Let him wait in the machine. Margaret will come when I get done with her.
(A knock is heard at right rear.) (Starkweather looks at Dobleman and signifies that he is to open door.)
(Dobleman unlocks door, and Hubbabd and Chalmers enter. Beyond the shortest of nods and recognitions with eyes, greetings are cut short by the strain that is on all. Dobleman relocks door.)
Starkweather
(Plunging into it.) Look here, Tom. You know those letters Gherst stole. Mr. Hubbard recovered them from Knox and returned them to me this morning. Within five minutes Margaret stole them from me—here, right in this room. She has not left the room. They are on her now. I want them.
Chalmers
(Who is obviously incapable of coping with his wife, and who is panting for breath, his hand pressed to his side.) Madge, is this true?
Margaret
I haven't them. I tell you I haven't them.
Starkweather