"Kiss of Death A crime play in 3 acts by A.V.Samsjö" "Investigation on Dr Monro, dead on April the 1st, under mysterious circumstances." "The first witness was Mrs Anna Harper, a maid of the deceased." ""As I was laying the breakfast table..."" ""...came the doctors little girl and said that something horrible had happened..."" ""...the doktor lay dead outside the guest room..."" ""A man I'd never seen before came and told me not to fuss with the child, and to instead let the police, whom he had called, in."" ""Because of what the stranger said, the police arrested our servant."" "Testimony of the second witness." "The second witness was chief engineer Weyler, head of the drawings department of United Mechanics." "He said..." "I must therefore warn you firmly:" "If the drawings aren't ready by the 1st of April the company is going to lose millions of crowns." "I need hardly add that the company will have no need for you in the future if you aren't finished in time." ""I had suffered of an inexplicable tiredness and inability to work..."" ""My neighbour and family doctor, Dr Monro, had regularly examined and treated me..."" ""and I continued taking the medicine he prescribed, but became only more and more powerless..."" ""My boss freaked out when he saw how slowly I worked."" ""All drawings must be finished by April the First."" "I can't stand your ignoring me!" "Your work seems to be more dear to you than your wife." "I have decided to go back to my parents." "You'll never see me again." "Your jilted wife, Ruth." ""One day engineer Lebel came to visit me." "He wanted to show me an invention."" ""I made an astounding observation..."" ""Can you see how similar we look!" "Let me see your profile!"" ""A crazy thought came upon me"" ""I can't leave without losing my job, but you could fill in for me without anyone noticing and you would get the drawings done in time."" ""First he found my proposal insane..."" ""... but after we had exchanged clothes he seemed enticed by my plan"" ""To get rid of any hesitation on his side, I proposed we conduct a test..."" ""...when he moreover heard that my wife had left me, he agreed to my proposal."" ""I myself travelled for a stay in a resting resort."" "End of act 1" "Kiss of Death second act" "The testimony of the third witness." "The third witness was engineer Lebel and he tells of how he is one day visited by Monro, who is uncomfortably surprised to see him in good health." "So as not to raise suspicion he takes the medicine Monro brought, and consequently becomes very sick." "As Monro isn't available, a Dr Adell takes care of him." "Dr Adell finds the case suspicious and after an examination of the medicine he can declare its dangerous nature." "Lebel recovers quickly and returns to work, during which he is disturbed by a visit by Weyler's wife." "He takes up his role and she notices nothing." "In the evening of March the 30th the last drawing is finished but it is stolen during the night." "Lebel says that he had a dreamlike vision of seeing a mysterious person move in the room." ""In the morning..."" ""..." "I found out to my shock that the last, most important drawing had disappeared."" ""Dr Adell promised to help me solve the mystery."" ""When the night came we took our safety precautions."" ""Once again I saw the mysterious figure..."" ""He grabbed my hand to feel my pulse..." "And said quietly to himself:" "Strange!" "This isn't Weyler!"" ""Then he tried to break into the safe."" ""Half numb from the impact we fell over..." "but, unharmed, I started following him immediately."" ""I found no trace of the intruder..." "But further down the street I noticed a lonely wanderer..."" ""To my surprise he turned out to be Dr Monro."" ""He followed me back to the gate where we found the gas mask and the coat our mysterious guest had worn."" ""Dr Monro volunteered to examine the mask at his home..."" ""I decided to follow him anyway to be present during the examination."" ""I asked Dr Adell to wait until I'd contact him and then went with Dr Monro."" "End of act 2" "Kiss of Death Third act" ""I followed Dr Monro to his home."" ""The door was locked from the outside."" ""The next door was also locked..." "but I heard sneaking steps on the other side..." "The key turned in the lock..."" ""...and a little girl opened the door and asked for her father." "It was Monros daughter."" ""After the girl had gone back to bed, I went out to the hall and suddenly heard voices from a room."" "Now Lebel finds out that the United Mechanics's most dangerous competitor was behind the poisoning attempts and the stolen drawings, and that now they were thinking of getting rid of him." "So as not to raise suspicion he accepts Monros invitation to stay for the night." "In the morning the servant serves Lebel hot chocolate that he leaves untouched." "Monros daughter comes in running." "In her enthusiasm she pushes on the tray and gets hot chocolate on her." "Dr Monro comes soon in, embracing and kissing her." "In a few seconds he collapses dead on the floor." "Dr Adell examined the contents of the sugar bowl and found a lethal posion." ""I found the stolen drawings that could be brought to the boss, and 'my wife' returned and happily threw herself onto my arms..."" ""...but at due time also 'my wifes' husband!"" "The end"