" Groot reinforces what Dunson must be thinking: "We shoulda took her along." [Fen""s opinion about joining them is paid for with her life.] They camp that night with their backs to the river for protection.After hearing bird calls (as signals) before an impending Indian attack, they take a stand against a small war party of Comanches.The plot of his low-budget film was a timely one - it capitalized on the problems America was having with missile launches, and the changing mood of he country in the early 1960""s.Armand: Well, I knew there were so many others.Marguerite: There were no others, none, during all those weeks the doctors thought I might die.Armand: Not even Baron de Varville?Marguerite: Baron de Varville chose to be in England at the time.No, you were the only one that took the trouble to ring my bell.Armand: But now...Marguerite: Oh, now I""m well again, and all goes merrily.Undaunted by her own weakness and poor health, she invites Armand to her birthday "supper" party to be held he next evening after the theatre:I""m afraid of nothing except being bored.After he performance, the pompous performer spoke to her caring maid Anna Roderick (Una O""Connor) about how she didn""t need romance with suitor Teddy (David Nivens) whom she found distastefully smoking in her dressing room and very eager to propose.