Murder At Ford's Theatre (2002)
“Most impressive. I just wish all the groups with which I’m involved had their financials in order the way you’ve managed.”
“I’d love to take the credit, Sol, but I can’t. The credit belongs over there.” She pointed to Crowley, who stood in a knot of members of the finance committee. “I hired smart.”
“The sign of a good administrator,” Sol Wexler, chairman of the theatre’s finance committee, said. “Well, no matter where the credit belongs, the numbers look solid.”
Another member of the committee... interrupted to offer congratulations. The woman, barely five feet tall, expensively dressed, tanned, and with silver hair expertly arranged—and whose life was a series of meetings of boards and committees to which she belonged—took Clarise aside. “I just want you to know, my dear, that the board stands solidly behind you in this dreadful mess you’ve found yourself in.”
Clarise’s blank expression prompted the woman to say, “The business with your son.”
“Oh, yes.MoreLess
“I’d love to take the credit, Sol, but I can’t. The credit belongs over there.” She pointed to Crowley, who stood in a knot of members of the finance committee. “I hired smart.”
“The sign of a good administrator,” Sol Wexler, chairman of the theatre’s finance committee, said. “Well, no matter where the credit belongs, the numbers look solid.”
Another member of the committee... interrupted to offer congratulations. The woman, barely five feet tall, expensively dressed, tanned, and with silver hair expertly arranged—and whose life was a series of meetings of boards and committees to which she belonged—took Clarise aside. “I just want you to know, my dear, that the board stands solidly behind you in this dreadful mess you’ve found yourself in.”
Clarise’s blank expression prompted the woman to say, “The business with your son.”
“Oh, yes.MoreLess
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