When Calls The Heart #3: The Dance - Christmas DVD

As Constable Jack Thornton and school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher's friendship continues to grow, Elizabeth tries to get Jack to ask her to the upcoming miner's dance. Jack tells her he will be on duty, and tells her that, at that time, he has no interest in getting married, listing his reasons for not wanting to put a wife through the struggles of a mountie's life. However, when the group of new miners comes to town, and Mr. Billy Hamilton quickly sets to work wooing Elizabeth, Jack suddenly starts getting jealous - even though he won't admit it, even to himself. Sensing that Billy is not the man he claims to be, Jack looks into his background, and finds out that the man is indeed a fraud. When he tries to warn Elizabeth, however, she becomes offended, because she feels that Jack is being unfair to Billy, whom she believes is a perfect gentleman. There are several robberies, and Jack, of course, suspects Billy. Recruiting the aid of Cat Montgomery, Jack sets a trap for the thief, who turns out NOT to be Billy. While some of the ladies are busy helping one of the widows, who is in labor, Jack goes to Elizabeth to apologize for accusing Billy of being a thief, asking her forgiveness for hurting her, stating that her well-being was all he cared about. Billy finally slips up in his words with Elizabeth, allowing her to finally see that he is, as Jack had warned, a con man. While Jack and Elizabeth are having a conversation about Billy, Jack catches him stealing a horse to slip out of town. At the end, Jack and Elizabeth are holding the twins that had been born, and Jack comments that he could get used to holding a baby. Elizabeth is surprised, and Jack looks at her and says "Maybe someday." Elizabeth comments that the mountie is softening up