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The Thirteenth Chair by Bayard Veiller
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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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