The Verdict Page #7

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SALLY:

...we, we love her, Dick and me...

GALVIN:

...I'm sure you do...

SALLY:

But what can we do? She don't know

who's visiting her...

GALVIN:

...I know. I went...

SALLY:

...You saw her?

GALVIN:

Yes. Yes, I have.

SALLY:

You know how beautiful she was?

(beat)

Her husband left her, and he took

her kids... They, they, they'd let

you die in there. They don't care.

Nobody cares. The Patriot Home, the

Chronic Care... in Arlington...?

They'd take her in. Perpetual care.

They'd take her. Fifty thousand

dollars they want. An endowment.

GALVIN:

...fifty thousand dollars?

SALLY:

I don't want to leave her. Dick...

the, the... and Father Laughlin, he

said that it was God's will...

GALVIN:

...I understand...

SALLY:

My doctor told me that I got to move

out West... that's when we filed in

court. We didn't want to sue...

GALVIN:

...I understand...

SALLY:

...But Dick, he's looking for two

years in Tucson... and they called

him up and said to come out. He's a

good man. He's only trying to do

what's right.

The door to the corridor opens and DICK DONEGHY, a workingman

in his forties, comes into the room. Sally and Galvin stand.

SALLY:

This is my husband.

Donegy and Galvin shake hands uncomfortably. He motions the

two to sit.

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