Episode 9, scene 7. Leslie talks with Catherine in her bedroom. LH: Feeling better? CH: I am all right, Leslie. LH: Anything I can get you? CH: No. LH: Robert said it is just nerves. I mean, nothing to be alarmed about. CH: I know what Robert said. Are people still here? LH: They are just leaving. CH: Allison's sweet. [Catherine starts filing her nails.] CH: At least she is an improvement over Betty. LH: Betty is a nice girl. CH: You always defend her, don't you? All the Andersons. Betty is all right. Julie is a perfect secretary. LH: Julie is a good secretary. CH: Really? You see, you defend her, yet you are critical of me. A glass of water, please. CH: How late did you work last night? LH: Why do you ask? You were up when I got home. CH: Was George up when Julie got home? [Catherine takes a drink of the water.] LH: Catherine you are not feeling well. This is no time for an argument. CH: Are we having an argument? CH: Put it back please. LH: There is so much we don't agree on. Julie, Betty, Norman. CH: Why bring Norman into this. Okay. Let it go. But he is grown up now. And so is Rodney. LH: It was different when they were younger and needed us. CH: What do you mean? LH: I am just saying that I seem to make you unhappy, Catherine. CH: And I seem to make you unhappy. That is really the point isn't it? Why don't you say what you mean? I might respect you for it. LH: Catherine. CH: It's the old story, isn't it, Leslie? I was young and pretty when you married me and my father owned the mill. And I'm not so young and you run the mill. But I own it. CH: Have you ever stopped to think, Leslie, what would happen to you if we separated? LH: I built up that business for you and your father. And I've earned every cent I get out of it. But if I thought it was best for us, I would walk out tomorrow. CH: With whom? LH: Catherine, please. [Norman knocks.] [Norman comes in.] CH: Darling come in. I was just telling your father. I'm afraid I'll have to skip the festival. But you go, Leslie. They'll be counting on you. LH: Okay. If you want me, I'll be on the square. [Leslie leaves.] NH; Why does he have to argue with you all the time? CH: Oh, he doesn't mean it, Norman. When you're older, you'll understand these things. NH: What things? CH: Things. Your father. Me. CH: You don't have to stay with me. NH: I'm in no hurry, Mom. Want to play Russian Bank? CH: No. Sit with me. Talk to me. [Norman sits beside her on the bed.] CH: When you were a child. And I put you to bed, you used to say. Talk to me. Talk to me. You had such bad dreams. NH: Yeah, mom. Where are the cards? Episode 9, scene 7 HOME