Trampas notices a young lady riding a pinto horse near Shiloh who catches his eye but he is unable to catch her causing The Virginian to question his sightings. The Virginian and Trampas see the girl and her mother leaving the general store in Medicine Bow. Trampas introduces themselves to them. He learns she is Amanda Harley a member of the Harley family on a neighboring ranch they recently purchased. He asks her to the dance in town on Saturday but she rejects the offer. Trampas brings Elizabeth to the Harley home hoping to see her again. Trampas eventually convinces Amanda to join him in going to the dance but he learns that her adoptive parents have raised her with biased feelings about her history that affected her socialization. Meanwhile, a man calling himself Richard Pierce stops by the Harley home a couple times who eventually reveals to Amanda he knew her mother. Sheriff Abbott has a Marshal visiting him as the two are keeping an eye on Pierce and others who they suspect are up to no good. As Amanda is forced to confront who Pierce is, her and her parents confront their old bias.
—Anonymous