But it is gone. It is gone. I cannot let 'im get away.
I want a sign. I want a sign. Laughing Eyes, are we going to be beaten
by a scheming, cold-hearted murderer?
(_Two knocks are heard outside the door down_ L. _After five seconds two
further knocks_. ROSALIE _starts and looks hastily around the room_.)
I did not do that. I did not do that. (_She lifts her skirt and sees
that her feet are still in her shoes_.) It is come! After all the years,
a real message. A real message. I will 'ave it in the dark, believing
and trusting that I am to be shown.
(_She crosses down to door_ L. _and switches off the light. All the
lights in the room are out. The spot from the window shines on the
ceiling, brilliantly illuminating the knife_. ROSALIE _moves_ C.)
Laughing Eyes, have you a message for me? (_She looks up at knife in
ceiling_.) Look at it! The knife!
(_The door at_ L. _opens_, POLLOCK _stands in the doorway. He sees that
the lights are out and turns them on. Then he sees_ ROSALIE, _who is
standing_ C., _facing front as in a trance_.)
POLLOCK. Excuse me, madam. I knocked twice, but you didn't hear me.
ROSALIE. I 'eard you. Just the same, it was a message.
POLLOCK. The Inspector says, have you got anything you want to tell him?
(ROSALIE _stands lost in thought_. POLLOCK _looks at her for a moment
and then nervously begins to place the chair below table to up_ R.
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