Anyone might.Mrs.Robinson: I don""t see why? I""m twice as old as you are.How could anyone think that...Ben: But they would! Don""t you see?Mrs.Robinson: Benjamin.I am not trying to seduce you!Ben: I know that, but please, Mrs.Robinson.This is difficult..Mrs.Robinson:Would you like me to seduce you?Ben: What?Mrs.Robinson:Is that what you""re trying to tell me?Ben: (A long pause.) I""m going home now.I apologize for what I said.I hope you can forget it.But I""m going home right now.Her forwardness and coming on to him terrifies him, and eventually scares him out the door and down the stairs.A video camera on a tripod is set up to record the proceedings.Tramell has waived her right to an attorney (boldly she says, "I have nothingtohide," confirming what Nick has already suspected) and is seated in a chair in front of a room full of male police detectives.The precursor to the western film genre was based on an 1896 story by Scott Marble.The film""s title was also the same as a popular contemporary stage melodrama.It was the most popular and commercially successful film of the pre-nickelodeon era, and established the notion that film could be a commercially-viable medium.Lillian Gish""s performance as Anna Moore is superb and flawless, beautifully photographed as having an inner light and spirituality.She learned hat Steven was in jail, and saw him in person in the police department where she had come to sign papers, when he was being transferred from one holding cell to another.