He thanked her again as she stood aside to let him walk through the door. Mason ran his fingers around the hat band, found the note Della Street had placed there.Yes, yes. Thank you, Della. What about? Her smile returned.I will. Thanks. Well, its a dump out there about three miles beyond her place, out where theres an old barranca theyre filling in. It isn’t used for a city dump, but the people who live around there throw stuff in it. It’s evidently been used for quite a while. Whatll you have, mister? You do, becauseyou killed him, replied Campbell. Chapter 48 Ive studied them, Mason said. I am entitled to cross-examine a witness. I am entitled to do anything that is legitimate for the purpose of testing the recollection of the witness. If this witness had been absolutely positive that the woman he picked up out there was the defendant, and if the defendant had again engaged this cab on the evening of the third, he would then have recognized her instantly and said, Good evening, maam. I had you as a passenger earlier in the day. But had he scratched on the door before? Mason asked. But please sit down. Doubtless, at first, he simply intended to show that Mrs. Harlan had been going out to the house pretty regularly, and then finding Lutts killed with the gun she had been carrying would present a case of circumstantial evidence she could never refute and— Just thought Id stop in and see what was going on. I finished up my school work and thought Id stop by and see if anybody needed me. Showalter:We cantknowwhy they went wild. Theres certainly the possibility that at the last minute he got spooked by what he was going to do. Theres also the possibility that he was an amateur and that he had a lot of anger but not a lot of skill.’ Regerson B. Neffs. No. Well, you obviously didnt sleep much last night so you need to at least lie down for a while. You look terrible, honey. I met her on an airplane while I was flying over the Andes between Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires in the Argentine. She was terribly nervous and distraught and I tried to steady her down a bit. As a result she took a sudden liking to me and insisted that I should start traveling with her, sharing accommodations but entirely at her expense. So I had put in a septic tank and two bathrooms and a modern electric kitchen and as a result the plumber had been able to send his oldest son to Yale. When the electrician got through, I think he took his wife on a round the world cruise. Youve still got your retirement portfolio..