They'll close up for a week and then reopen. I've just guaranteed the bank sufficient funds to meet their needs. George, I'm going all out to help in this crisis. Well, mobs get pretty ugly sometimes, you know. George, are you all right? Do you need any police? George, there is a rumor around town that you closed your doors. A $15,000 policy.įive hundred dollars? And you ask me to lend you eight thousand? if I gave you a loan, what kind of security would I have in return, George? Have you got any stocks? Bonds? Real estate you can use for collateral of any kind? You're the only one in town that can help me. Not that it makes any difference to me, but why did you come to me? Why don't you go to Sam Wainwright and ask him for the money? Is it a woman, then? You know, it's all over town that you've been giving money to Violet Bick. What've you been doing, George? Playing the market with the company's money? I've just misplaced eight thousand dollars. No, sir, there's nothing wrong with the books. George, could it possibly be there's a slight discrepancy in the books? Help me, won't you, please? Can't you see what it means to my family? I'll pay any sort of a bonus on the loan, any interest, if you still want the Building and Loan. Oh, there's a man over there from the D.A.'s office, too. They called me up from your Building and Loan about an hour ago. Oh, that's what the reporters wanted to talk to you about. I've got to raise eight thousand dollars immediately. Through some sort of an accident, my company's short in their accounts. You're not! You're the biggest man in town! He's not a failure! You can't say that about my father! Oh, I suppose I should give it to miserable failures like you and that idiot brother of yours to spend for me! You can't begin to spend all the money you've got. Potter, what makes you such a hard-skulled character? You have no family, no children. Potter.Īre you running a business or a charity ward? Not with my money! These families have children.īut they're somebody's children, Mr. Have you put any real pressure on these people of yours to pay those mortgages?
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