miserable and confused
i had to do something.
"I do hope you'll understand.
"It's peaceful here and i've thought it all out.
"I know now the situation
between Tony and me is impossible.
"Mrs. Kirby was right.
I should have stayed in my own backyard.
"Don't worry about me, Mother.
I'll get over it.
"But, my darlings, i'm so lonesome for you.
"I don't know how i can stand it.
"Last night i cried myself to sleep,
and that helped a little.
"But this morning when i woke up
and realized i wasn't in my own bed....
"I wish i could rush back home.
But how can i, if i want to forget?
"The newspapers, Tony and a million little things
make it impossible.
"Forgive me, my darlings.
"I promise to write every day,
sometimes twice or even more.
"Please, everybody,
take good care of yourselves.
"Don't let anything happen to you.
"All my love, Alice."
Sounds to me like she's not coming back.
Mr. Blakely, please.
Mr. Blakely, please.
Mr. Blakely?
Dad, you don't mean
you're thinking of selling the house?
Alice is right.
She can never come back here.
It would only make her miserable.
I won't let her live alone.
We'll find a place up there with her.
Mr. Blakely, this is Vanderhof.
Do you still want to buy the house?
You'll only pay $25,000 now.
Well, all right. Certainly, today.
All right, that's all. Goodbye.
Well, we had to leave this house sometime, anyway.
I had a hard time,
but i made the old codger sell.
- Mr. Kirby's got all 12 blocks, solid.
- We can go ahead.
We've got the Vanderhof property.
Line up Kincaid now.
If that old gent hadn't sold,
the whole deal would've been blocked.
To all tenants in the 12-block area.
Notice. You are hereby notified that...
"You are hereby notified that 10 days from this date
your premises must be vacated."
- That's the same as i've got.
- That certainly doesn't give us much time, does it?
No.
Look. The Jensens must have gotten
their notice. Let's go see.
- Mr. Jensen, did you get one of these?
- Sure. We have to get out in 10 days.
- We all have to move.
- I can't understand it.
Grandpa says, if they couldn't buy his house,
nobody would have to move.
Look.
Sorry, Mr. Kirby can't be disturbed.
I think it's all over, don't you?
Hello? Sorry, Mr. Kirby's not available.
Hello. He's not answering his phone.
Sorry.
I've just been upstairs.
All our board members are there,
and so the heads of those six little companies.
This merger's going to make history!
I hear that the market going crazy.
They don't know whether to buy or sell.
I hope we're right.
I have everything i own sunk in this.
- Stop bellyaching. We can't miss.
- Where's Kirby?
- In there. We've been waiting 1/2 hour for him.
- Who's with him?
Nobody. He's probably taking bows
to some of the other Kirbys on the wall.
Hello. No.
Tell the senator to keep his shirt on.
- Kirby wants him to stay in Washington.
- No, no newspapers until after the meeting.
Ramsey make trouble for us?
You're crazy. He's broke.
He's finished.
Kirby hasn't even left him carfare.
You've got to hand it to the old man.
How he squeezed down on old Ramsey, beautiful.
I saw Ramsey this morning.
It wouldn't surprise me if he were to blow his brains out.
I tell you, they're waiting up there.
Let's get Kirby and get this thing over with
before something happens.
- Good idea.
- Wait a minite, you know he doesn't like that.
Look at the time.
I'll get him on the phone.
Maybe he won't mind that.
Get me Mr. Kirby in the conference room.
Hello. Yeah.
Certainly. Well, come on.
What are you waiting for?
They're waiting upstairs.
We'd better be getting up there.
- Good. Have you got your proxies?
- Right here. Including Kincaid's.
He was tough. But when we offered him making president,
he jumped at it.
You offered to make him what?
I explained you, all he wanted to be is
the chairman of the board of directors.
Tell him it's a mistake.
I've already chosen the president.
Anthony