CRAIG’S WIFE
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- minutes to serve some drinks, and went right out again. And he didn’t get my name, because Fergus was sitting on the lawn when I got there and took me in himself. And the butler was in bed when I left there.
Mrs. Craig (coming forward at the right of the table)
- Didn’t any of the other servants see you?
Craig
- Not that I know of.
Mrs. Craig (coming very close to him and lowering her voice)
- Didn’t you tell me that Billy Birkmire called you on the telephone out there last night ?
Craig
- Yes, I talked to him out there.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, didn’t the butler get your name then?
Craig
- No; Fergus answered the ’phone himself, on the extension in the library.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, those men have been here, anyway.
Craig
- Well, what did they want?
Mrs. Craig
- Haven’t I just told you what they wanted? They wanted to see you.
Craig
- Did they say they knew it was I that was out there last night?
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t remember what they said, exactly; I was too upset. But they wanted to know where you were, and,
