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Search me. Frisco first.

Hadn’t you better take Amy with you?

[He turns then and looks sternly into startled eyes.]

What?

You heard me.

I don’t get you.

Amy came to see me last week. I didn’t tell her what the trouble was. I didn’t have the heart. I put her off. Oh, it’s easy to fool a woman. But you can’t fool a doctor, Joe. [A step nearer and eyes hard on his face.] Tony isn’t the father. He couldn’t be. [A long pause.]

[Under his breath]: Oh, Christ!