Why Presque Isle? Dino asked. Isnt that out of the way? That you kicked his ass and the asses of his two large friends. Uh-huh. Him. What do you think? Campbell stepped forward.Shes with us, Devine. Special Agent Helen Speers. She fired the shot on the football field that allowed you to escape from Eric Bartlett and company that morning. Of course, she would have further intervened if you had needed her assistance. However, with Ms. Tapshaw, she couldnt take any chances. Really, such as? Whew! Vanessa said. Can I persuade anybody to go to bed with me? Gallops? Thats what I thought. But apparently whoever he was trying to get the money from decided that he wasnt worth it, or didnt trust him, so they had him killed. I guess they had Sally Raines killed for about the same reason. She must have known what Max knew. I don’t know whether she tried to cash in on it or not, but it doesn’t much matter. She’s just as dead either way. Mason said,Thatll be very welcome news. Could you perhaps find time to drop me a note about the oil lease which I could show to my clients in the syndicate? It would make them feel that I had accomplished something tangible. Theres every indication that he did. That was the cause of death? Very well, Doxey said. It isnt a long drive from here. We could get there in about seven minutes from my house. Do you know where I live? Tell you what, Stone said. Give me everything, and Ill continue to offer you free legal advice, informally. Ill get you out and send you on your way with your two grand — and Ill add another five to that. You have the taxicab receipt, showing a meter reading of two dollars and ninety-five cents? Hancock said,Theres no one down there. Im having the whole block monitored. You came here because you thought you could roll Cowl over. Well, you were wrong. What?.