HAMILTON: Mr. Vice President Mr. Madison Senator Burr What is this?
JEFFERSON: We have the check stubs. From separate accounts...
MADISON: Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts...
BURR: To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in Seventeen ninety-one
HAMILTON: Is that what you have? Are you done?
MADISON: You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position
JEFFERSON: Though 'virtue' is not a word I'd apply to this situation
MADISON: To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission
JEFFERSON: And the evidence suggests you've engaged in speculation
BURR: An immigrant embezzling our government funds
JEFFERSON/MADISON: I can almost see the headline, your career is done
BURR: I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons
BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON: Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from!
HAMILTON: Ha! You don't even know what you're asking me to confess
JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR: Confess
HAMILTON: You got nothing. I don't have to tell you anything at all Unless
JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR: Unless
HAMILTON: If I can prove that I never broke the law Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?
BURR: No one else was in the room where it happened
HAMILTON: Is that a yes?
JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR: Um, yes
BURR: "Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck You see, it was my wife who you decided to"
JEFFERSON:
Whaaaat—
HAMILTON: She courted me Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner That's when Reynolds extorted me For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly! As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered History. Check it again against your list n' see consistency I never spent a cent that wasn't mine You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine Yes, I have reasons for shame But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action Are my answers to your satisfaction?
JEFFERSON: My God
MADISON: Gentlemen, let's go
HAMILTON: So?
JEFFERSON AND MADISON: The people won't know what we know
HAMILTON: Burr! How do I know you won't use this against me The next time we go toe to toe?
BURR: Alexander, rumors only grow. And we both Know what we know
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