The others stand and stare_.)
ROSALIE. Go on, tell it. (_Lower_ R. _side of table_ R.)
MASON. I had to do it. I was afraid Mr. Wales would know.
ROSALIE. You did kill them both?
MASON. Yes.
ROSALIE. Mr. Wales to prevent 'im finding out about Spencer Lee?
MASON. Yes.
ROSALIE. And Spencer Lee?
MASON. He ought to have been killed. I'd been waiting for years to kill
him.
ROSALIE. Why?
MASON. That's between him and me. He smashed my life, and by God, I got
him. He knows why I killed him, I told him I would. I'm glad I did.
I only wish I could have done it over and over again. That's all.
ROSALIE. Why did you kill Spencer Lee?
MASON. He took her away from me. She was the one thing in the world and
he took her away from me. I went to Paris to forget and all I could do
was to remember. Then she died, and I made up my mind that he must die
too.
DONOHUE. How did you get the knife in the ceiling?
MASON. I threw it. Just as I threw a knife into Spencer Lee's back.
I stood in the doorway of his room and told him I'd come to kill him,
and he ran for his revolver and as he ran I threw the knife into his
back. Then I picked up my knife and walked away. No one saw me. I was
quite safe. Quite safe until she came. And unseen hands pushed me
forward. Unseen hands have pointed the way.
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