PURT. (Pause.) Then what has become of Dan Cassidy?
PETERS. Mr. Luke Cranbourne is downstairs, sir, and would like to see you.
ALLEN. Oh, bother Luke Cranbourne—tell him I’m out.
PETERS. Yes, sir. (Going. As he is by door.)
ALLEN. Stop! (Peters turns.) Ask Mr. Cranbourne to come back in a quarter of an hour. (Looks at watch.)
PETERS. Yes, sir. (Exit c.)
ALLEN. What sort of a man was Dan Cassidy?
HANN. A pale, dark-eyed man with a long black beard.
ALLEN. Would you know him again without the black beard, and under another name?
HANN. (Fiercely.) Know him! Will you bring me face to face with him?