:24:04
A stroke?
:24:06
Ridiculous.
:24:08
I told them all it was just
an excess of Thanksgiving.
:24:14
Dr. Bencomb acted most concerned
and insisted on notifying everyone...
:24:19
...as if it were the last reading
of my will. You're dear to come.
:24:25
But perhaps you only wanted
to see what I'd left you.
:24:28
Granny, that's shocking!
:24:31
It was shock that did this to me.
No, thank you.
:24:34
It's all due to Regina Beaufort.
:24:37
She came here last night...
:24:40
...and she asked me....
:24:42
She asked me....
She had the effrontery...
:24:47
...to ask me to back Julius.
:24:50
"Not to desert him," she said.
:24:53
"To stand behind our common lineage
in the Townsend family."
:24:58
If you back Julius,
you can see the family through.
:25:03
If you don't...
:25:05
...we will all...
:25:08
...everyone of us, fall into dishonor.
:25:12
I said to her:
Honor's always been honor...
:25:16
...and honesty's always been honesty
in the Mingott house...
:25:24
And then she said, if you can
believe this, "But my name, Auntie."
:25:29
But my name, Auntie!
:25:32
- My name's Regina Townsend!
- I said to her:
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Your name was Beaufort
when he covered you with jewels...
:25:39
...and it's got to stay Beaufort
now that he's covered you with shame.
:25:46
Then I gave out.
:25:49
Simply gave out.
:25:51
And now family is arriving
expecting a funeral...
:25:55
...and they'll have to be entertained.
:25:58
I don't know how many notes
Bencomb sent out.