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Unsettling events that could spell financial ruin for the Ponderosa mysteriously coincide with the arrival of a wealthy countess who seems determined to win the love of Ben Cartwright, the man she spurned twenty years before in New Orleans.

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    • Author: Bedy
    Margaret Hayes guest stars as an American part of the English landed gentry and an old flame of Ben Cartwright's visits the Ponderosa. The addition of Little Joe is a surprise, when she and Ben were hot and heavy Adam and Hoss were kids and Ben hadn't married Michael Landon's mom.

    At the same time the Ponderosa starts getting squeezed financially and the Cartwrights are having a cash flow problem. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Lady Chadwick's visit and the financial problems are connected somehow. Other than for Lorne Greene who sees the woman he once might have married.

    Hayes and John Alderson as her accountant/servant give a good account of themselves. This episodes even a Cartwright as wise as Ben can be a fool for love sometimes.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Lorne Greene Lorne Greene - Ben Cartwright
    Pernell Roberts Pernell Roberts - Adam Cartwright
    Dan Blocker Dan Blocker - Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
    Michael Landon Michael Landon - Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright
    Margaret Hayes Margaret Hayes - Lady Linda Chadwick
    John Alderson John Alderson - Montague
    Dan Sheridan Dan Sheridan - Kelly
    Dick Whittinghill Dick Whittinghill - John the Banker
    Orville Sherman Orville Sherman - Sam
    Norman Leavitt Norman Leavitt - Telegrapher
    Michael Ross Michael Ross - Runyon
    Robert Ridgely Robert Ridgely - Surveyor
    Victor Sen Yung Victor Sen Yung - Hop Sing
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