Episode 060, scene 3.
Matthew is continuing to talk with Leslie in the mansion.
LH: Well, I have told you everything that happened.
MS: You mean that Paul Hanley goaded George into this?
LH: I think so, somehow. Matt, I want you to soft-pedal this in the paper.
MS: You do?
LH: There's no reason to go into detail. It can only cause trouble.
MS: You've been asking for trouble for a long time, Leslie.
MS: What do you mean?
MS: I know about Elizabeth Carson's diary.
LH: Oh.
MS: I also know you threatened Constance.
LH: I'm sorry about that, Matt. I thought it was necessary.
MS: Necessary?
LH: At the time.
MS: How could you even consider destroying Allison.
LH: I was fighting to hold on to the mill.
MS: Oh, yes.
LH: For my sons.
MS: All right. The fight's over. You've lost. What are you going to do now?
MS: I don't know what was in that diary.
LH: There's nothing that could incriminate me in a court of law.
MS: Not in a court, perhaps. But it might incriminate you in the eyes
of Peyton Place. The people you have lived with worked with . . .
[Norman comes in.]
NH: Hi, dad. Mr. Swain.
MS: . . . Perhaps even in your sons.
NH: What's up? We passed an ambulance and two police cars on the way
here.
LH: Is your brother with you?
NH: No. Mr. Hanley gave me a lift home.
NH: Dad, what happened?
LH: There has been some excitement, Norman. I'll explain it to you.
[Matthew puts his overcoat on and prepares to leave.]
LH: Thanks, Matt. About that story. I was wrong to ask what I did.
MS: I know you were.
LH: Just write what you feel like writing.
MS: I always do.
LH: Just remember one thing. Whatever has happened lately, I was once
your very good friend.
MS: I remember that. I also remember, once, that Lucifer was an angel.
[Matthew Swain leaves.]
[Leslie looks at Norman.]
[Swain goes outside to the gate and talks with Paul.]
PH: Hello. I brought Norman home.
MS: Yes, I know.
PH: I thought I would wait around for a while.
Natually I assumed . . .
MS: You assumed that Leslie Harrington was hurt. That's the way you
planned it, isn't it? George shot Elliot Carson.
PH: Elliot? What was Elliot doing up here?
MS: Trying to undo the trouble you started.
[Paul gets in his car and leaves.]
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