It was a damned brutal murder, stabbed in the back, poor
chap, with never a chance to fight for his life. (_Moves over_ L.)
MASON (_by table_ R.). I don't seem to remember anything about the case.
WALES. It happened before you got back from France--no, by Jove, it
didn't either. It was a day or two after. I remember you and I had lunch
together the day you got home and I had dinner that night with Spencer.
Funny you don't remember anything about it.
(WILLIAM _sits_ R. _in circle_.)
MASON. Well, of course, I must have seen it in the papers, but I don't
go in much for crimes, and not knowing the man I wasn't interested.
STANDISH (_sitting in circle_ L.C.). It was a good deal of a sensation.
The man knew a lot of nice people. Came here a good deal, didn't he,
Mr. Crosby?
CROSBY (_sitting in circle up_ C.). At one time. But after Helen married
he rather dropped out of it. Fact is, until Trent here appeared on the
scene he was always hanging around.
(TRENT _comes down and sits in_ R. _side of circle_.)
STANDISH. Funny they never found out who killed him.
WALES (_standing outside of circle_, L. _side_). They may not. They
haven't stopped trying.
MASON (_seated on table_ R.). Oh, are the police still interested?
WALES. Yes, they're interested. As a matter of fact there's a reward of
five thousand dollars for the discovery of the murderers.
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