At this point in the play by Susan Glaspell, “Trifles” Harry and Mr. Hale go upstairs and confirm that Mr. Wright was, indeed, dead. They came back downstairs and asked Mrs. Wright how the rope got around his neck and she claims she does not know, despite the fact that it happened while she was sleeping in bed next to him. She simply said she was a sound sleeper and moves to another chair and laughed when Mr. Hale brought up the idea of a telephone again, stopping short suddenly like she was afraid, or so Mr. Hale thought. At this point in Mr. Hale’s story, he makes reference to the other men who came after they were notified of Mr. Wright’s death.