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CRAIG’S WIFE
Mrs. Craig
- Oh, don’t try to make yourself out a martyr; you’ve had your share of this bargain.
- [He turns suddenly and looks at her, then comes forward again to the front of the table.
Craig
- I never regarded this thing as a bargain.
Mrs. Craig
- Did you expect me to go into a thing as important as marriage with my eyes shut?
Craig
- I wanted you to go into it honestly, as I went into it—fifty-fifty—And you’ve been playing safe right from the start.
- [He turns away towards the piano.
Mrs. Craig
- I’ve been doing nothing of the kind.
Craig
- Don’t tell me what you’ve been doing; I see your game as clearly as my aunt sees it. (He turns and comes back towards her) You’ve been exploiting me, consistently, in your shifty little business of personal safety. And you’d throw me right now to the suspicion of implication in this double murder—to preserve that safety.
- [He goes back towards the piano again.
Mrs. Craig (almost crying)
- I’ve been trying toe preserve my home.
Craig
- That’s all I’ve heard from you since the day I married you.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, what else has a woman like me but her home?
