Who 's there ? Come in ! I was asleep .The sound of LARRY 's breathing can be heard .Well , Larry , what is it ? LARRY comes skirting along the wall , as if craving its support , outside the radius of the light .Are you ill ? LARRY stands still again and heaves a deep sigh . What is it , man ?Have you committed a murder that you stand there like a fish ? By Jove ! Drunk again !What do you mean by coming here in this state ? I told you —— If you were n't my brother ——! Come here , where I can we you ! What 's the matter with you , Larry ? What in God 's name is this nonsense ?Come , Larry ! Pull yourself together and drop exaggeration ! What on earth do you mean ? Be quiet ! LARRY lifts his hands and wrings them . When — when — what ——? Good God ! How ? Where ? You 'd better tell me quietly from the beginning . Here , drink this coffee ; it 'll clear your head . He pours out and hands him a cup of coffee . LARRY drinks it off . Women ! Always women , with you ! Well ? Yes ? What did you do then ? Well ? How far ? Was — did anyone see ? What time ? And then ? Why — in heaven 's name ? Where is this place ? And the archway ? Good God ! Why , I saw it in the paper this morning . They were talking of it in the Courts !Here it is again . “ Body of a man was found this morning under an archway in Glove Lane . From marks about the throat grave suspicion of foul play are entertained . The body had apparently been robbed . ” My God !You saw this in the paper and dreamed it . D'you understand , Larry ?— you dreamed it . Did you take anything from the-body ? “ Patrick Walenn ” — Was that his name ? “ Simon 's Hotel , Farrier Street , London . ”No !— that makes me ——What in God 's name made you come here and tell me ? Do n't you know I 'm — I 'm within an ace of a Judgeship ? Love ! Steady , Larry ! Let 's think it out . You were n't seen , you say ? When did you leave the girl again ? Where did you go ? To Fitzroy Street ? What have you done since ? Not been out ? Not seen the girl ? Will she give you away ? Or herself hysteria ? Who knows of your relations with her ? No one ? Did anyone see you go in last night , when you first went to her ? Give them to me . LARRY takes two keys from his pocket and hands them to his brother . What ! A girl like that ? What else have you that connects you with her ? In your rooms ? Photographs ? Letters ? Sure ? No one saw you going back to her ? You were fortunate . Sit down again , man . I must think . He turns to the fire and leans his elbows on the mantelpiece and his head on his hands . LARRY Sits down again obediently . It 's all too unlikely . It 's monstrous ! This Walenn — was it his first reappearance after an absence ? How did he find out where she was ? How drunk were you ? How much had you drunk , then ? You say you did n't mean to kill him . That 's something . She was hanging on to him , you say ?— That 's ugly . D'you mean she — loves you ? Can a woman like that love ? I 'm trying to get at truth . If you want me to help , I must know everything . What makes you think she 's fond of you ? I 'm talking of love . What made you choose that archway ? Did his face look as if he 'd been strangled ? Did it ? Very disfigured ? Did you look to see if his clothes were marked ? Why not ? You say he was disfigured . Would he be recognisable ? When she lived with him last — where was that ? Not Soho ? How long has she been at this Soho place ? Living this life ? Till , she met you ? And you believe ——? Always in the same rooms ? What was he ? A professional bully ? Spending most of his time abroad , I suppose . Can you say if he was known to the police ? Now listen , Larry . When you leave here , go straight home , and stay there till I give you leave to go out again . Promise . Is your promise worth anything ? Exactly . But if I 'm to help you , you must do as I say . I must have time to think this out . Have you got money ? Half-quarter day — yes , your quarter 's always spent by then . If you 're to get away — never mind , I can manage the money . Privilege of A brother . As it happens , I 'm thinking of myself and our family . You can n't indulge yourself in killing without bringing ruin . My God ! I suppose you realise that you 've made me an accessory after the fact — me , King 's counsel — sworn to the service of the Law , who , in a year or two , will have the trying of cases like yours ! By heaven , Larry , you 've surpassed yourself ! Come , Larry ! Hand it over . Come , Larry ! Courage ! LARRY looks up at him . Do n't go out . Do n't drink . Do n't talk . Pull yourself together ! No , no . Courage ! LARRY reaches the door , turns as if to say something-finds no words , and goes . A friend of Larry 's . Do n't be frightened . She has recoiled again to the window ; and when he finds the switch and turns the light up , she is seen standing there holding her dark wrapper up to her throat , so that her face has an uncanny look of being detached from the body .You need n't be afraid . I have n't come to do you harm — quite the contrary .Larry would n't have given me these , would he , if he had n't trusted me ? WANDA does not move , staring like a spirit startled out of the flesh . Larry 's brother . WANDA , with a sigh of utter relief , steals forward to the couch and sinks down . KEITH goes up to her . He 'd told me . An awful business ! In this room ? You — look very young . What 's your name ? Are you fond of Larry ? I — I 've come to see what you can do to save him . WANDA ,You would not deceive me . You are really his brother ? I swear it . This , man , your — your husband , before he came here the night before last — how long since you saw him ? Does anyone about here know you are his wife ? They 've discovered who he was — you know that ? Did my brother ever see him before ? Yes . I saw the mark . Have you a servant ? Does she know Larry ? Friends — acquaintances ? Do you mean that ? How long ? So you have not been out since ——? What have you been doing ? Look at me .If the worst comes , and this man is traced to you , can you trust yourself not to give Larry away ? Good ! One more question . Do the police know you — because — of your life ?You know where Larry lives ? You must n't go there , and he must n't come to you . Leave that to me . I 'm going to do all I can . You said no one comes but Larry . Curse ! I must have left that door .You told me they did n't know you . After your life , who can believe — -  ? Look here ! You drifted together and you 'll drift apart , you know . Better for him to get away and make a clean cut of it . I 'm thinking of Larry . With you , his danger is much greater . There 's a good chance as things are going . You may wreck it . And for what ? Just a few months more of — well — you know . You must know what Larry is . He 'll never stick to you . The last man on earth to stick to anything ! But for the sake of a whim he 'll risk his life and the honour of all his family . I know him . Now , now ! At any moment they may find out your connection with that man . So long as Larry goes on with you , he 's tied to this murder , do n't you see ? Larry has loved dozens of women . Do n't cry ! If I give you money , will you disappear , for his sake ? Ah ! First Larry , then you ! Come now . It 's better for you both . A few months , and you 'll forget you ever met . I do n't want you to go back to that life . That 's not enough . You know that . You must take it out of his hands . He will never give up his present for the sake of his future . If you 're as fond of him as you say , you 'll help to save him . Well , well ! Get up . Listen ! So much for your promise not to go out ! Exactly ! So you can joke , can you ? A boat leaves for the Argentine the day after to-morrow ; you must go by it . You can n't go together . I 'll send her by the next boat . Yes . You 're lucky they 're on a false scent . You have n't seen it ? They 've taken up a vagabond who robbed the body . He pawned a snake-shaped ring , and they identified this Walenn by it . I 've been down and seen him charged myself . He 's in no danger . They always get the wrong man first . It 'll do him no harm to be locked up a bit — hyena like that . Better in prison , anyway , than sleeping out under archways in this weather . A little yellow , ragged , lame , unshaven scarecrow of a chap . They were fools to think he could have had the strength . You ? Where ? You went back there ? He 's in no danger , I tell you . He could never have strangled —— Why , he had n't the strength of a kitten . Now , Larry ! I 'll take your berth to-morrow . Here 's moneyYou can make a new life of it out there together presently , in the sun . Bosh ! Dismiss it from your mind ; there 's not nearly enough evidence . No . You 've got your chance . Take it like a man . What ! I tell you no jury would convict ; and if they did , no judge would hang . A ghoul who can rob a dead body , ought to be in prison . He did worse than you . Do n't be a fool ! I suppose I may ask you not to be entirely oblivious of our name . Or is that unworthy of your honour ? You owe it to me — to our name — to our dead mother — to do nothing anyway till we see what happens . Can I trust you ? Swear ? Remember , nothing ! Good night ! Where 's Larry ? Guilty ! Sentence of death ! Fools !— idiots ! Girl ! girl ! It may all depend on you . Larry 's still living here ? I must wait for him . Are you ready to go away at any time ? And he ? A graveyard thief — a ghoul ! Listen ! Help me . Do n't let Larry out of your sight . I must see how things go . They 'll never hang this wretch .Now , we must stop Larry from giving himself up . He 's fool enough . D'you understand ? My God ! If the police come — find me here —No , he would n't without seeing you first . He 's sure to come . Watch him like a lynx . Do n't let him go without you . Listen ! It 's he ! The thing can n't stand . I 'll stop it somehow . But you must give me time , Larry . Think my reasons what you like . This man can and shall get off . I want your solemn promise that you wo n't give yourself up , nor even go out till I 've seen you again . By the memory of our mother , swear that . I have your oath — both of you — both of you . I 'm going at once to see what can be done . Asleep ! Drunk ! Ugh !What !Larry ! Larry !My God !“ I , Lawrence Darrant , about to die by my own hand confess that I —— ”If I leave that there — my name — my whole future !My God ! It 's ruin !All my —— No ! Let him hang !What 's that ? What ——!Fool ! Nothing !