CRAIG’S WIFE
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Craig
- Yes, I’ll get it.
Ethel
- It’s on the chair there, right inside my door. (Picking up her bag from the table and crossing down to the mirror to fix herself) We won’t have to call a taxi.
- [Fredericks glances out through the portieres, then comes forward, lowering his voice.
Fredericks
- Did your aunt tell you I called you last night?
- [Ethel turns and looks at him.
Ethel
- On the long distance, you mean?
Fredericks
- Yes, I called you from Northampton as soon as I got your note. I called you at home first, of course, and they gave me this address.
Ethel
- And you called here?
Fredericks
- Yes, about seven o’clock. Didn’t she tell you?
Ethel
- No, she didn’t, Gene.
Fredericks
- I talked to her. She said you were asleep.
Ethel
- I couldn’t have been asleep, Gene.
Fredericks
- I asked her to call you to the telephone, but she didn’t seem to want to do it. She said you’d just gotten in and you were tired out.
