The Executioner's Song
“There was only one way to raise that. Acquire Gary’s letters to Nicole and sell them.
The ethics, however, as far as Schiller was concerned, were a trade-off. After all, he had trusted Gilmore. He had turned over a $52,ooo check in one shot, a dramatic way of showing that he would not dole out the money. Schiller had his reasons. He didn’t want every body to keep thinking of David Susskind. Once Gary’s lawyers could call the bank and know the check was good, they would be ready to see Larry Schiller as a big businessman, not a small one. This was his sensible motive. He also had what he called his romantic motive. Romanticism, after all, turned him on, songs like “The Impossible Dream,” and the lyrics of Oklahoma and Carousel, “The Sound of Music” with the Alps in the background. So he wanted to show that he wasn’t trying to out-con a con, but instead was delivering his best thing, was saying, “I’m smart enough not to try to feed you a hundred dollars a week. I don’t want to put your ...mind onto thinking how to outfox me.MoreLess
The ethics, however, as far as Schiller was concerned, were a trade-off. After all, he had trusted Gilmore. He had turned over a $52,ooo check in one shot, a dramatic way of showing that he would not dole out the money. Schiller had his reasons. He didn’t want every body to keep thinking of David Susskind. Once Gary’s lawyers could call the bank and know the check was good, they would be ready to see Larry Schiller as a big businessman, not a small one. This was his sensible motive. He also had what he called his romantic motive. Romanticism, after all, turned him on, songs like “The Impossible Dream,” and the lyrics of Oklahoma and Carousel, “The Sound of Music” with the Alps in the background. So he wanted to show that he wasn’t trying to out-con a con, but instead was delivering his best thing, was saying, “I’m smart enough not to try to feed you a hundred dollars a week. I don’t want to put your ...mind onto thinking how to outfox me.MoreLess
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