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CRAIG’S WIFE
Birkmire (smothering an exclamation, and stepping to the piano to get a newspaper out of his pocket)
- Jesus, how did you miss it!
Craig
- Why, what’s happened?
Birkmire
- Fergus and his wife are dead.
Craig
- What!
Birkmire
- Found them this morning in the library.
Craig
- Passmore, you mean?
Birkmire (handing him the paper)
- Here it is on the front page of the Telegraph.
Craig (crossing down to the right)
- What are you saying, Billy?
Birkmire (stepping over towards the portières and looking out)
- It’s in every paper in town,
Craig
- Where is it?
Birkmire (coming forward at Craig’s left and indicating a certain headline)
- Fergus Passmore and wife found dead in library.
Craig
- My God!
Birkmire
- I happened to see it over a man’s shoulder coming down in the elevator in the Land Title Building about four o’clock, and I damned near had heart failure. (He turns away to the left and takes a cigarette from a case) I’ve been trying to get you on the ’phone ever since.
