Margaret Lindsay: Martha Crockett

Quotes 

• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters the restaurant's kitchen where he discovers Martha Crockett preparing a customer's meal]  Mrs. Crockett?

  Martha Crockett : !... I'm awfully busy.

  Michael Anthony : Mrs. Harry Crockett?

  Martha Crockett : Yes, but, uh, my husband always takes care of everything.

  Michael Anthony : My name is Michael Anthony.

  [Anthony retrieves some documents from his briefcase] 

  Martha Crockett : You selling something?

  Michael Anthony : No, giving something.

  [Displaying the check] 

  Michael Anthony : I have here a cashier's check from an anonymous benefactor made out to you in the amount of $1,000,000, tax-free.

  Martha Crockett : [Continuing meal preparation]  Oh, sure. Now would you get out of my kitchen? And you can leave your... your free samples on the... on the counter.

  [Anthony places the check in the food-prep area as Martha continues to work. Eventually, she pauses and looks at the check] 

  Martha Crockett : This is a cashier's check for a million dollars.

  Michael Anthony : That's what I just said.

  Martha Crockett : Why?

  Michael Anthony : I'm afraid I can't give you any more information, Mrs. Crockett.

  [Retrieving paperwork from is briefcase] 

  Michael Anthony : Now, if you'll just sign this document agreeing never to divulge how you got the money or the amount to anyone except your husband, of course.

  Martha Crockett : Of course.

  Michael Anthony : Should you violate this agreement, you automatically lose all rights to the money.

  Martha Crockett : Yes, of course. The money.

  [almost whispering] 

  Martha Crockett : The money.

  [Martha signs the pledge, which Anthony returns to his briefcase] 

  Martha Crockett : There's so many things we can do with this. So many things we need. Thank you. Harry - Harry, my husband he... - he can go to New York

  [pauses] 

  Martha Crockett : and give a concert at Carnegie Hall.

  Michael Anthony : Well I... I hope this will bring you everything you've ever wished for.

  Martha Crockett : [as Anthony leaves the kitchen]  Oh, thank you.