50,000.

I sure don't mind gettin' my
fingers dirty for that kind of money.

There. That'll take it right through to
Merced on tomorrow morning's train.

That is if it doesn't go through
the floor of the baggage car.

[Chuckles]

What have you got
in that trunk? Rocks?

It feels like it sometimes. No. Uh, I'm a
book salesman. These are my samples.

Oh. Seems to me, if I
was gonna go on the road...

I'd get me a line
of feathered pillows.

You know,
sometimes I wish I had.

Step over to the desk, and
I'll make out your receipt.

[Chirping]

Oh, look, Mother. Oh,
how lovely they are.

This one's like the canary
I had when I was a child.

I remember. You
called it Bo Peep.

- I thought she named him Sassafras.
- Sassafras was my cat.

That's right. It was Sassafras.

I remember. He was the one with the pleased
expression on his face when Bo Peep disappeared.

[Audra] Only because
you left him out of the cage.

- Mm-hmm.
- Elaine?

Victoria?

- Elaine Baxter!
- [Laughing]

- Oh! Elaine!
- Oh!

- How are you?
- Oh. It's been so long.

- How have you been?
- Just fine. Fine.

- Oh, Elaine, I want you to
meet my daughter Audra... Audra.

- My son Nick.
- Howdy.

Elaine and I have been friends-
good friends for many years.

Now, what on earth are
you doing in Stockton?

Well, this is our store.
We're opening it. [Gasps]

Oh, I never wrote you. Oh, well, I
got married three years ago in Denver.

- I'm Mrs. Bert Jason now.
- Oh.

Oh. Come inside. I want
you to meet Bert. Come on.

I think you better
make that a gross.

Oh, yes, sir, Mr. Jason.

Bert, can you break away?

- Excuse me.
- Yes, sir.

Oh, Victoria, it's
so good to see you.

Bert, this is Victoria Barkley, one
of my oldest and dearest friends.

How do you do?

It's a real pleasure. Elaine
has spoken of you often.

- This is her daughter
Audra... Hello.

- How do you do?
- And her son-

- Nick.
- Nick. Yes. I'm sorry.

- Glad to meet ya, Nick.
- Same here.

[ Victoria] Why didn't you let
me know you were coming here?

I was going to, but, well, we had
to get set up and get the store open.

Uh, excuse me. Mr. Jason.
I'll have these things for you...

first of the week, uh, if you'd
care to pay for them now.

I'll just sign, and you
can send me a statement.

Oh, uh-Well, you see, my
company has a regulation about that.

What kind of a regulation?

Gentlemen, this, uh,
sounds like business...

and I have some other things I have
to attend to, so, if you’ll excuse me.

- Certainly.
- Mother, Audra...

I'll meet you at the livery stable
in about a half hour, all right?

- You see, it's not that we don't want
new business... What is the problem?

Uh, well, ma'am, it's just
you don't seem to have your...

credit established over
at the bank as yet and-

Well, that'll take just a few weeks. We
have to open first, start making money.

Oh, I understand,
Mr. Jason, but, uh...

you see, well, uh, with the
company, that's something else again.

They feel if you don't have
your credit established right off-

What you're saying
is that we're a bad risk.

Oh, no. No. Not
at all. Oh, no, sir.

But, uh, uh, well, you just get
set up, and you let me know...

and, uh, I'll be glad
to take an order.

Well, uh, good day.

Good day.

How are we supposed to get the
merchandise we need without credit?

Oh, Bert, there are other
companies. We'll make it.

Of course you will. Stockton is a
growing town, and we can use you here.

- Thank you, Victoria.
- Audra, we must be going.

Now, we're going to be
your very first customers.

Only if you will have dinner
with us as soon as you can.

We promise. Don't we, Bert?

- Bye.
- Excuse me.

Ladies.

Good afternoon.

I'm terribly sorry. We're
not open yet for business.

Yes, I know. I gathered that from
the sign outside in the window...

but I was hoping you'd sort of
make an exception in my case.

No. I'm sorry. We're not
open until the weekend.

Oh, that's too bad.

You see, I need
these things for tonight.

- Tonight?
- Yes. I can't wait for the weekend.

Well, let me see your list.

Um, let's see. Shovels,
pickaxes, shoring boards...

uh, buckets, kerosene.

Oh, Bert, uh, we have all of this in the
basement. We can take care of this gentleman.

- I'd be very much obliged.
- Well, you want all this stuff now?

No, no, no. Uh...

you can take your time,
gather them together.

I'll come back around suppertime
and pick them up, if that's all right.

Well, that'll be fine. We'll,
uh-We'll have it ready then.

That's most kind of you.

- Thank you.
- [Elaine] Thank you.

[ Door Opens ]

Bert Jason, I'm gonna have to
give you lessons in salesmanship.

- [ Door Closes] - This
is quite a big order...

whether we're open
for business or not.

- Well, aren't you pleased?
- Well, sure I'm pleased.

Well, let's get these things
out. It'll be suppertime soon.

Come on.

- [ Chuckling]
- Who's winning?

I am.

Ha! You mean you were.

I understand you
were in Stockton today.

How come you didn’t
stop in and say hello?

Oh, Audra and I had so many errands to
do, I-I don't know where the time went to.

Well, Nick tells me you
ran into an old friend.

Yes, I did, and it
was quite a surprise.

She was Elaine Baxter. Of course,
her name now is Elaine Jason.

Anyhow, she and her husband are
opening a general store here in Stockton.

Oh? Well, the town could
use another general store.

We certainly could. Bandy's
is always running out of things.

I think they’ll do very well-

With a little help
getting started.

Why don't we give them a party
and introduce them to all our friends?

Well, I'm sure they
would appreciate that...

but they need much more
than customers right now.

- What?
- Credit.

Well, haven't they
talked to the bank?

Mm-hmm. So did I.

But it seems the Jasons
have run into a lot of bad luck.

The, uh-The store in
Denver burned down...

and the one they opened in Albuquerque-
They had to close that one too.

They were weathered
in for two months.

The bank agreed that it wasn't their
fault, but they still couldn't help them.

Hmm. Well, banks are supposed
to be cautious institutions, you know.

It seems to me that
what your friends need...

is someone substantial
to guarantee their credit.

Well, as a matter of fact...

I was going to bring up
that matter at dinner tonight.

Aha. Well, now, do you
think they're a good risk?

Yes, I do.

Well, I don't.

Bert Jason.

That, uh, name rang a bell with me
this afternoon when I first heard it...

so I did some checkin' into it.

- Well, what did you find out?
- Here it is. All here.

Bert Jason, six years
ago, Oklahoma Territory...

armed robbery, no conviction.

Five years ago he shot down a
man in Dodge City in self-defense.

At the same time, he was running around
with an outlaw by the name of Frank Colder.

But, Nick, what does that prove?

What does it prove?

Jarrod, self-defense,
no conviction.

You're the lawyer.
Tell us what it means.

Well, very simply it means he's
as free a man as anybody else.

But don’t you think it's kind of strange
that your friend would marry a man like that?

Well, maybe she didn't know about
him, or-or maybe he's changed.

Uh, Nick. Nick, you were
there today. You saw him.

What did he look like to
you? A k*ller? An outlaw?

Mother, you can’t judge a
man by the way he looks!

My father-your grandfather- and
Elaine's father were prospectors together.

When my father was k*lled in the
mine collapse, Elaine's family took me in.

They didn't have
to, but they did.

They saw to my upbringing,
my schooling-everything.

Now, I want to help them.
I'll take full responsibility.

Well, now, I don't think
that'll be necessary.

After all, we still are
a family, aren't we?

I think if Heath were
here he would agree too.

- I think we're all in agreement.
- Thank you.

By the way, Nick, a rider came
down with a message from Heath.

He'll be in tomorrow night with that
shipment of gold-50,000 dollars' worth.

Well, that means we're gonna
be on guard duty at the depot.

All night.

Hmm.

[ Knocking I

Oh, come in. We've been
expecting you. Please.

We have everything ready for
you. Bert, do you have the bill?

Uh, no.

Well, it was here somewhere.

Just keep your mouth shut,
and don't you make any noise.

- Don't try nothin'.
- What-

- What is this, Bert?
- I don't know. just do as he says, Elaine.

That's good advice, Mrs.
Jason. I suggest you take it.

Relax now, folks.

We're gonna be visiting
with you for a while.

What is it you want?
We-We're not open yet.

We-We have no money.

Well, we don't want
your money, Mrs. Jason.

Well, what then? Merchandise?

- Take it.
- We don't want your merchandise either.

Although we may
want to use some of it...

and everything we need
seems to be right here.

[ Bird Chirping]

There's a bedroom
and kitchen in the back.

Well, that's good.

Mrs. Jason, I think we might all
enjoy some coffee. Do you have any?

- Yes, we have coffee.
- That's fine.

Would you make us some, please?

We'll do anything you
ask. just don't harm my wife.

I assure you. No one's
going to be harmed...

providing no one
tries to harm us.

The coffee, please.

Dave.

[Chirping]

Pretty little one.

Pajarito.

You don't like the cage, no?

Help me take these
things downstairs.

When we leave, I'm gonna
set you free also, amiguito.

- [Chiming] - Border, cut it
out. Leave that bird alone.

This one I take with us. He can keep us
company and sing for us while we work.

There, pajarito. Look at the
light. It'll make you happy.

This would be the wall facing
the baggage depot, would it not?

That's right.

Give me the mattocks.

Mostly sand.

We'll have to shore up as we go.

- You have the lumber?
- Over there.

Border, go get the lumber.

And let's get started.

- What are you waiting for?
- How much gold will there be?


more than we expected.

And in Mexico it'll command
an even higher figure.

[Border Whistling]

- [ Chirping]
- [Whistling]

Come on. Go get the lumber.

Don't worry, amiguito. When
we leave, I'll set you free.

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

Coffee?

I gotta hand it to you, lady.

This here's good.

- What time is it?
- I don't know. I ain't got a watch.

Late, I reckon.

What are they doing down there?

Diggin'.

Digging?

Yeah. Diggin'.

- You know, in the dirt.
- For what?

Well, that's a good question.

I asked myself that
question lots of times.

Like when I lived
on my pappy's ranch.

“Work the dirt, boy.“
That's what he used to say.

“Work the dirt. It'll pay. ”

[ Scoffs ]

But all I ever got was raw
hands and a busting back.

I don't know though.

This here's different.

My turn comes down there-

[Chuckles]

I reckon my pappy was right.

This here's gonna pay.

[ Door Opens ]

- Bert, what's happening?
- Dave...

go on downstairs
and help Border.

- We're gonna rest a bit.
- Right.

Lady sure makes good coffee.

They're using our cellar to tunnel
across to the baggage depot.

There's a shipment of gold coming in
tomorrow night, and we're going to take it.

L-I don't understand.

Obviously you’re-
you’re an educated man.

How could you do such
a thing to decent people?

Well, it's very simple.

Until a few years ago,
I was a schoolteacher.

Entrusted with the future
welfare of my students.

And while I was
highly esteemed...

or pitied, I found it very
difficult to live on 3D cents a day.

That's what your
decent people paid me.

And so, one day...

I said I simply have had enough.

Does that answer your
question, Mrs. Jason? If it does...

I suggest you go to the bedroom
there and get some sleep.

Tomorrow is another day. You
will go about your business as usual.

I don't want people to
come in here and see you in-

shall we say an
overwrought condition?

Do as he says, Elaine.

And remember. There will always
be a g*n pointed at one of you.

Is that clear?

Yes. Quite clear.

I'll be all right. You go ahead.

You know, when I lived
on a schoolteachers pay...

I used to use parched
corn for coffee grounds.

They say they grow coffee
in some parts of Mexico.

Perhaps when we get down there
we might even buy a plantation.

- Yeah.
- No. I mean it. Why not?

How do you think tycoons
and land barons got their start?

You know anything
about growing coffee?

No, but-

What is it? Are you nervous?

No. I'm all right.

Well, it's understandable
if you were.

You've been out of
action for a long time.

Look. I only asked if you knew
anything about growing coffee.

One thing I learned:

never listen to what a man
says as much as how he says it.

It's her, isn't it? That's
what's bothering you.

You don't like the idea
of leaving her behind.

No.

It is, Bert. I know. Now,
listen. She's not your type.

- Oh, for... She's not! I know.

You like 'em wild and young.

You-They gotta make you feel like-like
they're-they're fish jumping in your veins.

You're gonna be a rich man, Bert.
And a happy one. I guarantee it.

[ Door Opens ]

Mrs. Barkley. Audra.

- Hello, Bert.
- Hello.

- Well, what can I do for you?
- Where's Elaine?

Uh, she's, uh, gone out.

Oh. Well, I really
wanted to talk to you.

Mr. Jason, are
those new dresses?

Uh, yes. They just came
in from San Francisco.

- Really. Excuse me, Mother.
- Mm-hmm.

- I think I'll look at them.
- [Chuckles]

Well, you’re finally
getting straightened out.

Quite a job, isn't it?

Yes. Yes, it is.

[ Clears Throat] What, uh-What is
it you wanted to talk to me about?

Bert, I know who you are.

Or rather, who you
were and what you were.

Hmm.

- So?
- Does Elaine know?

Oh, I told Elaine I'd had
some trouble once. That's all.

- I saw no reason to say more.
- I see.

[Chuckles] What's past is
past. Over and done with.

Unless, uh, someone
wanted to revive it.

I'm devoted to
Elaine. You know that.

- I only want to help.
- Help?

Well, I won't go into
sentimental reasons, but...

I've instructed the bank to issue you
credit until you can get on your feet.

Oh. Mrs. Barkley, I
don't want your help.

- Well, I don't understand. Why?
- Well, I just don't want it. That's all.

- What about Elaine?
- What about her?

Well, don't you think she
should be considered?

Mrs. Barkley, the store here-

our coming to Stockton-
was her idea, not mine.

We've had stores.
Two before this.

Now, this one isn't
going to be any different.

You work from sunup till sunset,
waiting on people hand and foot.

“Yes, Mr. so-and-so. No, Mrs.
So-and-so. We're all out of that.“

Now, if I hadn't considered
Elaine, I wouldn't be here now.

Well, I'm at a loss.

I don't know whether
you're turning me down...

because you dislike me or
you have too much pride or...

you hate what you're doing so
much you don't want to succeed.

And it would be a
pity if it were that.

[Sighs]

I'm sorry, Mrs. Barkley. I-

I didn't really mean
to say all those things.

I don't know-Maybe
I'm tired. I don't know.

But believe me, please...

I am trying-

And I am grateful for
what you're trying to do.

L-I don't know how to thank you.

No thanks are necessary.
Elaine knows that.

Well, I'll tell her
when she comes in.

Audra.

Oh, Mother. I've got two
dresses I've just got to try on.

I might have known. All
right. You go home with Jarrod.

I'll drop by his office
and tell him to expect you.

I'll see you at dinner.

Bert, you and Elaine
come for dinner soon.

Of course. As soon as we can.

- Bye.
- Good-bye.

- Do you have a dressing room?
- Uh, no, I don't.

- I mean, they're not ready yet.
- Oh, I don't mind. just anything will do.

What's in here?

Well, now. It's just a downright
shame you had to see that, girlie.

Take your hands off me!

- Mrs. harm'.
- Sit down.

You heard him. Sit down.

- [Elaine] Audra, I'm
sorry - Who is she?

- I'm Audra Barkley.
- Barkley of the Barkley Sierra Gold Mine?

Yes.

[Chuckles] The ironies of life.

- She means trouble, Frank.
- Nothing we can't handle.

You think not? Her people
will be looking for her.

Well, let them. They won't
find her. Will they, Mrs. Jason?

Well, no.

No. They-They won't find her.

Mrs. Jason. Hurry, please.

[ Knocking I

Easy now. You do
just like we told you.

[ Knocking Continues ]

Now, just a minute.

[ Knocking Continues ]

- [ Knocking Continues]
- Like Dave said...

do like we told ya.

[ Knocking Continues ]

[ Knocking Continues ]

- Yes?
- Mrs. Jason? I'm Jarrod Barkley.

- How do you do?
- How do you do?

I came to pick up my
sister, Audra. Is she here?

Well, no. She left
shortly after Victoria.

Oh? Well, that's strange. She
was supposed to ride home with me.

Did she leave any message
where she might be?

No. She didn't
say anything. Uh...

perhaps she caught
a ride with someone.

Yes. I suppose
that's what she did.

Well, sorry to
have bothered you.

- Thank you.
- Good night. Mr. Barkley.

Yes?

Oh, nothing. It was very
nice meeting you too.

Good night.

That was fine, Mrs. Jason.

Now, back in the kitchen.

Evening, Sam.

Oh. Evening, Mr. Barkley.

Waitin' up for that
gold shipment?

Yep. Sam, did you ever
have a younger sister?

Uh-[ Chuckles] No.

Don't.



Border, we're through.

It's the wood
floor. Get the tools.

Esté bueno.

[Breathing Heavily]

Border, give me that two-by.

[Sighs] There. That'll
hold good enough.

Let's get these tools
and get out of here.

[I'm hung“]-

[Hissing]

- Mother.
- Yes?

Dinner ready?

Well, it's been ready
for quite some time.

Silas is just waiting
for Jarrod and Audra.

As late as it is, they probably
decided to stay and wait for Heath.

And I gotta eat and
get out there myself.

Well, it's a mighty big
dinner for just two people.

Good. I'm hungry as a bear. I can't think
of more enjoyable company to eat with.

Aw. Thank you, kind sir.

Buenisima. Mrs. Jason.
You cook very well.

- I'll take the watch with Dave.
- All right.

You're unhappy, senorita. Don't
you care for Mr. Colder's hospitality?

Oh. Audra, please. Please
try and eat something.

No, thank you. I'm not hungry.

- What did he call you?
- I beg your pardon?

Colder.

Frank Colder. That's
your name, isn't it?

Frank Colder. It-

It has to be.

Audra, what is it?

Don't you see?
He's in with them.

- What are you talking about?
- Why would you think that, Miss Barkley?

My brother Nick
checked up on you.

Where was it?
Oklahoma City? Kansas?

An outlaw by the name of Frank
Colder-him- and you worked for him.

Oh, Audra, you don't
know what you're saying.

Don't I? You're not denying it.

A simple name slip, Bert,
and she picked up on it.

- Shut up, Frank.
- Ls that proof enough?

Deny it, Bert.

Please deny it.

It's true.

[ Well, why shouldn't
it be? I Chuckles ]

With our luck. One failure
after another. I'm tired of it.

Well, then that also
means you're tired of me...

if you could do such a thing.

Elaine, it's too
late. Way too late!

Oh, Bert, listen to me. No, no.
It's never too late for anyone.

Elaine, you have the
store. You'll make out.

Look. You'll get over this, and
believe me, you'll be much better off.

Bert!

All this time? All our plans?

Stockton.

A new start.

Well, you-you
planned this all along.

Well, go ahead. Go on. k*ll.

Steal. Do anything you want if-if
that's-if that's what you want, do...

and someday or
somehow I'll just-

I-I'll make it up.

Very touching.

Possibly the best reason
I never got married.

The gold train just
turned in to the street.

Heath!

Let go of her! Get
your filthy hands off her!

- Come here.
- Stop.

- Frank, what's happening?
- The ladies are making too much noise.

Take 'em down the cellar
where it's nice and quiet.

Oh!

Stop. Oh.

Keep watch up front.

All right. Get it unloaded,
and the drinks are on me.

- How was the trip?
- No problem.

You made pretty good time.

Well, we left the mine a
little earlier than we figured.

- How'd it go?
- Fine.

- Nice and quiet around here, isn't it?
- Yeah.

- Say, by the way, you had anything to eat?
- No. I'll get something later.

There’s plenty of food over at the house.
We waited on Audra and you, you know.

Oh. Well, I had dinner
over at the-Audra?

By the way, where is she?

I haven't seen her. I thought
she was home with you.

Oh, Mother told me that-

- She didn't come home.
- I told you. I haven't seen her.

Well, looks like
we've lost a sister.

[Grunting]

Hey. Take it easy, girlie.
I ain’t gonna hurt ya.

- [ Grunting] - And pretty
soon it's gonna be all over.

[Heath] Charlie, take
the wagon to the livery.

All right.

The rest of you
guys get some dinner.

I checked over at the Jasons'
store. She wasn't there.

I figured she must
have found a way home.

- Did you look anywhere else?
- No.

- I didn't realize until now.
- Well, let's get started.

Heath, why don't you check the
hotel. Jarrod, you check the café.

I'll check the livery. Or any
other place you think she might be.

The golds locked in the depot.

Good.

Go on back upstairs
and keep watch.

You two, get goin'.

Qué paso? The
bird-It-It's dead.

So what? Go on.

[Hissing]

Com padre, it's
so hard to breathe.

Yeah. It sure is stuffy in here.

I must apologize
for your discomfort.

By morning, you'll be found
and released, I'm sure.

[Hissing]

I must be getting too old
for this kind of excitement.

It's a good thing I'll be
able to retire after tonight.

I've waited a
long time for this.

[Coughing]

[ Keys jingle ]

There's not enough air in
here. That's what's the matter.

[Hissing]

[ Panting] We're-We're through.

The gold-The gold is-

What's wrong? It's
the same in here.

- [ Bert] We've gotta get them out of here.
- What are you taking, about?

Well, look at that
bird. Look at all of you.

There's gas in here from someplace.
You must've hit it in that tunnel.

What?

- Leave them.
- Are you out of your mind?

- I said leave them!
- They'll die!

- We take them out of here, and we're dead.
- He's right.

- Let'; get out of here.
- Come on!

Frank.

You wanted gold. You
gotta get your fingers dirty.

- Not this dirty. Not m*rder. Not my wife.
- Your wife.

- You were gonna leave her anyway. Come on!
- Frank, let go.

- She's nothing to you.
- I think maybe she is.

I made nothing but mistakes all my
life. She's the only thing I've done right.

Then stay with her.

Tie him up quick,
and meet us upstairs.

- But, Frank... I
said tie him up.

[Sighs]

[Breathing Heavily]

- Anything?
- Nobody's seen her.

Did you check the Gordons?

Yeah. Elsye says she hasn't
seen her since last weekend.

[Sighs] Where the
devil could she be?

Here we are beating our brains
out lookin' all around here for her...

and if I know our little sister, she's
probably home right now getting ready for bed.

If that were true, Nick, somebody
would have sent us word by now.

She's gotta be around
here somewhere.

Let's go find Heath, see
if he’s had any better luck.

She better have a good excuse.

[Sighs]

You know, Frank,
the thought of a rope-

Don't think about it.

Now, we go out the back door.

Easy, like-like
nothing's happened.

Now come on!

Come on.

[Hissing]

Our train will be
here in an hour.

Let's wait across the street.

[Breathing Heavily]

[Coughs]

[Panting]

[ Scraping I

- No one's seen her.
- Oh, I don't know.

Well, I'm gonna
check the store again.

Maybe Mrs. Jason
forgot to tell me something.

Yeah.

[ Banging I

[Coughing]

Help. Help!

Well, they must have gone out.

Tell you what. I'm gonna check
back at the ranch. She might be there.

All right. We'll
keep lookin' here.

[ Rattling]

[ Bert] Help! [ Coughing ]

[ Coughing Continues ]

[Coughing]

Get a wagon. Hurry.

We've gotta get the
trunk. Dave, come with me.

Take-Take it easy. We'll
have you out of here in a minute.

[Coughing]

There's gas in here.
They left us here to die.

All right. Come on.

Hello.

I've, uh, had a change
in plans. I'd like my trunk.

It's all checked
through to Merced.

Yes, I know, but I want my
trunk. It's right back there.

- Got your stub?
- Stub?

- What stub?
- Baggage stub.

Well, you know me. You-You know
my trunk. It's full of books. Remember?

- Still need a stub for my records.
- Stub. Yes.

Well, I'm sure it's here someplace.
I've got a stub some-Here. Here it is.

Hmm. All right. Come in.

[Coughing]

[Audra Coughing]

[Coughing]

Come on. Let's get outside.

[Coughing] They're
taking your gold.

Come on! Giddap!

Hyah! Hyah!

[Whinnies]

- It almost worked.
- Almost isn't good enough.

Elaine, that's too
much for you to carry.

[Sighs ] Well, these things have to be put
out, Bert. We open in less than an hour.

You can't do everything.

Well, I am here, you know.

Yes. I know.

And I will be always.

So stop trying to do
everything yourself.

Oh, Bert, I'm so nervous.

No. That's-That's
not the right word. I'm-

- I'm excited.
- I am too.

I never thought I'd hear
myself say that- and mean it.

- [ Knocks ] - [ Bird Squawks ]

- Hello.
- Elaine! Bert.

Audra.

Here's to your opening. May
it be successful and overflowing.

- Oh! Champagne.
- Right from our vineyards...

and believe me, I
know it's the best.

Oh, please stay and share
it with us. Get some glasses.

No, no. You're much too
busy. We'll come back later.

Tonight. Tonight.

Mr. Jason, do you have
a dressing room now?

- Well, yes. I just finished it last night.
- Oh, good.

Now I can try on those
dresses I liked so much.

[ Victoria ] Audra, they're
not even opened yet.