Did you have occasion to interrogate the defendant on the morning of the fourth of this month? Im gonna grab a shower and get dressed. The room was small, holding only a makeup table complete with a mirror encircled with some electric bulbs and a counter packed with mysterious items for beauty, three wooden chairs and a movable metal rack holding empty hangers. All right, but remember one thing. Well, Mr. Mason … I, personally, am not afraid of him. When he is crossed he has rages that are terrible. When Corrine disappeared in this fit of suicidal despondency, I fear it may have been caused in part by a difference of opinion she was having with him. He flew down to South America to get her to sign some papers. It is my understanding that she first turned him down, then refused to see him after that and … Well, you know the rest … Frankly I dont feel he ever forgave the poor sick girl for not yielding to his demands. Stone realized he was bleeding from his right temple. He picked up a fresh napkin from an unoccupied table and held it to his head. And that, Devine knew, was a lie. Its your call, Jess. The pressll be all over you. It could get ugly. Well, for one thing it rained last night and the ground around the stairs — she lives in the upper apartment — was real muddy. Theres a muddy footprint just outside her door. And the rubber mat she has outside the door shows where mud was wiped off. Theres a — whats the word?—imprint of a man’s shoe on the mat. A very large imprint. Inside on the living-room rug there’s a little piece of mud, and there’s one in the little room where I’m staying too. Like he didn’t get all the mud off but didn’t realize it. You wont have to. Type is being set as we speak, and Ill bet there were three TV trucks there before you left. ...tomb? said Devine. Drake picked up the receiver, said,Yes, this is Paul... Give me that again, will you? It was in the paper. On TV. Good guess. I... Im trying to think. Someone named Krogar? As far as I know, Im the only person in the United States with that name. Yes, sir. I am very particular about that. I have a very high-grade lock on it. It is one which I am assured cannot be picked. There are only two keys to that lock. I have always been apprehensive lest some burglar break into the house, steal my revolvers, and use them in a career of crime. These revolvers are therefore kept in a locked wall compartment, concealed behind a sliding panel. After Ive listened to it..