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[Dave Tallman]

John Watkins wrote:
> Wouldn't even have to be a lie per se... "I never saw you onstage
> (from the audience)".
>   
The other statement is not exactly a lie either. "An actress with no 
more vocal control than that? Perhaps I may tread the boards myself 
someday. I couldn't be worse" (p. 250). It doesn't really say that 
"Diana" never acted.

The phrase "tread the boards" is old-fashioned theatrical slang. Vince 
Palma uses it on p. 63, "It was a privilege and an honor to tread the 
boards in your distinguished company." Perhaps Donny the assassin picked 
up the phrase from him. It's interesting that at the party Cassie ends 
up at a table with Vince, Margaret, Norma, and Donny, all of whom I have 
suspected of having plot-related secrets:

Vince (Possessed by the Volcano God? Wearing invisible headdress?)
Norma (Ex-wife of Reis? Plotted with ATF?)
Margaret (Werewolf? Spy? Jewel thief? Seller of pictures to 
tabloids/internet?)
Donny (Cthulhu cultist? Assassin? Shooter of Chase?)