Excerpt of "Nancy Drew - The Play" When Nancy, Ned, and Corky find the secret passageway
Nancy: Ned, why is your shirt all wrinkled?
Ned: Because my closet's 6 inches deep.
Nancy: That's not possible. How could...? Show me.
Corky: What are you guys doing?
(As Nancy and Ned run to the closet, Corky trips and falls. He gets back up and tries to keep up with him. Nancy finds a latch and opens the “door” and finds the secret passageway.)
Nancy: A secret passageway! So this is how the intruder has been getting upstairs.
Corky: This is nuts.
Nancy: Ned, will you get my flashlight? It's in my kit.
Ned: Wouldn't this be considered sleuthing?
Nancy: Who are we kidding? I can't stop. Once I find the will and determine the identity of Z l'll tell my father everything. He'll understand. I mean, how else am I gonna help Jane? It's important. Don't you think?
Ned: Yeah. (Floor “shakes”)
…What was that?
Corky: I think we just had an earthquake. …Hello?
Ned: Nancy. Are you all right?
Corky: Where are you?
Nancy: I'm in the basement.
Ned: Do you see anything?
Nancy: I found a tunnel and I'm going in. If I'm not back in 10 minutes something bad has happened.
(Corky starts to giggle.)
Ned: I don't think that was a joke.
(Nancy crawls through the tunnel and ends up in an elderly woman’s laundry room.)
Nancy: Hi. Can I ask you a question?
Woman: Of course! Now, what is your name?
Nancy: Nancy Drew, My dad and I are renting out Mrs. Draycott’s house.
Woman: How nice, now what was your question?
Nancy: John Leshing. How does he know Dehlia Draycott? …And what about this tunnel.
Woman: Hmm… John Leshing. He's a tenant in this building. He's the caretaker of the Dehlia Draycott estate. If anyone knows about the tunnel, he does. …That man has always given me the willies.
Ned: Because my closet's 6 inches deep.
Nancy: That's not possible. How could...? Show me.
Corky: What are you guys doing?
(As Nancy and Ned run to the closet, Corky trips and falls. He gets back up and tries to keep up with him. Nancy finds a latch and opens the “door” and finds the secret passageway.)
Nancy: A secret passageway! So this is how the intruder has been getting upstairs.
Corky: This is nuts.
Nancy: Ned, will you get my flashlight? It's in my kit.
Ned: Wouldn't this be considered sleuthing?
Nancy: Who are we kidding? I can't stop. Once I find the will and determine the identity of Z l'll tell my father everything. He'll understand. I mean, how else am I gonna help Jane? It's important. Don't you think?
Ned: Yeah. (Floor “shakes”)
…What was that?
Corky: I think we just had an earthquake. …Hello?
Ned: Nancy. Are you all right?
Corky: Where are you?
Nancy: I'm in the basement.
Ned: Do you see anything?
Nancy: I found a tunnel and I'm going in. If I'm not back in 10 minutes something bad has happened.
(Corky starts to giggle.)
Ned: I don't think that was a joke.
(Nancy crawls through the tunnel and ends up in an elderly woman’s laundry room.)
Nancy: Hi. Can I ask you a question?
Woman: Of course! Now, what is your name?
Nancy: Nancy Drew, My dad and I are renting out Mrs. Draycott’s house.
Woman: How nice, now what was your question?
Nancy: John Leshing. How does he know Dehlia Draycott? …And what about this tunnel.
Woman: Hmm… John Leshing. He's a tenant in this building. He's the caretaker of the Dehlia Draycott estate. If anyone knows about the tunnel, he does. …That man has always given me the willies.