And nobody cared.Nobody showed.And I think the American Indian is as American as John and Ethel Barrymore and, uh, Donny and Marie Osmond.As he dangled there in mid-air over the side, he dropped his knife, as she told him:"I knew you'd come for me sooner or later.(He casts his speech away behind him.)But I am gonna tell you a story.It's a funny story so get ready to laugh....Get ready to bust your sides laughin', 'cause it's sure a funny story.It's about a hick.A hick like you, if you please.Yeah, like you.He grew up on the dirt roads and the gully washes of a farm.He knew what it was to get up before dawn and get feed and slop and milk before breakfast, and then set out before sunup and walk six miles to a one-room, slab-sided schoolhouse.Lady Brandon's remaining fortune is based upon the possession of a family jewel and heirloom, a magnificent sapphire called the "Blue Water," kept in a secret hiding place behind the fireplace where Catholic priests were hidden to escape Cromwell's persecution: "This is called the Priest's Refuge.