Janet Preece.

Yes, sir—ordinary troubles. I could tell a woman: I could tell your wife if she was as kind as you seem to be.

Hugh Murray.

My dear young lady, I have no wife. Come now, don’t think of me as anything but a mere machine.

[He listens without looking at her.]

Janet Preece.

I—want—to—find somebody who has disappeared.

Hugh Murray.

Yes? A man or a woman?

Janet Preece.