After all, you know, Im an international gem thief and those are the dowagers jewels I just tossed in the bottom of the canoe. And what did she do? Is it something to do with Mr. Mix? Devine would not be taking the 6:20 in that morning. He knew that as soon as he saw Detectives Shoemaker and Ekman waiting for him at the Mount Kisco train station. Shoemaker tapped out a smoke and both men came forward. You do it, Nelson said and nudged his sister. No, I wont deny it. Its true. She was trying to steal something very dear to me, and I decided Id giveher something to think of. Im afraid that— The car was a black four-door sedan, a Plymouth, I thought. Its front doors opened and two men got out. A third man got out of the rear of the car. The three men had guns in their hands. I recognized the first two men. One of them, sitting outside my sisters house, had told me that his name was Detective Knaster, but he had lied. The other man was dark and had caterpillar eyebrows and the last time I had seen him he had been bounding down some stairs after having cut Max Quanes throat. Understanding filtered through Devines expression. He finally traced the emails I got. And he traced them back toyou. I found the information taped to your computer screen where you showed it wasWill who sent them. But that was obviously all a lie. And you told the cops this? Mason hesitated for a moment while he gave the situation swift consideration, then he said,Now, Your Honor, I am going to object to the introduction of the purse itself on the ground that no proper foundation has been laid as to a question of time, and I am going to object to the contents of the purse being received in evidence on the ground that the contents are incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial, except insofar as those contents may show the ownership of the purse. I am going to object particularly to any newspaper clipping by which the prosecution may seek to prejudice the defendant in the eyes of the jury. Perry Mason, Mason interrupted. And very pleased to meet you, Miss Fenner. Devine managed to inch up a bit on his pillow before hitting the bed control to raise himself up more.I think Ive rounded the corner. I probably had read somewhere why people bite their fingernails, but I couldnt recall it so I resolved to look it up. I also decided that while I was at it I would see whether I could find out something about another bad habit, which was the one that Mary Jane Wynne had had in the fourth grade, although hers may have been unique. The radio wasnt left turned on when you and Doxey drove up? Hold it, Della Street said. Im coming across to your side. She slid from the right side across under the steering wheel, with a tantalizing flash of shapely legs, and then was standing on the sidewalk, shaking her skirts down and placing her purse under her arm as she walked up to the door with Perry Mason. What? Cross-examination? Judge Sedgwick asked Hamilton Burger..