CRAIG’S WIFE
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Craig
- But, supposing something did? Wouldn’t it be very much better for me to have been open and aboveboard from the beginning, instead of having played a waiting game, and probably create an attitude of suspicion where there are no grounds for any?
Mrs. Craig
- There are grounds for suspicion, Walter; don’t evade the issue.
Craig
- What are they?
Mrs. Craig
- The fact that you were out there last night.
Craig
- That doesn’t mean a thing.
Mrs. Craig
- Evidently not, to you.
Craig
- Does it to you?
Mrs. Craig
- What does it matter what it means to me? It isn’t for me to determine the degree of your guilt or innocence. I’m not interested.
Craig
- You’re not interested!
Mrs. Craig
- I’m interested only in the impression on the popular mind,—and the respect of the community we’ve got to live in.
Craig
- You mean you’d rather know I was involved in this thing and keep the respect of the community, than know I was a victim of circumstances, and lose it?
