I think you can figure that out, Mr. Mason. Thats all, Mason said. There were four poker tables set in a small wing of the place. Five players at each. Showalter was at the nearest table. He could easily have seen me if hed looked up from the card the dealer had just dealt. But he was too busy scowling. Apparently he was not having a good time. Jah, Ill do that. I looked her up, and I see that youre one of her senior partners, so I guess I started in the right place. And she likes fags. Friend of mine, Drakes operative said. Im over here in the booth. Hell join me. Well, Ill be darned, Drake said, as the others went out through the door. The way she handled that — and all the time she looked so damn demure, so utterly innocent! This time she did not try to stop the applause. Christian told me. Its me youre getting, Mason pointed out. I may want to use that arm again. See you in thirty. And Cowl intimated my picture was on the security video. Will the police think Im stupid enough to have left that kind of trail? The two what? Hers was the fetching smile of her moms. I dont want to go back to Santa Fe, if this guy is my neighbor, she said. I think Id feel safer with you. And the Eagles. He took the sheet of paper and frowned over it.Well, now, just a minute, he said. “Wait a minute. I can remember that trip. A couple of dames I picked up on North La Brea somewhere. They wanted to go look at some property. They told me to drive out and look at some property, and then they told me to drive down some street and all of a sudden one of em said, Here it is. Stop right here. She started all at once yelling at me to stop. I stopped and they got out and paid off..