CRAIG’S WIFE
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- you. Mrs. Harold tells me here this morning that you told her last night that you’d broken it.
Craig
- So I did.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, you ought to be proud of yourself.
Craig
- I was for a moment.
Mrs. Craig
- What were you doing—leaning against the mantelpiece again as usual?
Craig
- No, it wasn’t an accident; I did it deliberately.
Mrs. Craig
- What do you mean, you did it deliberately?
Craig
- I mean that I smashed it purposely.
Mrs. Craig
- What for?
Craig
- I became suddenly heroic.
Mrs. Craig
- I don’t believe you.
Craig (turning away)
- Very well, that’s that.
Mrs. Craig
- Why would you deliberately break a beautiful, expensive ornament Like that?
Craig (turning back)
- I didn’t break it.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, you said you did.
