Murder by the Book

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A suspense play produced, edited and directed for, generally, by William Spear for... ...A Suspense! I must have been asleep. At first I thought it was one of those dreams. And then I realized the form was really ringing. I seemed to remember.

It had rung before and I hadn't answered it. But maybe it had been only this once. Bringing a long time. Because just as I got there, it stopped. Hello? Hello? I suppose I'd had one of my spells. I never could remember very well just after them, but I know I'd been working or trying to.

It was my latest and I thought it would be my best. It was about a woman who killed her husband. But I'd had all kinds of trouble with the end. Everything was all right up until the explanation.

How she did it. I knew of course, but somehow I just couldn't write it. It wouldn't gel. jail. It had been going on like that for some weeks. Then today I must have had another spell.