The King in Yellow Chapter Eleven
KATYA’S SUBMISSION There was a long silence. Dmitri sat still and composed, despite the dull steel chains restraining him in his chair, but Katya shifted nervously and struggled to control her breathing. They both waited until she trusted herself to speak; she stared blankly into the middle distance and the papers hung limp in her hands. At last she spoke. “You killed four women just to make a theatrical performance out of Rosa’s death” she said, absently. “A woman who finds the Yellow Sign is called to give herself utterly” he replied calmly but firmly. “And then I use them as I will”. “So, these women seek you out and conspire with you to disappear without trace – but for all they know their destiny is to be dispatched casually – in a meaningless death”? …