INSPECTOR: Rolly Kingsbury's been shot....

The Drag

Allen Grayson Inspector

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INSPECTOR: Rolly Kingsbury's been shot.

GRAYSON: Shot!

INSPECTOR: Yes, murdered.

GRAYSON: Murdered!

INSPECTOR: Yeah, perhaps you can tell us something about it.

GRAYSON: Why this is the first I've heard. I don't know what to say. (Looks at CLAIR) God---this is terrible!

INSPECTOR: Where were you at three o'clock this morning?

GRAYSON: I was at a card game. But, why question me?

INSPECTOR: When was the last time you spoke to Rolly Kingsbury?

GRAYSON: Friday evening.

INSPECTOR: Oh, that is the evening you escorted Mrs. Kingsbury to the opera. The evening you held her in your arms and kissed her. The evening you quarreled with Rolly Kingsbury over his wife.

GRAYSON: That's a lie. I quarreled with him, but it was not about his wife.

INSPECTOR: What did you quarrel about?

GRAYSON: Men can

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