CRAIG’S WIFE
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Mrs. Craig
- She listened in on this one, didn’t she?
Craig
- On which one?
Mrs. Craig
- What? (She steps back from him suddenly, and touches her hair, in an effort to appear casual) What did you say?
Craig
- Which call do you say the operator listened in on?
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t know which one she listened in on. But some one must have listened in on something or those men wouldn’t have come here, would they?
Craig
- Did they say the operator had reported on a call from here?
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t remember what they said, distinctly. One of them kept rambling something about a telephone call, but I assumed it was the one that Birkmire made to you last night out at Fergus’.
Craig
- Didn’t they say when the call was made?
Mrs. Craig
- What does it matter when it was made, Walter?
Craig
- It matters a lot.
Mrs. Craig
- The fact remains, doesn’t it, that that telephone is undoubtedly being watched now.
Craig (whirling round and picking up the telephone again)
- Well, I want to know why it’s being watched.
