CRAIG’S WIFE
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- dear. (Ethel disappears at the head of the stairs, and Mrs. Craig looks closely at the landing, to see if she can discover any fresh scratches upon it. Mrs. Harold comes in at the right) What was it you wanted to see me about, Mrs. Harold?
- [She comes down, into the room again.
Mrs. Harold
- Why, I wanted to tell you, Mrs. Craig, that the cook left on Thursday. She went away and didn’t come back.
Mrs. Craig
- Did she get her wages?
Mrs. Harold
- I paid her up till Tuesday.
Mrs. Craig
- Did she take her things with her?
Mrs. Harold
- Why, she only had a suitcase and a small graphophone; she took them. But I didn’t think anything about it, because she took them every Thursday.
Mrs. Craig
- Have you been doing the cooking since, Mrs. Harold?
Mrs. Harold
- Yes, we’ve been managin’ between us. Mazie’s a pretty good cook. I called up the Camac Agency on Saturday to send somebody out, but Miss Hewlitt said she wanted to see you first. (Mrs. Craig looks at her) She sez she’s sent so many, she wants to find out what’s the matter before she sends any more.
Mrs. Craig (crossing to the piano)
- She ought to have a few of them cook for her; she’d know what was the matter. Where did these roses come from, Mrs. Harold?
