CRAIG’S WIFE
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Mrs. Craig (crossing above the table towards the front door, holding the cigarette away from her, between her thumb and finger)
- There are plenty of other places in the house to smoke, if you want to smoke.
Craig
- I don’t know where they are.
Mrs. Craig (going out the door)
- You can smoke in your den, can’t you?
Craig
- If I shut the door. (He sits thinking, deeply. The screen door. slams, and Mrs. Craig comes in again, looking keenly towards the portières) Did those men say when they’d be back here?
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t remember whether they did or not;—I suppose they did. They said they’d get in touch with you if it was necessary. (Coming forward to his side, and lowering her voice) But, if they do come back here, Walter, don’t give them any more information than I did.
Craig
- Well, I certainly won’t deny that I was a friend of Fergus’.
Mrs. Craig
- You don’t have to deny that you were a friend of his; but you certainly don’t have to submit to a lot of cross-examination by detectives, either, simply because you happened to be a friend of his. (She turns away and moves to the front of the center table) Let them go and cross-examine some of his other friends; you weren’t the only friend he had.
