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 you. . . Auburn Six, for instance. . . Imperia glowered as she mentioned this celebrated name. . . . She'd flatter you and persuade you to write a story for her. I'm not going to let you fall for that blondined fade-out. The exhibitors are tired of her. She's getting less money than she got last year.

I never heard of Auburn Six. I. . ..

You'll stay here, I tell you. . . . Now a note of petulant command was noticeable in the actress's voice. . . . In a week or so I'll take you up to talk to Lee Schwarzstein: he's the general manager of Invincible, you know.

A week or so!

At least. I'm sorry, but he's the busiest man in Culver City. We can't make an appointment before then.

But I've got to go to New Mexico. If dismay were written across Ambrose's face, he also knew that this would be his last weak protest, that he was incapable of making any move in defiance of the wishes of the domineering personality who stood beside him.

I thought we'd been all over that. . . . Imperia was becoming impatient. She brightened, however,