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She starts to go upstairs, but notices the basement door ajar. She heads down there, but Jenny is no where to be seen. She must have opened the door, muses Magda. Did she see the coffin, open it? Is he all right? She herself opens the coffin. Barnabas is asleep, unharmed. Hearing Jenny crying, Magda closes the coffin. She finds her sister huddled against a wall, sobbing for Quentin.
What is it you want me to tell him? asks Vicki. The truth, of course, says Roger--that I left the house at 10 of 11. I don't know when you left, says Vicki, I didn't see you go. That's a pity, says Roger, still, if we did discuss your dinner engagement until 10:45, surely you believe it took me at least five minutes to get my business papers together. I suppose it must have, says Vicki.That's all I want you to tell Burke, says Roger. Very well, she says. Roger stands, smiling.