I have endeavoured
to combine these two ideas by using the moving-picture machine
which you see here. I am going to show three reels of films."
As nearly as I could make out Kennedy had turned on the light in
the lantern on his side of the table. As he worked over the
machine, which for the present served to distract Mrs.
Willoughby's attention from herself, he was asking her a series of
questions. From my position I could see that by the light of the
machine he was recording both the questions and the answers, as
well as the time registered to the fifth of a second by a stop-
watch. Mrs. Willoughby could not see what he was doing under the
pretence of working over his little moving-picture machine.
He had at last finished the questioning. Suddenly, without any
warning, a picture began to play on the sheet. I must say that I
was startled myself. It represented the jewelry counter at
Trimble's, and in it I could see Mrs. Willoughby herself in
animated conversation with one of the clerks. I looked intently,
dividing my attention between the picture and the woman.
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