he were he'd live with us and--

WILLIAM. No, father. When I marry I've got to have my own home and--

CROSBY. Nonsense. Don't talk like a fool. You'd live here with me and
your mother--and your wife, of course.

DONOHUE. I think perhaps we'd better defer that discussion, gentlemen.
(_He turns toward_ HELEN.) And this young lady?

WILLIAM. My fiancee, Miss O'Neill.

DONOHUE. Well, that finishes that. (_Rises, standing below table_ R.)

MISS EASTWOOD. But, Inspector, you haven't asked anything about the medium?

DONOHUE. Perhaps I don't consider that necessary, Miss Eastwood.

MISS EASTWOOD. But--

DONOHUE. And I'm terribly set on conducting this investigation in my own
way, if you don't mind.

(_Enter_ DUNN _from_ L.C.)

DUNN. Inspector!

DONOHUE. Well?

DUNN (_at door_ L.C.). I can't tell for sure, but I guess the knife went
clean into the heart. He must have died instantly.

DONOHUE. All right. Let me know when the Coroner arrives. (DUNN _starts
toward door down_ L.) And, Dunn!

DUNN. Yes, sir.

DONOHUE (_going_ C.). You'd better let me have a look at that knife.

(DUNN _turns sharply and looks at him._)

DUNN (_down_ L.). The knife?

DONOHUE. Yes, the knife.

DUNN. I haven't seen any knife. I thought you had it.

DONOHUE. No. I haven't seen it. (_There is a long pause._ DONOHUE _is_
R. _of_ CROSBY.) Mr. Crosby?

CROSBY (_still_ L.C.). We didn't find it.

DONOHUE. Look carefully?

CROSBY. Everywhere. While we were waiting for you.

DONOHUE. Who moved Mr. Wales' body?

CROSBY. I did.

DONOHUE. No one else touched him?

CROSBY. No one.

DONOHUE. What did you do, after you had carried him to the sofa?

CROSBY. I saw that he had been stabbed. I looked for the knife.

DONOHUE. Where?

CROSBY. On the floor, under the stairs, everywhere I could think of.

DONOHUE. No trace of it?

CROSBY. None.

DONOHUE. What did you do then?

CROSBY. Nothing. I waited for you.

DONOHUE. How long after you found that Mr. Wales was killed did you turn
on the lights?

CROSBY. Why, I told you; we turned on the light before we found what had
happened.

DONOHUE. Would it have been possible for the murderer to have hidden it
about the room?

CROSBY. I doubt it very much.

DONOHUE. Why?

CROSBY. I don't think there would have been time. I don't see how anyone
could have done it at all. It's all a mystery to me. I told you the
circle was intact. You remember?

(_There is a pause._)

DONO