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Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams
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thinkin' about it next day when the woman was missing, and trying to
remember if I could think of anything funny----

BELSIZE: What time was that? (_He rises, crosses to the fireplace,
and throws his match into it._)

DAN: Oh, about ... oh, you know how you wake up in the night and don't
know what time it is....

BELSIZE (_staring at him doubtfully_): Mmm ...

DAN: I could never sleep when I was at sea, neither, sir.

BELSIZE: Mmm. (_Suddenly_) Are you feeling hot?

DAN: No.

BELSIZE: Your shirt's wet through.

DAN (_after a pause_): I've been sawin' some wood.

BELSIZE: Why didn't you tell us you were having an affair with the
deceased woman?

DAN: Affair? What's that?

BELSIZE: Come along, old chap, I'll use a straighter word if it'll help
you. But you're stalling. She was seen by two of the maids talking to
you in the shrubbery. Well?

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