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The County Attorney George Henderson is investigating the murder of John Wright. After questioning Mr. Hale (the Wrights' neighbor), he turns his attention to Mrs. Hale. While Mrs. Hale feels defensive of Minnie Wright (suspected of killing her husband), the County Attorney is dismissive of the work women do, considering it “trifles” and unimportant compared to the business of men.
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COUNTY ATTORNEY: (with the gallantry of a young politician) And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?* (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes a dipperful of water from the pail and pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller-towel, turns it for a cleaner place)* Dirty towels! *(kicks his foot
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