Another Man's Poison Page #5

That's all right.

Looks like janet's asleep.

She can't be asleep.

Who is it?

My secretary and, her... fiance.

You said monday.

She must have gone to bed.

Janet!

Janet?

Who's there?

Larry, it's janet.

Well, open up then.

I'm afraid i can't. The door seems to be jammed.

Janet. Are you all right?

Of course i'm all right. I didn't expect you back till monday, chris.

You remember larry.

Quite.

Did my faithful little secretary

think i might suddenly have a juicy murder to dictate?

Janet.

I do hope we didn't disturb you.

...only so glad i was still up.

It is a bit late.

After all, i'm a bohemian.

Dozens of people drop in.

Adds to the spice of life.

I told larry it might be too late.

Oh, so it was his idea.

Huh. I'm afraid it was

in the middle of dinner i turned to chris and said,

do you suppose your employer would mind

if we descended upon her for the weekend.

Chris was doubtful, but i insisted.

I see.

I felt a craving for the mountain air.

The call of the countryside.

Chris will show you to your room.

The guest room?

No, the one at the end of the hall.

My husband's in the guest room

husband?

Your husband?

Yes, the night air teems with unexpected guests.

Sounds like shakespeare, but isn't.

But i thought that you and he were...

and so did i, but he seems to believe whom god joined...

it's very tiresome.

Well, i feel a little weary. I think i'll go to bed.

Shall i show you to your room?

Oh, chris, the phone is out of order.

Would you have it tended to in the morning?

Yes, certainly, janet. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

What about the hat?

In the tarn, with him.

We should have burned it.

We should have a lot of things.

What about them?

Gone to bed.

Good.

I need a drink.

Janet, as husband and wife...

as husband and wife, there's a communicating door between our rooms.

It is locked.

They say a chair under the handle is even better than a lock.

A man who know is place is better than either of them.

Shall we go?

Janet.

Janet.

Oh, good morning.

Good morning.

Where's mrs. Preston?

She's out riding.

Riding?

Oh what time is it?

Ten o'clock.

She said you had a very exhausting day and i was to let you sleep.

You're the... uh secretary?

Yes. Chris dale.

May i say welcome home, mr. Preston.

Thank you.

When is she coming back?

Well, that's difficult to say.

They've been gone about an hour.

They?

My fiance is with her.

Oh. Tell her i want to see her as soon as she comes back.

Oh, this is mr. Bigley.

I asked him to call back, but he particularly wanted to wait.

I can come back if it's inconvenient, but

i've cycled up here from the village and

i've got a touch of arthritis.

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