The poetic motto on the entrance sign to the town at the railroad station, read outloud by Cobb, was authored by the idealistic, platitudinous Deeds:Welcome to Mandrake FallsWhere the scenery enthrallsWhere no hardship e""er befallsWelcome to Mandrake Falls....What""s he matter? Do you think I live under a rock or something? Your creeps have no compunction about phoning my house, giving me orders, talking to my wife like she was a.As they struggled, Nova was escorted by a guard nearby and heard Taylor""s name.She bit the guard""s hand, slipped away, and ran to the source of the sound, where in astonishment at seeing her former lover, she grunted out the word: "Tay-lor" - speaking for the first time." While finishing fixing her order, George discovers a recent telegram to druggist Mr.Gower informing him of the tragic death of his son Robert, due to influenza.Distraught over the news and drinking as a result, Mr.Gower mistakenly mixes a pill prescription containing poisonous cyanide.Gower gives the order to George for an emergency delivery.Although obedient and diligent, George realizes hat the prescription is fatal, but he faces a dilemma - should he deliver it? As he leaves the store, Mary is still sitting at the soda fountain counter, watching him as he dashes off.Afterwards, the struggling conductor-composer was immediately hired by Lermontov for the Covent Garden Opera House to be a coach (a tutor and accompanist of ballet dancers and/or opera singers during rehearsals), to assist the company""s conductor Livy:I need a new coach for the orchestra.