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Page 122
"When nothing seemed to stop her, on her upward climb, when he
realized that she was as ambitious as he was and that her
position in the picture world alone interested her, he sought by
devious means, by subtle schemes, by spreading dissatisfaction
and encouraging dissension, to wreck the company which had made
her. At the end--he killed her--waiting craftily until she was at
the very climax of her finest piece of work, the opening scenes
of 'The Black Terror.'"
There was bitterness in Kennedy's tones. "Before, I would not
believe that a man--"
Suddenly the projection room was plunged into darkness. Some one
had pushed the wall switch close by me. I backed into the
doorway, raising my weapon to resist any attempt to escape.
Almost at the same instant there were the sounds of a struggle.
Kennedy had dashed forward in the darkness, sure of the position
of his man, unafraid.
A scream I recognized from the throat of Enid. I groped for the
switch, but the operator in the booth anticipated me. In the
first burst of illumination I saw that Kennedy had forced his
antagonist back over the front row of chairs. Almost I heard the
crack of the man's spine.
I caught a glimpse of the man's face and gasped at the murderous
rage as he struggled and strove to break Kennedy's iron grip.
Enid was the first at Kennedy's side. With an expression I failed
to analyze until long afterward she sought to claw at the
murderer's unprotected features, twitching now in impotent fury.
"You wrote that note for her to meet you at the tearoom," Kennedy
muttered, eyes narrowing grimly, "knowing she would be dead
before that time. You protected yourself against the poisoned
needle in the portieres--but--your own blood convicts you--
Millard!"
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