Dialog from Episode 17, scene 7. Robert Morton drives up and talks with Matthew Swain a bit before going in the Peyton Professional Building. MS: Hello, Bob. RM: Matt. Missed you last week. You know how Grace looks forward to Thursdays. MS: Well, You know how I look forward to Grace's cooking. What brings you here? RM: Our new doctor. I thought I would drop in on him. MS: Just like that? RM: More or less. Matt, what's your candid opinion of our new doctor? MS: Well, don't you think he's been here long enough we can stop calling him our new doctor? RM: That's not an answer, Matt. That's a observation. Why do you think he left New York? MS: And that's not a question that's an insinuation. RM: Well, I don't see why we should argue about him. See you next week. Matthew goes down to the Book Gallery to return a book and knocks. MS: Good Afternoon, ladies. Well, that's quite a coat. CM: My extravagant daughter bankrupted herself. MS: Well, it's worth it. And here I came by to take you out for a cup of coffee. But that's a special occasion coat. AM: She has a very special occasion date with Dr. Rossi. CM: He asked me to dinner. MS: And you accepted, of course. He's a very attractive man. AM: Isn't it romantic? CM: We'll do some shopping for you tomorrow, Allison. AM: I don't need anything. I'm not going anywhere. And I'm not crying over Rodney Harrington. I don't care about him. I don't care if I never see him again. You don't seem to understand. I just don't care. [Allison leaves for school.] MS: Well, I guess that's been building up for some time. She's been hearing a lot of things, ugly things she doesn't want to hear. CM: Why does Allison have to be hurt? MS: You can't go on protecting her forever. She doesn't want that. She doesn't quite know what she does want. But why don't you help her to grow up? CM: Are you saying maybe I should grow up, too, huh? Episode 17, scene 7 HOME