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MaeFeather,famousBritishscreenactress,ispublicisedasaperfectwife,andisseeneverywherewithherhusband,JulianGordon,aWesternstaremployedbythesamestudio.ActuallysheishavinganaffairwithAndyWilks,astarcomedian.Juliandiscoversthisanddecidesonadivorce,whichcouldruinMac’spositionwithherpublic.Desperate,shedecidestokillherhusbandatthestudiosbyinsertingarealbulletintoa‘prop’gun,usedbythevillaininthefilmto‘kill’Julian.Theshotisfired,buttheblankbulletisused,andJulianisunharmed.Instead,thegunistakentoanotherset,usedinacomedysceneinAndy’spicture,andtherealbulletkillshim.Machasanervousbreakdown.Juliandivorcesher;shebeginstoslipdowntheladderofsuccess.<br/> Astheyearspass,hebecomesafamousfilmdirector,whilesheisforgotten.Shegetsworkasafilmextra,andunknowinglyJulianusesherinacrowdsceneforhisnewpicture.Macwaitsuntileveryonehasgoneattheendoftheday,andaskshim:‘Willyouwantmeanymore?’Withoutlookingather,heshakeshisheadandshepassesthroughthestudiodoor,outofhislifeforever.<br/> Excerpt©‘PuffinAsquith’byR.J.Minney.
