the people in the hallway, realizing there is to be more entertainment, move toward the main room.
people are finding their seats. there is coughing, shuffling of feet, and then a gradual hush.
the hallway, showing people crowded at the door, listening.
the first landing on the flight of stairs above the hallway. no one is around. jo's voice loses some of its volume.
a higher stairway landing.
the barred window.
for a moment the group stands there in silence. then ben speaks.
the trio, hank in the center, slowly strolls down the corridor toward the main stairway. the sound of jo conway's voice can be heard from below.
shooting from below we see the big staircase empty for a moment, then the three appear at the top.
the applause having died out, the shot is heard loud, and people pour out of the ballroom into the hallway. they rush for the stairway, and drayton's body, led by the ambassador and the prime minister.
mrs. drayton stops half-way down the stairway, and looks down in shook at the sight of her dead husband.