how she scratched herself, or was scratched--" Kennedy paced up
and down in front of the fireplace. Then he confronted each of us
in turn, suddenly serious. "Not a word of what I have
discovered," he warned.




III

TANGLED MOTIVES


"Do you wish to examine the people now?" Mackay asked.

Kennedy hesitated. "First I want to make sure of the evidence
concerning her actual death. Can you arrange to have the clothes
she has on, and those she brought with her, all of them bundled
up and sent in to my laboratory, together with samples of her
body fluids as soon as the coroner can supply you?"

Mackay nodded. This pleased him. This seemed to be tangible
action, promising tangible results.

Again Kennedy glanced about in thought. I knew that the scratch
was worrying him. "Did she change her clothes out here?" he
inquired.

The district attorney brightened. "She dressed in a small den
just off the living room. I have a man posted and the door