Keeper of the Flame Page #2
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- 1943
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Looks like a lead.
- You're the fabulous Steven O'Malley.
- My name is O'Malley.
I'm Clive Kerndon, Mr. Forrest's
private secretary for the past years.
Mr. Forrest was a great admirer
of your writing.
- He used to quote you a lot.
- Really?
Well, that's very nice.
Uh, I wonder if I could talk to Mrs. Forrest
after a day or two.
You're not going back?
I'd like to see her first.
How do you do?
Press conference will be in the parlor.
Well, it's been a very great pleasure,
Mr. O'Malley. If you'll just come this way.
All you do is blow your trumpet, Joshua,
and the walls of Jericho fall right down.
May I have a glass of water please?
Heh. These reporters are annoying,
aren't they?
Mr. Midford is Mrs. Forrest's cousin.
Oh. Oh, indeed.
Poor Mrs. Forrest.
I've wanted just to hold her hand...
...but, of course, I wouldn't have
the lack of taste to bother her.
Or you.
- Drunk?
- Not at all.
Oh, poor fellow.
He seems so overcome
by the family tragedy...
...that he didn't even go to the funeral.
I wonder why not.
Gentlemen, if it had been my say-so, I'd
have thrown open the gates of the estate...
...the moment the accident happened,
but...
But I was acting
under Mrs. Forrest's orders.
I've prepared a few brief biographical notes
that may help you.
Possibly in a week or so,
Mrs. Forrest might relent a bit.
Robert Brindley of the Tribune.
- A bully job you did on those labor hearings.
- Thank you.
No, Mr. Brindley, I'm afraid even you
will have to bow to Mrs. Forrest's...
...shall we say, unfortunate prejudices.
- Of course, the poor woman is not herself.
- I tried to get in a year ago.
Oh, yes, you're Martin Snow
of the Globe Syndicate.
I remember, your obituary of Mr. Forrest
was a masterpiece.
Your description of him
in the Argonne Offensive.
"That tattered scarecrow youth
standing in a sort of ecstasy of faith...
...against all the blazing powers of hell. "
Do I quote correctly?
Your description
of his men's superstitious belief...
...that as long as Robert Forrest remained
on his feet...
...no harm could come to them.
Your handling of the Forrest legend...
...his simple, homely,
Lincoln-like quality...
Well, gentlemen...
perhaps more intimately than most of you.
And I can say ecce homo.
That was Robert Forrest.
Now, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me.
You've been very patient.
We must be charitable and try to realize...
...people don't appreciate
the importance of newspaper men...
...as public servants in a democracy.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Kerndon.
Oh, Mr. Kerndon.
Mr. O'Malley.
Well, you will telephone, won't you?
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