Mason said,Get Dorothy Fenner on the phone, Della. Tell her that I am anxious to have her keep away from George Alder, and for the moment not to be available to Dorley Alder. Oh, no, no, Stone managed to say. What happened? No. Youre my client. Im going to see that your rights are protected. Im going to see that any evidence presented against you is the truth. I’m going to cross-examine any witness who takes the stand and testifies against you. Why? All right, you can wait in the lobby. Its the same threat he made to me. Now, wait a minute, Harlan insisted. Weve all got a problem to consider. We— I told Slick about the 200 full-time representatives that Gallops had put on the unions payroll, and why, and his reaction was similar to mine. However, Harvey, he said, “I think that your estimate of the total cost is a bit low. It would be closer to four million a year than three million. Stone told him about the bugs in the London house and their nature. Thanks, Dino said. Please let us know if a stranger, male or female, comes in. On the other hand, Mintwood Place was a fairly seedy block of row houses just off Columbia Road back of the Hilton about half a block from Kalorama Park. The block that contained the address that Quane had given me was partly black, partly Cuban, and partly white. If you didnt know where to look it was a street hard to find, hard to get to, and impossible to park near. It was also, I decided, a rather good place for a man to keep a small furnished apartment that was none of his wifes business. State police, Stone said. We had an intruder last night, who ended up dead, courtesy of Dino. And that was why the CIA wanted to make sure that Hundermark was re-elected, Vullo said. So that they could keep on using the PWI. Keep smiling, he said, as he walked out of the courtroom. Gertie nodded, returned to the other office, and Mason picked up his extension phone. A moment later he heard the click of the connection.Hello, he said cautiously..