MRS. TRENT. Look at him! Father! Look at him!
(CROSBY _drops_ ROSALIE'S _hand and springs forward towards_ WALES. _At the same instant_ WALES _falls forward on his face to the floor. The others all rise, chairs are knocked over in the confusion which follows._)
CROSBY. Stand back, please. (_The others move back a little._ CROSBY _leans over_ WALES.) Why, he--why--it's impossible.
(CROSBY _looks at his hand, takes out his handkerchief and wipes it hurriedly, then crosses suddenly to the door_ L. ROSALIE _has come out of her trance and sits staring at_ WALES _as he lies on the floor in front of her. The two figures are thrown out from the shadows of the room by the light on the table at the back of_ MADAME LA GRANGE. _The rest of the room is in semi-darkness._ TRENT _kneels by_ WALES' _body._)
(TRENT _turns_ WALES' _body over on back._)
CROSBY. Get on the 'phone at once and call up Police Headquarters. Get Inspector Donohue if you can. Tell him to come to the house at once.
(CROSBY _turns away from the door, and faces the others who have followed him over._)
WILLIAM. Father, what do you suppose it is? Are you sure that--
MRS. TRENT. It can't be. He was talking and--
MRS. CROSBY. Roscoe, are you sure? Hadn't we better send for a doctor?
(TRENT _is leaning over_ WALES' _body on the floor._)
CROSBY. Mr. Wales was stabbed in the back, just as Spencer Lee was stabbed in the back.
STANDISH. Just as he was asking--just when he was trying to find out who--
POLLOCK (_outside of door_). Inspector Donohue was at the Fifty-first Street Station, sir. He's on his way here. (_There is a pause_). Shall I unlock the door, sir?
CROSBY. _No_--not until the Inspector tells you.
_Discovered:_--CROSBY _standing by the door_ L. ROSALIE _still tied in chair. Dummy supposed to represent_ WALES' _body, covered by a piece of drapery, has been placed on chesterfield facing fireplace up_ C.
MRS. TRENT _seated below console table_ L. _end of chesterfield._
MISS EASTWOOD _seated at_ R. _end of console table_ R. _of chesterfield, rattling book leaves._
STANDISH _standing over_ R. _below table._
HELEN--WILLIAM--_standing above table_ R.
MRS. CROSBY _seated_ L. _next to_ ROSALIE. MISS ERSKINE _seated next to_ MRS. CROSBY, _tapping the sides of the chair with her fingers._ MASON _in front of fireplace_ C., _looking at_ WALES' _body. Eventually he moves to_ MISS EASTWOOD _and takes the book away from her._