I won't have to trouble you after all, sir.
(MASON drops down to console table R. of chesterfield. DONOHUE gives a little laugh.)
Funny how these old superstitions cling to us. One of the first tests for guilt invented by detectives was to ask a supposed murderer to touch the body of his victim. (Slight pause.) The test didn't work very well, did it? Certainly you four gentlemen can't all be guilty. (Slight pause.) Well, we'll have to try something else. (Very impressively.) Because, you know, I really am going to arrest the murderer of Edward Wales to-night.
(DUNN enters from L., followed by POLLOCK.)
Carry the sofa into another room, please.
CROSBY (down L.). Into that room, please. (Indicating door L.C.)
(DUNN goes up to door L.C., turns knob—discovers door is locked. POLLOCK crosses to R. end of chesterfield facing fireplace on which dummy has been placed between first and second acts. Dummy is covered with a drapery.)
DUNN (at door L.C.). The door is locked.
DONOHUE (C.). Oh, yes, try these keys.
(DUNN comes down L.C., gets keys, goes up and unlocks door. He and POLLOCK pick up chesterfield, POLLOCK taking his end of chesterfield through door L.C. first.)