killing. And I am alive. Truly and wonderfully alive. That is what I have done, Granno. (Long pause.) What’s the matter? Are you getting superstitious?
Granillo. No. I’m not superstitious.
Brandon (suavely). Then I may put on the light?
Granillo. No. You mayn’t. . . .
[Their figures may now be dimly discerned in the faint glow from the fire.
Brandon?
Brandon. Yes?
Granillo. You remember when Ronald came in? . . .
Brandon. What do you mean—“when Ronald came in”?
Granillo. When Ronald came in here . . . when he came in from the car. You were standing at the door.
Brandon. Yes.
Granillo. Did you see anyone standing there? . . . Up the street . . . about seventy yards?
Brandon. No.
Granillo. There was someone. There was a man. I saw him. I’ve remembered.
Brandon. Well, what of it?
Granillo. Oh, nothing. . . . Brandon . . .
Brandon. Yes?
Granillo. When I met Ronald. When I met him—coming out of the Coliseum—when I met him, and got him into the car—why shouldn’t someone have seen us?
Brandon. What do you mean by someone?
Granillo. Oh, someone. Anyone. Did we think of that, Brandon?
Brandon. I did.
[Granillo is now seated in armchair L. Pause.
Granillo. It’s in the room, you know. Do you think we’ll get away with it?
Brandon. When? To-night?
Granillo. Yes.
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