Mr. Skeffington Page #3

- How do you do?

Thank you.

Would you please excuse us?

Will you go speak to Skeffington? I'll be

right in. I must apologize to my guests.

Fanny.

Hello, Chester, darling.

- Fanny.

- Chester.

Evening, Dr. Parker.

Forgive me for being so late.

Fanny.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

Mr. Skeffington?

I'm George Trellis, Trippy's cousin.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

- I didn't know you were having a party.

- Quite all right. It must be very important.

I'm afraid it's extremely important.

Yes.

- Cigarette?

- No, thank you.

Good evening, Mr. Skeffington.

Miss Trellis, Trippy's sister.

How do you do, Mr. Skeffington?

How do you do?

George, did you explain to

Mr. Skeffington about Trippy?

No, I didn't.

Unfortunately, my brother went to bed

half an hour ago, with a severe...

...cold.

- Headache.

Both?

I'm sorry to hear that.

It's possible the cold

brought on the headache.

Trippy feels sure he can shake

the cold off overnight...

...and be at his desk in the morning.

- I'm sure he will be.

I don't think that's quite probable.

You see, your brother

is no longer in my employ.

Trippy never said a word about that.

A man with a cold

is never very communicative.

- If you'll excuse me, perhaps I'd better...

- Mr. Skeffington.

Isn't there anything

you would care to discuss with us?

As you may know, Miss Trellis

and Trippy have no father or mother.

I'm more or less head of the family.

Since your cousin avoided me tonight and

undoubtedly will avoid me in the morning...

...I think perhaps

I had better speak to you.

Miss Trellis, it's rather a delicate matter,

so if you'll excuse us.

- No, Mr. Skeffington, I'm staying.

- All right, then.

I dropped in tonight on an impulse. I was

really on my way to see Arnold Hanlon.

Arnold Hanlon?

Wasn't he the district attorney?

He still is.

I don't think I'm going to be able

to take this standing up.

Maybe we'd all better sit down.

- Won't you, Mr. Skeffington?

- Thank you.

Has Trippy done something awful?

Well, to begin with, your brother

has many good qualities.

He's intelligent. He has imagination...

Oh, this is gonna be even worse

than I thought.

As a bond salesman,

he started out brilliantly.

His orders piled in,

his commissions mounted.

We gave him a larger desk,

put his name on the door.

That he told me about.

Then one day he handed in

a very large order...

...from a Mr. Clarence Pruitt

of Big Falls, Rhode Island.

So large an order, it required

an immediate confirmation.

It turned out there was no

Mr. Clarence Pruitt of Rhode Island.

It even turned out there was no such town

as Big Falls in Rhode Island.

You mean he made them both up?

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