RANDALL PLATT That’s Rex all over I never understand half of what he says like he swallowed a dictionary But Rex can go on and on about his political opinions which he has on everything and pretty soon my own eyes go crost just like those lion statues Get yourself a soap box and head over to the park son Sheriff Hillary says shuffling some papers around on her desk And Rex goes on guilt by association is not guilt It’s association and nothing more What are you a lawyer she asks giving him a look of disgust No but I will be someday And then I’m coming back here and suing everyone he barks Fine Until then Clarence Darrow you’ll have to settle for Town Hood Aw come on Sheriff Hillary I’m too busy with my senior year to babysit all those other kids Give a guy a break She makes like she’s playing an invisible violin Rex points a finger at her and says You know what you are You’re an autocrat No a fascist No a dictator That’s what you are A regular Hitler She looks up at him and there’s something kind of sad in her face No son I’m just a small-town cop filling in until her husband’s hitch is up See her husband Sheriff Norm Dutton joined the Navy over a year ago the summer of 1940 and Hillary 6
