Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27
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Ivor. had seen the diary in Kay's
hand Yesterday afternQnn-EreRi
kay's embarrassed attempt ia
conceal u. she might easily have
guessed that n concerned her
And after dinner she had ample
opportunity TO have slipped into
the room and taken il.
So Elaine had read the diary
with its bhstering portrait of Ivor
as ne really was And she had
waited 10 meet Ivor on the dock
later Last night in the kitchen
she had sworn she had told all
the truth And she had not men
toned either Of those two muir
derously vital facts
Kay said quickly: when you
saw her on the dock was Elaine
wearing her white satin evening
dress or her swimming suit? ?"
Her evening dress"
WAS il torn ?"
II didn't notice"
you would have noticed. 1t
was torn all down the front"
"Then-no. II wasn't torn"
"And her cheek. Was 1t
scratched ?"
Maud shook her head.
THIS then proved once and for
all that Elaine's feeble in
sistencc that the dress had been
torn struggling with Don was a
lie The dress had been intact, her
face unscratched at this ominous
meeting with Ivor at the dock. BY
that time her interview with
Don in the cottage was over and
he was at the other side of the
bay at DR.. Thorne's house.
And you--you left Ivor and
Elaine there together" asked
Kay shakily,
What else could / do? But
after what you'd told me that
afternoon about fvor, l was wor-
ried,-I didn't go back to the
house. / moved down the path
out of sight, out Of earshot. !
didn't want to eavesdrop but l
did want TO talk TO Elaine as
soon as Ivor left to find out what
was the matter. / waited about
ten minutes or so. Then | heard
the speedboat motor start, saw
the boat heading eff toward the
island. / went straight back to
the dock for Elaine"
And ?"
IT looked everywhere. I called
her name. But she wasn't there"
The two sisters stared at each
other bleakly.
"Of course | thought she must
have have gone over TO the is
land with Ivor. l went back TO
the house. l was terribly wor-
ried. but l didn't want to wake
Gilbert up. l went TO your room,
expecting you'd be there 10 show
me the diary. You weren't there,
Of course. so l waited. / was
still there when | heard voices
later and came down to the dock
to find you all"
Kay was only half listening
for none of this seemed to matter
much now Only that episode at
the dock mattered and, although
Maud knew nothing Of what had
taken place, it all seemed hide
ously clear. Elaine confronting
Ivor with the diary. a quarrel.
the diary thrown angrily into the
yuccas "a struggle Elaine's
dress torn, her face scratched.
And then. maybe, Ivor fall
ing. striking his head Elaine in
a panic thinking he was dead,
Elaine rushing to Don in the cot
-taEC, finding him gone. Elaine
changing into her swimming suit,
taking heE bathing capt ~keef'
her hair dry, Elaine Historically
Juggling Ivor through the water
TO the speedboat, starting tho en-
CINE. driving out into the middle
of the bay
Kay. struggling TO keep that
next imaged scene out of her
thoughts. Elaine pushing at
Ivor's PROSTATE body. trying 10
tumble him over into the water
Ivor half regaining conscious
ness: Ivor fighting weakly
stretching up with his hand, tear
ing the cap from Elaine's head
just before he toppled over and
went down into the water
A ND then, acidly clear, the
n final reel of that terrifying
drama. Elaine diving out Of the
boat. swimming away aimlessly
In terror OF what she had done,
later Elaine remembering the
damning evidence Of the silver
cap Elaine swimming back TO
the island 10 retrieve tat all
costs
Nobody knows Elaine was
there at the dock" The words