20 EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY 20
Mrs. Langmaid is spotted by a group of woman as she walks
across the square.
MARY PICKERING
(to the others)
Poor Sarah. I can't imagine how she is
surviving all of this. It is bad enough
to go through it once; but to have the
trial going on just pours salt in the
wound.
ANNIE WHITTEMORE
(looking at Mary)
Did you read about LePage in the Monitor?
Everyone's saying he is a fiend. And from
the published picture he has evil enough
eyes to have done the deed, if you ask
me. Moreover, Hattie Gault says she saw
him at the Academy with an ax.
MARY PICKERING
(not wanting to be shown up)
Yea?… but what about what Miss Belle Lake
said. She said, as plain as as the dress
Sarah Cochran wore to the Strawberry fest
last Spring, that Josie clearly told her
in God's English that she was threatened
by Drew.
Mary is interrupted by Jenny Potter.
JENNY POTTER
(getting her two cents in)
Well, I heard that Belle used to have a
thing for Drew… Ella Prescott told me
they had relations and that Drew left her
for that unfortunate girl he married.
Seems to me that maybe Belle saw this as
a way of gettin' even.
ANNIE WHITTEMORE
(regaining control of the
conversation)
That's why I stopped going to sewing
circle. You fine ladies are too occupied
with idle chatter.
JENNY POTTER
I thought you stopped goin' 'cause you
have been spending so much time helping
out Dr. Phillips, now that his wife has
taken ill?
(Looking at Mary and winking)
MARY PICKERING
(playfully)
And the Doctor has never looked so good
in the 20 years that I have known him.
ANNIE WHITTEMORE
(throwing her head back and
acting aloof)
Adieu, Ladies. I have important matters
to attend to.
Annie briskly exits and when she is at a safe distance, Mary
and Jenny giggle.
JENNY POTTER
Speaking about Dr. Phillips…I hear that
he has been to Buck Street to the
Langmaid's several times this week.
MARY PICKERING
(concerned)
I was wondrin' how the Langmaid's are
holding up… Is it Waldo that requires the
attention?
JENNY POTTER
(very willing to share her
information)
Yes, he has not been the same since the
tragedy. Mrs. Holt says he has dwindled
in weight and has been a bit peculiar.
MARY PICKERING
Well I will continue to keep him in my
prayers. If the Monitor has it right… the
Jury should be in deliberation by the end
of the week. Let's pray that a righteous
judgment will be handed down.
FADE TO BLACK.
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