Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams
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BELSIZE: We've had the woods pretty well thrashed. (_To OLIVIA_) Those would be the men you saw. Now she was ... HUBERT (_taking the floor_): She may have had a brain-storm, you know, and taken a train somewhere. That's not uncommon, you know, among people of her sort. (_Airing knowledge_) And if what we gather from our friend here's true--and she's both a dipsomaniac _and_ a nymphomaniac-- MRS. BRAMSON: Hark at the walking dictionary! BELSIZE: We found her bag in her room; and maniacs can't get far without cash ... however dipso or nympho they may be.... HUBERT: Oh. BELSIZE: She was a very flashy type of wo--she _is_ a flashy type, I should say. At least I hope I should say ... MRS. BRAMSON: What d'you mean? Why d'you hope? BELSIZE: Well ... OLIVIA: You don't mean she may be ... she mayn't be alive? BELSIZE: It's possible. MRS. BRAMSON: You'll be saying she's been murdered next! BELSIZE: That's been known. |
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