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CRAIG’S WIFE
Craig
- Why did you submit to their cross-examination?
Mrs. Craig (turning to him)
- Because I didn’t know at the time to what extent they were justified in questioning me. I thought probably they had some information about your having been out at Passmore’s last night. And I was at my wit’s end, trying to keep from saying something that would imply an admission of it. I told them right away that I’d just gotten in from Albany, so I suppose they assumed that I didn’t know where you’d been last night.
Craig
- How long did they stay here?
Mrs. Craig
- About fifteen minutes, I imagine; but it seemed like a year.
Craig
- What were they talking about all that time?
Mrs. Craig
- About you, and Fergus Passmore, and where you were, and when you’d be back, and all kinds of questions.
- [She goes to the piano and picks up his hat, settling the piano scarf.
Craig
- Did they say they’d been to any other of Fergus’ friends?
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t remember, they may have. They said something about him being very well known here socially, so they probably have.
- [Craig thinks for a second, then rises abruptly and crosses below the center table and up to the telephone.
