Made
his name.
DAN (_abstractedly_): If you _can_ make your name withou
nobody knowin' what it is, o' course.
BELSIZE (_slightly piqued_): Yes, of course.... But I don't reckon
he's been as bright as all that.
DAN (_after a slight pause_): Oh, you don't?
BELSIZE: No! They'll nab him in no time.
DAN: Oh ... Mrs. Bramson'll be that relieved. And the whole country
besides....
BELSIZE: Look here, Dan, any self-respecting murderer would have taken
care to mutilate the body to such a degree that nobody could recognise
it--and here we come and identify it first go! (DAN _folds his arms
and looks thoughtful_.) Call that clever?... What d'you think?
DAN _catches his eye and crosses to the sofa._
DAN: Well, sir, I'm a slow thinker, I am, but though it might be clever
to leave the lady unide--unide----
BELSIZE: Unidentified.
DAN (_sitting on the edge of the sofa_): Thank you, sir....
(_Laboriously_) Well, though it be clever to leave the lady
unidentified and not be caught ... hasn't it been more clever to leave
her _i_dentified .
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