Viv gets back this afternoon. Dinner tonight? For the first time, Showalter showed discomfort. He paused at least three or four seconds before he spoke. No. He called the police. They told him to wait right there at the phone booth and theyd have a radio car there within five minutes. It made quite a stink, didnt it? Murfin said. All about how the CIA was footing the bill for the PWI. It was Hundermarks pet project. He got some good trips out of it — London, Hong Kong, Tokyo — all over. I thought it was one big bore. You sound like a lawyer. Then get in touch with me later on, Mason said. You coming Doxey? Dont you come anywhere near the place, Stone said. Sure, Mason said. Get anything you want sent up, but stick around on the end of that telephone for a while. Things are going to happen. Apparently she has a small amount of money. She is an expert typist,-stenographer, and secretary, and is employed at a fair salary. She has some eight or nine thousand dollars which is left from an insurance policy her mother took out in her favor. She is quite a yachting enthusiast and owns a small yacht which wouldnt sell for very much. She has sailed on several yachts, knows the yachting crowd, and apparently is rather popular with them. Her own yacht is a relatively small affair which she picked up at… Yes. He told her and Viv what had happened. Marie is packing our things, and theyll be picked up and taken to the airport. Then I felt something smooth Id missed before because it was tucked up in a corner. I ripped it down and examined it. Im afraid she is. She was an attractive woman, probably in her early fifties. The gray-streaked hair in a tight bun, the inexpensive gray suit still well chosen and well suited to her upper body. Yes. Are you making an objection to the Court? Mason asked, his voice cracking like a whiplash. To keep on his good side? To avoid ending up like Sara? That, Mason said, is something that interests me. You cant be certain that … “ He hurried over to the table and breathed a sigh of relief because the phone was still there. He made the switch back after wiping his prints off the case with the sleeve of his jacket. He once more looked around, and that was when he heard it. What was it?.