That letter is a forgery, Elizabeth. We're gonna prove it, and you're gonna be back in that classroom in no time. I promise.
It isn't a forgery, Jack. I know Thomas Higgins.
You'd never bribe anyone.
No, and I didn't! But when my mother heard Higgins was sending me west, she tried to use money and influence to keep me in Hamilton.
But you didn't take the job in Hamilton.
No. I turned it down to come here.
Then why did Higgins write the letter?
Revenge.
Revenge?! For what?
When I met with Thomas Higgins he made...advances.
Oh, Elizabeth!
I turned him down.
Of course you did.
And that made him angry.
I just never realized how much. He must have written the letter as soon as I started working here.
So you didn't know about it until now?
Right. But now that the letter has come to light, I won't be able to teach anymore. Not in Hope Valley, not anywhere.
Then you'll visit Mr. Thomas Higgins and get him to tell the truth.
I have to take the Tate boys to Union City for trial. They've escaped before so I can't take any chances. But we are gonna go to Cape Fullerton as soon as I get back.
That's very sweet of you, Jack. But I have to leave as soon as I can.
I'll be back at the end of the week.
No, this is my reputation and my career. My students are too important to me. It can't wait.
