Episode 17, scene 3. George talks with Marian from production before talking with Leslie. M: There, I put all of Julie's things in a box for you. GA: Oh, thank you, Mary. GA: How long is he going to be on the phone? M: He's finished now. [On the intercom] LH: Yes? M: George Anderson would like to see you. LH: Send him in. GA: Thank you. Uh, could I leave this here, and pick it up later? M: Sure. GA: Thank you. [George goes in Leslie's inner office.] GA: Hello, Les. How are you? Nice to see you. LH: I just got last month's sales charts. You made a good showing, George. GA: Well, Thank you. LH: Well, you did. GA: I see you stole Marian from the production department. LH: Yes, Julie left so quickly I haven't had time to find a replacement. GA: Julie is better off at home. LH: I know she is. Sit down, George. GA: Thank you. I, uh. Les, about the other day. I lost my head. LH: [Chuckling] That was then. This is now. I want to show you some swatches for the spring line. GA: Now, Les, I am not going to change my plans. I am going back into the insurance game. LH: Well, I wish you would reconcider, George. GA: I've been thinking about it for quite a while. I went down to renew my license a couple of days ago. [On the intercom.] LH: No calls, please Mary. GA: I am buying out Amos Barkley. I am going to take his offices down at the old Chamber of Commerce building. LH: Sit down, George. GA: I'm feeling much too good to sit down. LH: George, you tried insurance before. GA: Yes. I made mistakes. I started small. I plodded along. LH: Can I offer you some advice as a business man? GA: You can offer it. LH: You're going to spread yourself too thin. Payments to Barkley. Rent. Overhead. GA: I can handle it. Julie will be my secretary. LH: You just said she is better off at home. GA: I know what's best for Julie. Believe me. Now don't worry about me, Les. I've got a little money saved up. LH: All I'm saying, George is don't try to start too big. GA: You started big. LH: Oh, you know better than that. The mill belongs to Catherine's family. I just made it pay. GA: Huh. You make everything pay. Yes, whoever wrote that high school annual must have been some kind of an oracle. Les Harrington, most likely to succeed. George Anderson, most popular. LH: I also tied for something called best sense of honor. Now, I don't even remember who the other guy was. GA: Me. Sure. Sure. I guess we haven't tied for much of anything since then, have we, Les? After high school I put on a uniform and you bought yourself a wardrobe of pin stripes. LH: I had a bad shoulder, George. GA: Oh, that's all right, Les. But, I'll tell you something. That's the last time I really liked you. All the way, I mean Well, I just guess you found yourself a better better tailor that's what happened. Les. Maybe I shouldn't be so honest with you. Because, I want to ask you something? When I open the agency, will you give me the mill account? LH: I've got a three year contract with Merit Man. GA: Come on. You can cancel that. LH: [Standing] I'll do something better than that, George. You open the agency and stay with me, too. I'll trim the fat off your territory. You just service the big accounts. GA: Wouldn't work, Les. LH: Why not? Just for a little while, until the agency gets on solid ground. GA: That very generous of you. LH: Generous? I can afford to lose you. GA: You've got other salesmen. LH: Not like you. GA: Not named George Anderson. Isn't that what you mean? LH: George. GA: You still want to hold me down. LH: Look at this. GA: You look at it. After all that's happened. Betty. Julie. You still can't let go. Let go, Les. Let go. [George stomps out.] Episode 17, scene 3 HOME