:15:00
- He fixed it so as I couldn't tell anyone.
- Let me get this straight, Son.
:15:03
Do you mean to say
that a teacher let you give him $50?
:15:04
- Yes.
- And then locked you up...
:15:06
because you threatened to tell about it?
:15:07
Yes, in the basement.
I had to fight my way out.
:15:09
- Good heavens, what school is this?
- Green Hill, Connecticut.
:15:12
- Does Dr. Finley know about this?
- Sure he does.
:15:14
He's trying to keep it quiet, too.
:15:15
He's scared
because you gave so much to the school.
:15:18
It's very important that Dr. Finley
be at my house this evening.
:15:21
- I also want to see that teacher, Tyler.
- Yes, sir.
:15:23
Maybe you oughtn't have anything at all
to do with them, Father.
:15:26
You just let me handle this, Son.
:15:27
I bet they make up
some awful lies about it.
:15:30
I must point out the extraordinary sums
of money that he's had at his disposal.
:15:34
Very large sums for a small boy.
:15:36
Well, the boy was confused...
:15:38
bewildered, almost terrified
when he came into my office.
:15:41
Your mere assertion that I give him
overlarge sums of spending money...
:15:44
in no way seems to justify
the severe treatment...
:15:46
to which he's obviously been subjected.
:15:48
Mr. Cheyne, Harvey's "severe treatment"
came from no member of the faculty.
:15:52
I've told you of his attempt to bribe
Mr. Tyler. Here's the $50, by the way.
:15:56
Behind that lies a long list of infractions...
:15:58
based on his attitude
that he's a special, privileged character.
:16:02
His attempt to resist the normal, healthy
discipline of being put into Coventry...
:16:06
brought no further discipline from us.
:16:08
But it did bring him a solid bash
on the nose from one of his fellows.
:16:12
It was a blow, I am sorry to say,
that any one of the other 120 boys...
:16:15
in the school
would have been glad to deliver.
:16:18
Oh.
:16:22
Well, in that case...
:16:25
- have some coffee, Dr. Finley.
- Thanks.
:16:28
Now, tell me.
This bash on the nose came from a Bison?
:16:31
- A Buffalo. Wellman is a Buffalo, isn't he?
- Yes, sir.
:16:37
Perhaps you will accept
some coffee, too, Mr. Tyler.
:16:39
Thank you, sir.
:16:41
Really, Mr. Cheyne,
Harvey is great material.
:16:43
He's simply been misdirected, that's all.
:16:45
Smart. Why he has a mind
as fine as any in the school.
:16:48
Well, he certainly fooled me.
:16:49
It seems that I have begotten
a sort of junior Machiavelli.
:16:53
Perhaps it's not my place to say this,
Mr. Cheyne...
:16:55
but it's simply because you and he
have never had any relationship.
:16:58
To him, you're just a machine pouring out
money, a machine he's trying to imitate.