going or neither of us is going."(Chapter 18, Conclusion)

Bert Sorrell had known Rose Markham in childhood when she was raised by her aunt and uncle Markham, and he had been in contact with her in her current stardom. He gave her the brooch, which she sent back. Upon his rejection, he was planning to make a scene at the performance, killing her and possibly killing himself. Mrs Wallis sensed Sorrel's crazy state of mind and used a knife her late first husband brought back from his sailing voyages to kill him. No one had taken her seriously