If you don't want to know the circumstances surrounding Monday's entry in this slideshow, then don't read any further...
[spoiler]Monday's quote:
Ep #42 (1966) - James Blair - 'You MUST have noticed that the only property that has a mortgage is the big house itself, Collinwood.'
From "#0041/0042: Robservations 06/15/01: Sam's Torment"
The thing I like about your work is that it's thorough, says Burke, handing the other man what looks like a legal document--you never ask any questions. That's what I'm paid for, says Blair. Good, says Burke. You must have noticed that the only property that has a mortgage is the big house itself--Collinwood. Carolyn watches. I suppose pride prevented them from putting that up for hock, says Burke. Not at all, says Blair--Mr. Harris said that Mrs. Stoddard inquired about borrowing on it, but it's not an asset--more like a liability. That's interesting, says Burke. Who'd want it? asks Blair--big house like that, unless somebody wanted to turn it into a resort hotel or something--not too long ago, Mrs. Stoddard put in a petition for the property tax to be reduced--the reason for it was that half of the house is shut off and nothing used. The petition was granted, I suppose, asks Burke. Yes it was, Blair tells him. I'm not surprised, says Burke bitterly, that family owns everything there is to own in that town--except me.
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The Robservations references the quote perfectly. But as is quite clear once the excerpt above is read, the quote makes no sense within the scene because everything about the rest of the scene treats things as if Collinwood
doesn't have a mortgage. Was the line accidentally delivered wrong but no one bothered to try to correct it? Who knows? It just comes off as weird...