Sydney Smith: Vincent Taylor

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [the scene is in the conference room of Attorney Taylor with a large conference table with Taylor and Tipton present. Tipton is seated in a high backed chair with only his right arm visible to viewers. He is just putting out a cigar. Anthony enters the room]  I'm sorry I'm a bit late, sir.

  John Beresford Tipton : We still have a little time left for what we have to do.

  Vincent Taylor : I must admit I was staggered by the amount of money Waring had left. I had no idea.

  Eleanor Waring : [the door opens and Eleanor Waring enters]  I'm Eleanor Waring.

  Vincent Taylor : So he was right.

  Eleanor Waring : [to Taylor]  I went to see the Warden but he said I should see you. I didn't know. I didn't know about Hugh's execution. Now he's dead and it's all my fault. I wanted to hurt him. That's why I went away.

  Vincent Taylor : Where have you been?

  Eleanor Waring : I think I've been in a world all of my own. There were nightmares there, too. But this was the worst. I left him in anger, but I was planning to come back. I wanted him to worry, not wonder where I was.

  Vincent Taylor : But where have you been all this time?

  Eleanor Waring : On a mountaintop in Colorado, overlooking a ghost town. No People alive for miles, no radio, no papers.

  [Hugh Waring, the Warden, and the Prosecutor discreetly enter the room, but Eleanor, whose back is to the door, is unaware of their presence] 

  Eleanor Waring : The day I went to Silver, I saw the headlines. Terrible headlines.

  [Anthony now notices Hugh Waring] 

  Eleanor Waring : He was dead. I killed him.

  Vincent Taylor : According to the terms of the will, you are to inherit a great deal of money.

  Eleanor Waring : How can you talk about money? What good does it mean to me?

  Hugh Waring : [Interrupting]  You were always greedy for money.

  Eleanor Waring : [Startled and shocked as she now notices Hugh]  You!

  Hugh Waring : It was a nice try, Eleanor, but it didn't work.

  Eleanor Waring : The papers! It was in the papers!

  [Turns vengeful] 

  Eleanor Waring : You tricked me! You cheated me! How could you do this to me? You made me the laughingstock of the world. I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!

  [the Warden and Prosecutor begin to escort Eleanor out of the room] 

  Eleanor Waring : You can't prove anything! Let go of me! I haven't done anything!

  [the Warden and Prosecutor wrestle Eleanor out of the room] 

  Hugh Waring : [Closing the door]  It's the end of a nightmare.

  [to Tipton] 

  Hugh Waring : Well, it's good to be alive, but I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for you. If you hadn't gambled on my story being true.

  John Beresford Tipton : I didn't gamble. We have a very courageous Governor who gambled on your innocence. He gave you a stay of execution, jeopardizing his entire political career by keeping it a secret.

  Michael Anthony : Even I didn't know.

  John Beresford Tipton : [to Anthony]  Ah, but it was really you who did it. Your faith, your concern, your zeal.

  Michael Anthony : It was?

  John Beresford Tipton : [Chuckling]  Of course.