Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Page #3

I'd be most awfully grateful to you.

Well, Mr. Wills, since you've come

all the way from London to see us,

I guess we'll just have to oblige you,

esoteric magazines and all.

I'm sorry, Mr. Standish. You'll have

to come out to the Hollis place.

We got real trouble this time.

What a remarkable coincidence.

By the way, Sheriff,

I wonder if you could arrange

for me to meet Jewel Mayhew.

- I guess we'll just have to oblige you.

- Thank you very much.

Velma!

- What?

- The sheriff's comin'.

Get rid of him! Hear?

She's not really crazy.

She just acts that way because

people seem to expect it of her.

You can wait in the car.

You can't see her.

She's sick.

All that dust and all that racket from

your machines has made her real sick.

She's waiting for Dr. Drew

to come and tend to her right now.

That's too bad. There was

a little matter of an unlicensed gun.

I was hoping Miss Hollis

maybe could help me to find it.

Well, I reckon I'll just have to

look for it myself, Miss Cruther.

Morning, Miss Charlotte.

Get out, Luke Standish,

you smirking Judas!

Comin' round with your lying tricks.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Papa gave you the first job

you ever had in this town.

Without him, you wouldn't be sheriff.

I know that,

that's why I'm trying to help you.

Help me?

You had orders to leave this house

long ago.

If I'd been doing my job,

you'd have been long gone by now.

If you are so anxious to help me,

why don't you leave me alone?

And tell everybody

to stop threatening me

with cutting off my water

and electricity.

I can't. What you did today

puts it right out of my hands.

Threatenin' people's one thing,

shootin' at 'em another.

I got orders now to see that

you're gone within ten days.

They can hold up on the blasting and

keep working

on the other side of the river.

But if you aren't out

by the end of next week,

the commissioner'll have you up

for criminal action.

But this is my home!

I haven't any other place to go.

They can build

their damned bridge anywhere.

No, ma'am, they had to build it

to meet up

with the road

on the other side of the river.

There isn't any alternative.

End of next week,

this house is coming down.

When my cousin Miriam comes, she'll know

how to deal with the county commissioner.

- I didn't know you were expecting her.

- Well, I am.

She won't make any difference

as far as the bridge is concerned.

- We'll wait and see.

- I reckon we will.

I ain't gonna take that gun away

from you.

I hope you aren't plannin'

on usin' it again.

Comin' to fetch you out

is the last thing I wanna do.

Then don't!

What do you want to go telling them

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