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se of you. DUNN. Got it, Inspector. (_Crosses to_ C.) DONOHUE (_down_ R.). Do they compare? DUNN. To a T. (ROSALIE C., HELEN _down_ R. DONOHUE _in front table between_ HELEN _and_ ROSALIE.) DONOHUE. All right. Let me have 'em. Now ask Mr. Crosby and his son to come here at once. (DUNN _turns and exits_ L. DONOHUE _up_ C. _crosses to back of table_ R.) I already have your daughter's finger-prints, Madame la Grange. ROSALIE. 'Ave you really? ... You are very smart. (HELEN _crosses to_ ROSALIE R.C. ROSALIE _puts her arms about the girl and swings her_ L. _of her. When_ DONOHUE _opens box at the back of table_ CROSBY _and_ WILLIAM _enter from_ L. _accompanied by_ DUNN.) DONOHUE. That's all, Mike. (DUNN _exits_ L. _and closes door_. CROSBY L. _of_ HELEN. WILLIAM L. _of_ CROSBY.) Mr. Crosby, I told you that I'd settle this case in a few minutes. The end has come sooner than I thought. I am now ready to make an arrest. I have sent for you and your son because-- (_He suddenly turns toward_ HELEN.) This is the woman we have been hunting. ROSALIE. That is a lie! (R. _end of chesterfield_.) (WILLIAM _goes to_ HELEN.) DONOHUE (_picking up cup and holding it out toward them_). Here is the cup-- (CROSBY _crosses down_ R. _to below table--moves chair over_ R.) which we took from Spencer Lee's rooms. These are the finger-prints of the woman who used it. (_Ignoring_ CROSBY _for the moment_.) Here is the saucer that she used. More finger-prints. A few minutes ago I sent this young woman a note. The man who gave it to her wore gloves, so did I when I addressed the envelope. Hers are the only naked hands that have touched it. (_He picks up the envelope gingerly by one corner, and holds it outward to them._) They are unquestionably Helen O'Neill's finger-prints. (HELEN _is in_ WILLIAM'S _arms_. DONOHUE _puts down the envelope. Then he picks up the cup and points to the finger-marks on it_.) And so, Mr. Crosby, are these. There can be no doubt about it. There is never any doubt about this method of identification. In twenty years there has never been one mistake. We now have what we've been hunting for: the woman who went to Spencer Lee's rooms. (DONOHUE _steps back with a little gesture of triumph_. CROSBY _stands staring at the girl_. ROSALIE _comes to_ R. _of_ HELEN, _turns to her_.) ROSALIE (C.). Look at me, my darling. Look at your mother. (_She takes_ HELEN'S _face in her hands and looks at he
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