CHAPTER XLIII

THE PASSING OF DAVID DIANA had heard the dread words without understanding them at first. “By that time Mr. Holt will be dead!” She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came. She had killed Larry! Her hand had pulled the lever which drowned him! That was the word Judd had used. Drowned him—but how? As the thought took more definite shape she swayed toward the doctor and gripped his shoulder for support. She would not faint, she told herself; she would not faint! There must be a way of saving Larry. She looked a…