Episode 215, Scene 7. Ann howard has ordered a dry martini as Steven comes over to sit. Dialog between Steven Cord and Ann Howard at the Inn. AH: Thank you for coming. I'm sorry. I won't bother you often. SC: No bother. AH: Steven, someone wants me out of town. Both Elliot Carson and Dr. Morton have received what I guess you might call poison pen letters, identifying me as Ann Colby and recalling what happened on the bluff. SC: What else? AH: The writer objected to my be allowed to work with children. SC: Having been accused of blinding a child yourself. AH: And having quote, sadistically pushed a child over a cliff and quote, maimed him. SC: No signature? AH: No. No signature. SC: One letter sounds like a crank. Two sounds like a campaign. Did you go to the police? AH: And get them to try and trace the stationery. It was on plain bond paper. You can buy it at any drug store. SC: Ann. Don't compete with the police. [waitress comes over.] WP: Good evening, Mr. Cord. Anything for you? SC: No thank you, Paula. AH: Steven, will you handle this? I know, you're an attorney. Nothing else. But I want you to handle it. SC: Ironically, I was going to call you tomorrow. And tell you I was making progress. I had a talk with Lee Webber. AH: He must be terribly resentful. SC: Not at all. He was very civil. Cooperative. AH: What about the others who were there on the bluff? SC: I'm still trying to locate Arthur Crain. I found out he's got a job in Boston now, but his job takes him out of town a great deal. It's just a question of contacting him. AH: The others? SC: Richard Harrison moved to New York two years ago. I'm trying to locate him. And Margaret Stratton is visiting a relative in Canada. I understand she is due back shortly. It's just a matter of time. Once we get in touch with them it will be possible to put together a kind of jigsaw puzzle. AH: If I'm not run out of town first. SC: Look Ann, I know how upsetting this is. But there's really no harm it can do, providing Dr. Morton supports you. AH: You mean, just forget it? SC: Oh no. Don't forget it. I know you can't do that. But don't let it overwhelm you. AH: Dr. Morton has just put me on probation. His first duty is to his patients. And if pressure is put on him to fire me he will have to do that. [Ann gets out her checkbook.] AH: Steven, I want to give you a retainer now. It can't be much, but I want to start. SC: Ann, I told you there is no need for that. Now, why not defer payment til you've bought the things you need to get settled. AH: Thanks. But I can manage that. Maybe I just want to make sure you will continue. SC: I'll continue. Episode 215, scene 7 HOME