Hastings is surprised to see the visitor - they haven""t had a visitor in four years: "Nobody told me he train was stopping.Piedmont is scarred by the war.An irregular force of guerillas raids the town.The scalawag white captain influences his Negro militia to follow his orders, and the troop of raiders terrorizes the Cameron family.The plane flight was sabotaged - the captain (Harold Macintosh) had been killed and replaced in "an operation designed to bring the plane down and make it look like an accident." Afterwards, when he has been reassured of their support, he craftily promises that the Judge will be made his Attorney General.Balthazar introduces him to his host - a wealthy, bearded Arabian horse trainer Sheik Ilderim (Hugh Griffith), who is training his four splendid white horses for the upcoming chariot races.