Episode 404, scene 4. Dialog between Sandy Webber and Steven Cord. Steven is reading in the living room as the chimes ring. Mary, Rose Hobart, admits Sandy. SW: I'd like to see Mr. Peyton, please. M: I'm sorry. Mr. Peyton isn't in. SW: Well, I just want to talk to him. May I please see him? M: Mr. Peyton is out of town indefinately. SW: Look. I was Lee Webber's wife and I would like very much to talk to him. [From the living room.] SC: Mary, I'll see Mrs. Webber. [Mary escorts Sandy into the livingroom.] SC: Please sit down, Sandy. SC: What do you want? SW; After all, I am the widow of the man you killed. SC: What do you want, Sandy? SW: Tell me, was it really an accident? I've got to leave in a few hours and it's too late now. For Lee, that is. SC: Yes. It was an accident. SW: Well, I believe you. Lee was always asking for it. But I guess that's what made him exciting and made him dead. SC: Are you handling the funeral? SW: Yeah, that's right. And I'm all soft and gooey inside. Man, I hate this house. It gives me the creeps. You know, when I got word of Lee's death, It was like somebody told me the cat fell off the roof. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But, I was his wife and I guess, I owe him a decent burial. SC: All soft and gooey inside. SW: I'm going to sell his shack. Oh, Excuse me, his house. It should bring a fortune. And I'm going to get him a nice fancy carved headstone. His name on it. The date he was born and died. Did you know that his real name wasn't Lee, it was Leroy? SC: I'm not sure you're going to be able to sell that house. Do you need any money, Sandy? SW; You know, you and your grandfather don't have big hearts. But you do have big check books. Oh, You know, you the last time I was in this house. your grandfather gave me an envelope with 50 dollar bills in it, to leave Rodney alone and disappear for good. And you should have seen his face when I threw the money all over the stairs. SC: But you did disappear didn't you? SW: Yes, I did. But not with his money. And not because of it. He couldn't buy me off. And neither can you. SC: All right, forget it. You can handle the funeral. Maybe you need something for your trip back to California. SW: California. That's where everyone goes for a fresh start, isn't it. [Sandy looks at the portrait of Betty.] SW: Well, Good evening, Mrs. Cord. SC: Look Sandy. If you need something, say so, otherwise . . . SW: And Mrs. Cord isn't going to be Mrs. Cord much longer so I've heard. SC: I'll show you the door. SW: I tried to tell you she and Rodney were just on the shelf just waiting for a chance. SC: This way. SW: I want to see Mr. Peyton. SC: Mr. Peyton is in a clinic in Boston. He can't have any visitors. Send him a letter. [Sandy shows Steven the watch.] SW: It's broken. The hands are stopped at the exact time Lee died. "To Martin, on the occasion of his 21st birthday. April 12, 1910. Love, father." SC: That's my grandfather's watch. SW: Yes, Mr. Peyton's watch, given to him by his father. SC: Let me see it. Where did you get it? SW: The cops gave it to me. It was part of Lee's effects. And I want to give it back. SC: Why? SW: Well, at first I thought Lee stole it. The cops thought so too. So they asked Mr. Peyton. But he said no. He had given it to Lee. So I want to give it back to him. Just like I gave the money back. Because I think it's bad luck. Like everything from this house is bad luck. SC: I'll see that he gets it. SW: It's kind of funny, isn't it? Your grandfather gives an old valuable family keepsake like this to Lee and not to one of his grandsons. SC: Mr. Peyton was very upset. I'm sure he didn't realize what he was saying to the police. SW: Yeah. Rodney steals your wife. Your grandfather treats his chauffeur like a long lost son instead of you. I would say you're very down on your luck. SC; Give me the watch, Sandy. SW: Sure. SW: Goodbye, Mr. Cord, and good luck. [Sandy leaves.] Episode 404, scene 4 HOME