The Thirteenth Chair by Bayard Veiller
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page 58 of 145 (40%)
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CROSBY. Who is it?
DONOHUE (_outside_). Inspector Donohue. CROSBY. Pollock, give Inspector Donohue all the keys. POLLOCK (_outside_). Yes, sir. (_There is a pause._) DONOHUE (_outside_). What is all this? POLLOCK (_outside_). I don't know, I'm sure. I was told to lock the door. I don't know what's been going on inside. Then I was told to call you. This is the right key for that door. (_The noise of the key being put into the lock can be heard, then the click as it is turned in the lock, then the door is opened, and_ INSPECTOR DONOHUE _in plain clothes comes well on stage_ L. _He is seen to be a clean-cut, intelligent-looking man of fifty. It later develops that he is reserved and extremely quiet in manner. He speaks like a gentleman and acts like one._ SERGEANT DUNN _enters also and drops below door_ L.) DONOHUE. Where's Mr. Wales? CROSBY (L.C.). How did you know that Wales-- DONOHUE (L. _of_ CROSBY, _interrupting him_). I don't know anything. I was thinking of something else. I was told that I was wanted here in a |
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