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Douglas: Good evening.

Frederick Aiken: Good evening, Douglas.

Douglas: Ma'am.

Sarah: Good evening.

Douglas: Mr. Aiken, may I have a word with you?

Frederick Aiken: Of course. Would you excuse me?

Douglas: His first day on the job. I'm sorry, Mr. Aiken.

Frederick Aiken: It's all right, Douglas. It's not your fault.

Nicholas Baker: Frederick!

Frederick Aiken: Uh, Nick, would you escort Sarah upstairs for me, please?

Nicholas Baker: Sure, but, uh... Is everything all right?

Frederick Aiken: Everything's fine.

Nicholas Baker: Come on, Sarah. Even with one good leg, I can still outdance him.

Sarah: Another night, Nick.

Frederick Aiken: Sarah. Sarah, where are you going?

Sarah: "Conduct unbecoming."

Frederick Aiken: I'm sorry about the party.

Sarah: You think I care about the party?

Frederick Aiken: Please. Everything will be all right. I promise you.

Sarah: You are just like that woman, ready to go to the gallows for the most pointless cause. People do get left behind when you do that.

Frederick Aiken: I can't ignore what's going on in that courtroom.

Sarah: But you can ignore me, us?

Frederick Aiken: I didn't say that. Please, I have to do this.

Sarah: Do you? I find your devotion to this frightening. I waited such a long time for you.

Frederick Aiken: I'm so sorry. I know. But I'm back now.

Sarah: No, you're not.

Frederick Aiken: I am. I... ple... Sarah, please, will you just... We have to... we have to talk about this.

Sarah: Fred, I love you. I... I wish I could do this. I just... I can't. I just can't.

Frederick Aiken: Wait. Let me see you home at least. Please wait. Uh, Mr. Secretary. I have to speak with you.

Secretary Stanton: Mr. Aiken, perhaps this isn't the best time.

Frederick Aiken: What is happening to Mary Surratt is an abomination.

Man: Stand down, Captain.

Secretary Stanton: It's all right. Would you escort Mrs. Stanton in? I'll just be a moment.

Man: Yes, sir.

Secretary Stanton: Young man... always indebted to you for your courage in the field, but you must learn to tread lightly.

Frederick Aiken: Tread lightly? I will not tread lightly. You have predetermined her fate.

Secretary Stanton: Mary Surratt's fate rests entirely with the Commission. My concern is preserving our Union.

Frederick Aiken: Why did I fight for the Union if my rights aren't assured? You tell me.

Secretary Stanton: Fine words for rallying the troops, not for running a nation. They assassinated our president, and someone must be held accountable. The people want that.

Frederick Aiken: It's John Surratt you want. You don't even want Mary.

Secretary Stanton: I'll settle for either one. If you'll excuse me, my wife is waiting.

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General Hunter: Mr. Aiken, are there any other witnesses you wish to call?

Frederick Aiken: Uh, yes. The... The defense would like to call Miss Anna Surratt. General Hunter, what is...

Joseph Holt: Place your right hand on this Bible.

Anna Surratt: Where's my mother?

Frederick Aiken: Anna, she's just right here, behind these men.

Anna Surratt: Why won't they let me see her?

Frederick Aiken: I don't know.

Joseph Holt: Please, Miss Surratt. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?

Frederick Aiken: Miss Anna.

Anna Surratt: I do.

Frederick Aiken: It'll be all right. Miss Surratt, can you tell us when your brother first became acquainted with John Wilkes Booth?

General Hunter: Miss Surratt, you will answer the question.

Anna Surratt: I believe my brother met him January last.

Frederick Aiken: Three months before the assassination. He must have been mighty pleased to have befriended such a famous actor.

Anna Surratt: You'll have to ask him.

Frederick Aiken: Well, I'm sure we'd all like to ask him. Your brother proudly called himself a friend of Booth's, did he not?

Mary Surratt: Mr. Aiken, what are you doing?

Anna Surratt: Mother!

Frederick Aiken: Miss Surratt. Miss Surratt, please. Miss Surratt.

Anna Surratt: I never... asked what my brother's relationship was to Booth.

Frederick Aiken: It was at John's invitation that he first came to your home, was it not?

Anna Surratt: Yes.

Frederick Aiken: Does this picture of Booth belong to you?

Anna Surratt: I found it in a gallery one day, and I bought it.

Frederick Aiken: Your brother must have been pleased that you held his friend in such high regard.

Anna Surratt: No.

Frederick Aiken: No?

Anna Surratt: No. He told me to tear it up and throw it away.

Frederick Aiken: Why? Why did your brother tell you to destroy a photograph of his friend, Booth?

Mary Surratt: No, Mr. Aiken!

Frederick Aiken: Please.

Mary Surratt: I beg of you.

General Hunter: Please. Order!

Frederick Aiken: Miss Surratt, please. Answer my question.

Anna Surratt: I suppose he was trying to protect us.

Frederick Aiken: He was trying to protect you and your mother?

Anna Surratt: Yes.

Frederick Aiken: Why would he need to protect his family? Anna, you have to choose.

Anna Surratt: I suppose... he and Booth were planning something.

Frederick Aiken: He was planning something. Did you know what?

Anna Surratt: Of course not.

Frederick Aiken: When did you last see your brother?

Anna Surratt: He left at the beginning of April.

Frederick Aiken: Days before the assassination. Did he tell you where he was going or what he might be planning?

Anna Surratt: He only said he had to leave.

Frederick Aiken: And did you or your mother try to stop him?

Anna Surratt: Yes. But we couldn't.

Frederick Aiken: How could you? He was angry. He was frustrated with the war. He hated the Union. He would have done anything in his power, even risk his own family to aid Booth in his cause. But, Miss Surratt, did your mother conspire with John Wilkes Booth?

Anna Surratt: Absolutely not.

Frederick Aiken: Thank you. There are no more questions.

Joseph Holt: General Hunter, the government understands why Miss Surratt would be moved to the most extraordinary lengths to conceal her mother's guilt, including incriminating her own brother.

Anna Surratt: My mother is innocent.

General Hunter: Miss Surratt, you are dismissed. The government no longer deems it necessary to hold you. You are free to leave.

Anna Surratt: I just want to see my mother. Please. I'm sorry, mother. I'm sorry. Please. Please, let me see her.

Frederick Aiken: Sir, the defense would push for the Commission to show some compassion and allow a mother to see her daughter for a brief moment only.

General Hunter: We will reconvene in the morning.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. unbecoming: 不适当的。请看例句：Such thoughts are unbecoming to you.（这些想法与你的身份不相称。）

2. pointless: 不得要领的；无意义的。

3. abomination: 令人厌恶的事情。

4. assured: 确定的；得到保证的。看一下例句：You can be assured that she will recover in a couple of weeks.（你放心，她将在两三周内康复。）

5. accountable: 应负责任的。

6. settle for: 勉强接受。请看例句：We reached the hotel late and had to settle for a room without a view.（我们到旅馆时已很晚，只好勉强要了一间看不到风景的房间。）

7. mighty: 很，非常。看一下例句：He thought himself mighty clever.（他自以为聪明得不得了。）

8. you are dismissed: 你可以离开了。

9. reconvene: 再聚会，再集会。