[MaC] Revelations?
Margaret Dean
margdean at erols.com
Thu Jan 6 10:40:27 EST 2005
Allen Veazey wrote:
>
> > Then she went on steadily, to the company at large, "It's true
> > that I slipped out earlier this evening to see Mr. Barowenski
> > about a ... private matter. I'll leave it to him to say what
> > that was, if he wishes. We went out on the terrace to talk, and
> > yes, it took longer than a few moments. When I came back out
> > again, the lights were out." Her eyes lowered for the first
> > time. "I've been thinking ever since that it must have been
> > while we were out on the terrace that ... it happened." She
> > looked up again and said more calmly. "But I certainly didn't
> > kill Miss Diamond. I had no reason to, I barely knew her. And
> > since Anton was with me, he can't have done so either."
>
> "And when you were on the terrace?" Warren asked. "Anton
> wasn't exactly playing the piano, was he? The classical
> piece that was playing, that was the same as the record
> on the gramophone."
Marion nodded. "That's right." She glanced over at Anton again,
a wry half-smile coming to her lips. "He didn't expect Marty
Fitzroy to notice the difference." Her expression darkened again
at the mention of the dying man.
--Margaret Dean
<margdean at erols.com>
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