..And how large are your ranches?" Mr.Lynnton was compelled to answer for the modest, unboasting Mr.Benedict: "Mr.Benedict""s Reata is one of the largest of them all." Karfrey exclaimed his amazement, and kept pressing for a specific figure: "Oh, really! Well, just how large is that?"Bick eventually revealed Reata""s exact size: "Oh, it""s, it""s one of the biggest.There in the stockroom, he is assaulted by Bogs Diamond and two other predatory men (the Sisters) who taunt him and beat him senseless: "That""s it.Louis." At the start of the second chorus, Esther rejoins Rose at the keyboard where they sing in close harmony together.They discussed speaking to the Russian Federation leader - but President Zorkin was reported missing and there was a coup in Moscow, and General Bulgakov was in charge ("the asshole who wanted to use nukes in Chechnya").Directed by Irving Rapper, its screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1941 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty (who also wroteStella Dallas).