widow? Has it
been six? Twelve? ... I disremember.
He nods, smiles, and touches his hat. We see a farm couple in a poor wagon.
PREACHER
You say the word, and Im on my way.
LAP DISSOLVE TO
CLOSE SHOT -- PREACHER DRIVING
He brakes his car in a small riverside town; then proceeds.
PREACHER
You always send me money to go forth and preach
your Word. A widow with a little wad of bills
hidden away i
Were gonna
have our tea in a minute.
"Christ praised
the widows mite".
- God bless this house.
- Bless you, Father.
Hope Im not interrupting.
Bit short this week, Father.
Christ praised
the widows mite.
See you out, Father.
When I started work, Father,
I had to serve my time.
Other fellas brought home mens
wages while I earned shirt buttons.
But I stuck it out.
Those fellas are on the dole now,
widow MRS. GRANDFORT, who relaxes on a divan.
MRS. GRANDFORT
But Roger says hes innocent.
Attractive, early forties, shes used to getting her way.
Unhappy at this situation.
LARRUE
Ruth, he was at the house...
MRS. GRANDFORT
He went to see that daughter of theirs,
found them all dead.
LARRUE
He had the victims blood on his
clothes...
A servant, CASSY, enters with a tray of iced tea and glasses.
M
widow for state reasons.
We are to ask the Pope to dispense with
his dispensation, also for state reasons?
I dont like plodding, Thomas. Well?
Then, clearly all we have to do is
to approach His Holiness and ask him.
I think we might influence
the decision of His Holiness.
By argument?
Argument certainly. And pressure.
Pressure, applied to the Church?
The Church has its church property.
Pressure.
David.
The Lord shall not forsake you
so long as you keep His laws
and obey His prophets
without question.
Theres no sense in waiting
any longer, My Lord.
Samuel will not come.
He will come.
No, My Lord, hes...
He will come!
Is Israel governed
by a king, Father,
or by the whims
of a senile old prophet?
You cannot have the one
without the other.
And whos to say that Samuel
is not a false prophet?