the emergency. If they don’t convict him, he’ll hand it over to me. The law can’t stop him. But if I live until tomorrow night, they will convict him!
( He sighs ) God knows I want no share in bringing about his punishment. ( He breaks off; Evie pats his hand silently. ) Young man and old man, I’ve worked with him or for him the best part of my life. I’m loyal to him– I’ve always been loyal to him–but when John Gresham ceases to be an honest man, John Gresham and I part company!
( There is a pause .) MARTHA : ( weeping softly ) Robert! Robert! BALDWIN : I’ve got only a few years to live, but I’ll live those as I’ve lived the rest of my life. I’ll go to my grave clean!
Let’s understand better: Baldwin is pressurized by Gresham to falsely declare that he does not remember the facts, but Baldwin refuses to do so. JOHN : Dad…What did Gresham offer you? BALDWIN : ( simply ) A hundred thousand dollars. EVIE : What!
MARTHA : Robert! BALDWIN : He put it aside for me without anybody knowing it. It’s out of his private fortune, he says. It’s not the depositors’ money–as if that made any difference.
EVIE : ( as if hypnotized ) He offered you a hundred thousand dollars? BALDWIN : ( smiling at her amazement ) I could have had it for the one word ‘Yes’ – or even for nodding my head–or a look of the eyes. JOHN : How-how do you know he meant it? BALDWIN : His word is good.
JOHN : Even now? BALDWIN : He never lied to me, John. ( He pauses .) I suppose my eyes must have Let’s understand better: In order to tempt Baldwin, Gresham offers him a huge bribe of hundred thousand dollars, but Baldwin doesn’t accept it. 12th - - Page shown something I didn’t feel.
He noticed it. He unlocked a drawer and showed me the hundred thousand. JOHN : In cash? BALDWIN :