The Gay Sisters Page #6

I'M SUSANNA GAYLORD.

I SEE...

I'M SORRY. I-

YOU EXPECTED FIONA.

YOU THOUGHT THE MOUNTAIN

HAD COME TO MOHAMMED.

HMM... I SHOULD HAVE

KNOWN BETTER.

YES, YOU SHOULD.

MR. BARCLAY, I'M NOT GOING

TO TRY TO BE CLEVER WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW HOW.

YOU SEE, I'M...

I'M THE STUPID ONE

OF THE FAMILY.

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

NO, THANK YOU.

I- I CAN HANG ON

TO MY COURAGE BETTER

STANDING UP.

AM I SO TERRIFYING?

NO, NOT YOU-

FIONA.

IF SHE KNEW:

I CAME HERE...

MR. BARCLAY,

WON'T YOU SEE

MY SISTER?

CERTAINLY. I'D BE DELIGHTED

TO SEE YOUR SISTER.

BUT JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD

BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MY SEEING HER?

I'VE MADE HER AN OFFER-

A VERY GENEROUS ONE.

IT WAS REFUSED-

NOT ONCE, BUT 20 TIMES.

WELL, I...

I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT COME

TO SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE.

COMPROMISE? WHY...

THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ONE

OF US WOULD HAVE TO GIVE IN.

DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE YOUR SISTER?

NO.

YOU THINK:

IT WOULD BE ME?

NOT NOW.

I SEE IT'S HOPELESS.

YOU AND FIONA WILL

GO ON FIGHTING:

TILL THERE'S NOTHING

LEFT TO THE ESTATE,

NOTHING LEFT OF OUR

LIVES, NOTHING LEFT OF US.

WELL, IT'S A PITY YOUR

SISTER CAN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

I THINK SHE DOES, BUT SHE'S

TOO PROUD TO CARE.

I WAS SILLY:

TO COME HERE. I...

I JUST THOUGHT THAT...

I CAN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT LAW

OR SELLING THE GAYLORD HOUSE.

THAT-THAT'S JUS A MUDDLE TO ME.

ALL I KNOW IS I'M

- I'M SO UNHAPPY I WISH I WERE DEAD!

OH, COME NOW,

MISS SUSANNA.

THINGS CAN' BE THAT BAD.

OH, BUT THEY ARE! YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO-

TO BE IN LOVE?

HOW'D YOU KNOW?

WELL... WHEN A WOMAN

IS YOUNG AND PRETTY

AND UNHAPPY,

IT'S USUALLY LOVE.

PLEASE, MR. BARCLAY,

DON'T SMILE.

I- I CAN'T EXPLAIN ALL

THE COMPLICATIONS TO YOU,

NOT WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL

OF DISLOYALTY...

BUT THIS MAN-I...

I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH,

AND UNLESS THE CASE IS

SETTLED, I'M GOING TO LOSE HIM.

YOU MEAN THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF

YOUR... YOUR ROMANCE DEPENDS ON MONEY?

OH, NO! NO, NO THE WAY YOU MEAN!

MR. BARCLAY, I...

I- I CAN'T EXPLAIN

EVERYTHING...

BUT...

WE GAYLORDS ARE:

A QUEER LOT.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER,

SOMETIMES WE HATE

EACH OTHER.

THERE'S A WILD STRAIN

OF BLOOD IN US.

SOME OF THE EARLY

GAYLORDS WERE PIRATES.

SOME OF US ARE:

PIRATES STILL,

WANTING WHAT ISN'T OURS

AND TAKING IT.

WE'VE BEEN HANDCUFFED

TOGETHER THROUGH THIS LAWSUI LIKE THE MAN WHO WAS

HANDCUFFED TO A CORPSE!

MR. BARCLAY...

IF THE CASE ISN' SETTLED SOON...

MY LIFE'S GOING

TO BE RUINED!

WOULD YOU CARE TO SEE

IF YOUR SISTER'S AT HOME?

OH, THANK YOU.

HELLO?

HELLO? HELLO?

OH, IT'S YOU, AUSTIN.

WHAT?

I'VE BEEN TO THE ZOO.

OH, AT THE ZOO?

WELL, WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

OH. WELL, WELL, IS

MY SISTER FIONA HOME?

WELL-WELL,

GO FIND SASKIA, THEN.

YES, MA'AM. I'LL TELL

HER YOU'RE WAITING.

NO, NO!

DON'T HANG UP, AUSTIN!

HELLO?

AUSTIN! AUS-

OH...

HE HUNG UP.

WHO?

OH, I'VE TOLD THEM NEVER TO

LET THAT CHILD ANSWER THE PHONE.

YOUR...

SISTER'S CHILD?

EVELYN?

NO, EVELYN DOESN' HAVE ANY CHILDREN.

IT'S A LITTLE BOY THAT FIONA

BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE COUNTRY.

HE'S BEEN STAYING

WITH US.

I SEE.

WELL, PERHAPS IT WASN' SUCH A GOOD IDEA, AFTER ALL.

I, UH, ACTED

ON IMPULSE-

SOMETHING, I MUST SAY,

THAT'S RATHER UNUSUAL FOR ME.

BUT THEN, TEARS CAN

BE VERY PERSUASIVE.

WELL, I-I DIDN' MEAN TO CRY.

I KNOW. THAT'S WHY

IT WAS SO EFFECTIVE.

YOU WON'T BE HARD ON THE LITTLE FELLOW?

HE... HE IS A LITTLE

CHAP, ISN'T HE?

HE'S 6.

6? WHY-WHY,

THAT'S JUST A BABY.

IF FIONA HAD BEEN HOME,

YOU'D HAVE GONE TO SEE HER?

I MAY YET.

JUST ONE THING-

I'D LIKE YOU NOT TO

MENTION YOUR VISIT HERE.

OH, I SHAN'T.

I SHAN'T SAY A WORD.

YOU KNOW, HEARING YOU TALK

ABOUT THIS LITTLE BOY, UH,

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

AUSTIN.

THAT TAKES ME BACK

TO MY FIRST CIRCUS.

THERE WERE ELEPHANTS AND

GIRAFFES AND ALL THE REST OF THEM,

BUT YOU KNOW WHA IMPRESSED ME MOST OF ALL?

WHAT?

THE ACROBATS.

BOY, I USED

TO DREAM AT NIGH ABOUT WEARING

SPANGLED PANTS:

AND BALANCING:

ON A TIGHTROPE.

YES, I WALKED MANY

A TIGHTROPE SINCE,

BUT I NEVER GO THE SPANGLED PANTS.

WELL, GOOD-BYE,

MISS SUSANNA.

TRY NOT TO WORRY

TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AFTER ALL, THIS CASE

MAY BE OVER:

MUCH SOONER:

THAN YOU THINK.

YOU WERE SAYING,

MR. GIBBON?

UH, BEFORE I GO ON,

MR. BARCLAY,

PERHAPS I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT MY

LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE GAYLORD CASE

MAKES MY SERVICES

ALMOST INDISPENSABLE.

OH, YES, YES.

OF COURSE.

BUT BEFORE WE DISCUSS

THAT, MR. GIBBON...

I WANT TO BE SURE

THE INFORMATION:

YOU WISH TO GIVE ME

IS REALLY VALUABLE.

VALUABLE? I'VE ALREADY

TOLD YOU THAT IT-

AND IT CAN ONLY:

BE VALUABLE:

IF IT'S SOMETHING

I DON'T ALREADY KNOW.

AH, YOU COULDN'T KNOW WHA I HAVE TO TELL YOU. HEH!

WHY NOT?

WELL, IF YOU'D KNOWN IT,

YOU WOULD HAVE USED IT.

PERHAPS,

PERHAPS NOT...

UH, MR. GIBBON, I ASSUME THE

INFORMATION YOU WISH TO GIVE ME

IS OF A SOMEWHAT, UH,

SCANDALOUS NATURE?

IF IT WASN'T, I WOULDN'T BE VERY VALUABLE.

AND WITH WOMEN, SCANDAL AND SEX

ARE NEARLY ALWAYS SYNONYMOUS.

IF WE CAN JUST COME

TO TERMS,

I- I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I KNOW:

AND SAVE ALL THIS

SPARRING ABOUT.

DON'T YOU SEE, MR.

GIBBON, I WANT TO BE SURE

THAT I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR

SOMETHING I ALREADY POSSESS.

EVEN YOU, AS A LAWYER, MUS KNOW THAT'S BAD BUSINESS,

AND I AM A GOOD:

BUSINESSMAN.

THAT'S WHY

I'VE COME TO YOU.

HAVE YOU COME TO TELL ME THAT FIONA

GAYLORD IS THE MOTHER OF A CHILD?

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?

OH, I TOO HAVE WAYS OF

FINDING THINGS OUT, MR. GIBBON.

YOU MEAN TO SAY Y

- YOU'VE HAD THIS INFORMATION,

AND YOU HAVEN' USED IT?

NO, NOT YET.

SO YOU SEE, MR. GIBBON,

YOU'VE COME TO TELL ME

SOMETHING I ALREADY KNOW.

JUST A MINUTE,

MR. BARCLAY!

AFTER ALL, YOU-YOU

OWE ME SOMETHING!

WELL, IF YOU WISH TO SEND ME

A BILL FOR YOUR TIME WASTED...

DO YOU KNOW WHY:

I'M HERE?!

YES, I THOUGHT WE WEN OVER THAT PRETTY THOROUGHLY.

OH, NO,

WE HAVEN'T!

YOU KNOW VERY WELL THE

REASON I WAS CHUCKED OFF

THE GAYLORD CASE WAS

BECAUSE OF THE WAY

I SPRANG TO YOUR DEFENSE

IN JUDGE BARROWS' COURT!

SURELY, MR. GIBBON, THAT WAS

YOUR SENSE OF JUSTICE SPEAKING.

AND WHEN WE DO RIGH FOR RIGHT'S SAKE,

WE SHOULD NOT EXPEC TO BE REWARDED.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S

ANYTHING FURTHER

TO DISCUSS, MR. GIBBON.

UH, MR. GIBBON

IS LEAVING.

GLAD TO!

IF YOU SHOULD:

EVER NEED ME,

DON'T HESITATE

TO CALL ME.

GET ME MR. WHEELER

ON THE PHONE.

AUSTIN!

YES, MA'AM?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

UP THERE?

CHASING A DEER.

COME ON DOWN.

PICKED A FINE PLACE

FOR IT.

YOU SMELL OF PEANUTS.

UNCLE GIG TOOK ME

TO THE ZOO:

AND WE FED THE BIG

MONKEY PEANUTS:

AND I SORE:

A GIRAFFE!

"SAW."

YES, MA'AM.

WE HAD POPCORN:

AND HOT FRANKS:

AND TWO KINDS:

OF ICE CREAM!

UNCLE GIG:

FELT MY MUSCLE.

HE SAID IT WAS BIGGER

THAN AN ERSTER!

"OYSTER."

YES, MA'AM.

I SUPPOSE YOU WERE

CHASING A DEER:

IN THIS ROOM, TOO.

YES, MA'AM.

IT RAN AROUND THE TABLE.

WELL, YOU HELP ME

PICK THEM UP.

YES, MA'AM.

YOU KNOW, AUNT EVELYN

GAVE ME A QUARTER,

BUT UNCLE GIG WOULDN' LET ME SPEND ANY.

YOU MEAN SUSANNA,

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