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He had dipped his right forefinger in his own blood and had written a single word on the blue tiles above the tub, written it in two huge, staggering letters. A zig-zagging bloody fingermark fell away from the second letter of this word β his finger had made that mark, she saw, as his hand fell into the tub, where it now floated. She thought Stanley must have made that mark β his final impression on the world β as he lost consciousness. It seemed to cry out at her: Another drop fell into the tub. Plink. That did it. Patty Uris at last found her voice. Staring into her husbandβs dead and sparkling eyes, she began to scream.
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