The Legend of Lizzie Borden Page #5

Must have cost a pretty penny!

I've decided to pay for

half of everything myself.

I can't let you do that, Em,

because it would ruin us.

Even if it takes every last cent

of my inheritance.

Mr. Jennings said that it might

take months to bring me to trial.

I don't know if I stand it

in this place that long.

I'll be with you, Lizzie.

Em, we're alone now.

We have no one.

We still have each other.

Seems we've always been alone.

Poor Lizzie...

Somehow I...

It's always been harder for you,

hasn't it?

Why do things need to be

so cruel with me, Em?

Cruel?

District Attorney Knowlton...

The newspapers...

They call me a sphinx of coldness.

Why do they want

to hurt me like that?

Poor Lizzie...

I don't think they mean to.

It's just that you're... Special.

And special people have always

been misunderstood. You know that.

Oh, Em.

I don't want to be special!

I know, Lizzie. I know.

... And good night,

may thy slumber bedight...

It's perfect!

I knew you wanted something special.

You got the whole ensemble?

Read it!

Lizzie, we must have gone over this

a hundred times!

Then we'll go over it

the hundred and oneth.

Well, there's your new hat,

the navy blue bangling dress...

No, we said the black, remember?

The one with the legging button sleeves.

Yes, I'm sorry, I forgot.

And your little broach...

The one for posies. It's in the top

back drawer of my chiffonier.

Oh, and don't forget my six buttoned

black kick gloves. I want them.

Mr. Julian Ralph, of the New York Sun,

he'll be here for an interview

Oh, gracious! I completely forgot!

Give me a moment, will you?

You don't mind, do you, Em?

I understand your father's estate

came to more than a quarter million dollars.

Only slightly.

All these months of legal expenses

are fast eating it away.

Now, the point is one can't help wondering

why a family of the Borden means

couldn't enjoy even

the simplest convenience of a bathroom.

I'm sure your father could afford

more than just a basement letrine.

But he wanted to give us all bathrooms,

we begged him not to.

You see, we had intented to move very shortly

to a more fashionable location on the hill.

It seemed a...

an expensive extravagance

for such temporary conveniences.

My father was a kind and

considerate man, Mr. Ralph.

Such stories about him

are a vicious slander.

You're a most unusual woman, miss Borden,

difficult to penetrate.

What is it like, for a lady of your

station, of your sensibilities,

to be here in prison?

The... um... The hardest thing for me

to stand is the night,

when there is no light.

They will not even allow me

a candle to read by.

To sit here all the evenings

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