As a matter of fact, another state man dragging a skinny man in a dirty white shirt way too thin for the temperature appeared and basically flung the man into the arms of another state man. Out came the cuffs and a violent shove in the direction of the state police cars. She handed Mason the binoculars, and Mason, curious, moved the newspaper, seated himself in the chair, adjusted the binoculars and looked down on the red-tiled roof of the patio and the swimming pool. She hiked her eyebrows.And you have no interest? To get a printer cartridge that someone on the floor told him they— I dont think youd have any problem taking care of yourself, thought Devine. Why should it leave you anywhere? It got a little better after that. But only a little. I remembered that there was something I had to do. I couldnt quite recall what it was until I was almost to Key Bridge and then I remembered that Ruth had told me that we needed some gin. Well, that was true. We did need some. Quite a lot, in fact, so I stopped in a liquor store and bought two fifths of Gilbeys. Or perhaps it was Gordons. I reallydon’t remember. My husband is in the real estate business. I was told she was only eight weeks along, so Sara could have just done it with a pill? Is the bar still open? The year after we left, the Chiltons had to sell their home. It was a big estate, but old, outside of Boston. Before we left, I remember overhearing Mr. Chilton a couple of times talk about bankruptcy. My older sister was in college by then. My younger sister and me and our parents moved to an apartment in another part of Massachusetts. My parents got other jobs. I did some local modeling gigs and worked as a waitress until I went off to college for a year. You dont believe me, but youll represent me? Im Travis Devine. I work here. I was a friend of Sara Ewes. Goddamn it, Harvey, I told you shes scared out of her mind. She wants me to come get her, but I cant leave the kids and I dont want to take them over there so I told her I’d get you to go. I sat down and she went into the house and came back with a tall gin and tonic. I rolled a cigarette, lit it, took a sip of the drink, and stared out over the pond at the farm. Detectives were employed and searched without getting any tangible results. It was, however, definitely established that the woman was mentally unbalanced at the time of Tier disappearance. That of George C. Lutts? No, hes only three years older than me. He was at Princeton when the family money totally ran out. But he had a full lacrosse scholarship. Hes very smart. He has two younger brothers. Theyre on the West Coast and doing their own thing. But Christian stayed on the East Coast. What?.