: ( after a pause ) Mother ( There is no answer. ) Mother! [ Mrs. Baldwin turns slowly ] What does Mr.
Gresham want with him? Has he done anything wrong? MARTHA : ( proudly ) Your father? No, Evie.
EVIE : Then why did Mr. Gresham send for him? Let’s understand better: Martha and Evie hear that Gresham had been arrested on suspicion of committing a fraud in his bank. They are angry and shocked at the news.
MARTHA : He wanted to talk to him. EVIE : What about? Mr. Gresham has been arrested; they’re going to try him tomorrow.
What can he want with Father? MARTHA : Your father will have to give evidence. EVIE : But he’s going to give evidence against Mr. Gresham.
Why should Mr. Gresham want to see him? MARTHA : I don’t know, Evie, you know, your father doesn’t say much about his business affairs. ( she pauses ) I didn’t know there was anything wrong with the Bank until I saw it in the papers.
Your father wouldn’t tell me to draw my money out – he thought it wasn’t loyal to Mr. Gresham. ( Evie nods ) I did it of my own accord- against his wishes–when I suspected… EVIE : ( after a pause ) Do you think that Father had anything to do with – with… (she does not like to say it) MARTHA : With the wrecking of the Bank? You know him better than that, Evie.
EVIE : But did he not know what was going on? MARTHA : ( after a pause ) Evie, I don’t believe your father ever did a wrong thing in his life – not if he knew it was wrong. He found out by accident – found out what Mr. Gresham was doing.
EVIE : How do you know that? MARTHA : I don’t know it. I suspect it – something he said. You see, Evie, he can’t have done anything wrong.
They haven’t indicted him. 12th - - The Hour of Truth Page EVIE :