Wagon Train (TV Series)

The Widow O'Rourke Story (1963)

Carol Lawrence: Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke

Quotes 

• Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : [Coop brandishes a rifle in the Princess' court]  A weapon in my presence is an insult. And a menace. Are you threatening a defenseless woman, sir?

  Cooper Smith : Now I'd call you about as defenseless as a tornado, ma'am.

• Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : [discussing Ming Lu]  She is Chinese and she is family. She will do as I tell her.

  Cooper Smith : She's your slave. Just like the men in your fields. How could a red-headed Irishman with a name like O'Rourke get tangled up with a self-made goddess like you?

  Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : He bought me for one thousand dollars in gold in the slave market on the Island of Macao.

• Cooper Smith : [in flashback as Terence O'Rourke, takes Mei Ling in his arms and pulls her close]  I may be common! And I may be an oaf and a ruffian! But you, my highborn lady, are my slave. Never forget that!

  [presses his lips against hers in a passionate kiss, flashback blurs back to the present] 

  Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : From that moment on I was his, as much as any human being can possibly belong to another. We were married. He brought me here. I never again saw my homeland, and never regretted it. I was the obedient wife and lover of the man who bought me for one thousand dollars.

• Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : You say that you do not love Ming Lu. At your age, love is a matter of proximity and the simple natural urge. The former I shall arrange. The latter I am quite sure you do not lack.

• Princes Mei Ling, The Widow O'Rourke : You are a... I forget the exact term... a peripatetic cowhand?

  Cooper Smith : Peripa - ? Holy smoke, ma'am, you talk that kind of lingo around me, you and I are gonna have to use sign language. Now, if you're asking me am I a chuck line rider, a range bum, saddle tramp, the answer is guilty as charged.