- Joe Mannix: Mrs. Cornell?
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: Hi. If you're Fluffy the Clown, you can change your costume right in that room. Oh, and you better hurry, because the kids will be here directly from school.
- Joe Mannix: I'm afraid I'm not Fluffy.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: Oh.
- Joe Mannix: My name is Joe Mannix.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: Well, you must have the wrong address. Oh, but while you're here, would you mind handing me that tape?
- [gets the tape from a nearby table and hands it to Cornell]
- Joe Mannix: There you are.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: Thanks.
- [places the tape]
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: There. Do you like it?
- Joe Mannix: Very, very nice.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: Now you just tell me who you're looking for and I'll steer you to the right house.
- Joe Mannix: I am at the right house, Mrs. Cornell. Laura Rand told me about you. I'm a private investigator.
- [pause]
- Joe Mannix: She really didn't want to give me your name. But you have my word that no one else will know why I came here.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: There's been some mistake.
- Joe Mannix: This is an emergency. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come. Someone is blackmailing Laura. They've already killed Roy Benson and Belle Hogan.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: I don't want to hear any more.
- Joe Mannix: All I want from you is a name. Any name you can remember from that time that you and Laura roomed together.
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: That was so long ago.
- Joe Mannix: There's got to be someone you remember. Someone you might have accidentally told about Laura's past?
- Brooke Maxwell Cornell: I never told anyone about Laura. You've got to believe me. Please, look, this is my daughter's eighth birthday. The children will be coming here. I swear, I don't know anything or anyone.
- Joe Mannix: All right, Mrs. Cornell. I'm sorry if I interrupted. I won't bother you again.
- [pause]
- Joe Mannix: I got a feeling your daughter's a very lucky girl.
- [walks towards the front and leaves]