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CRAIG’S WIFE

Craig

Yes.

Mrs. Craig

Well, that’s enough, isn’t it?
[She turns away to her left, and crosses above the table towards the portières.

Craig

But they don’t know that.

Mrs. Craig

Oh, don’t be absurd, Walter,

Craig

Who saw me?

Mrs. Craig (coming back towards him)

Somebody always sees in a case of this kind.

Craig

Who could it have been?

Mrs. Craig

The butler saw you, didn’t he?

Craig

What if he did?—he didn’t know me from Adam. He says so there in the paper, doesn’t he?

Mrs. Craig

He could identify your picture, couldn’t he?

Craig

Who’s going to give him my picture?

Mrs. Craig

Don’t talk so loud.
[She steps back towards the portières, to assure herself that neither of the servants ts listening.

Craig (moving forward at the left of the center table)

Anyway, I don’t believe he’d recognize my picture if he did see it; he only came into the library for a couple of