She had on a white sweater, some sort of blue dungarees that she usually wears for yachting, and a pair of tennis shoes. Mason turned the canoe, sent it swiftly to the exhausted girl. Im assuming Showalter had something to do with what happened to her. Tillis did not seem to know how to take this. To Devine she seemed a bit alarmed, and he suddenly wondered if he had really stepped in it again. She might call the police the second after he left. I followed the woman with the streaked hair down a carpeted hall that had five or six doors leading off of it. All of the doors were closed. She stopped at one of them and opened it, indicating that I should go in. I went in and found Murfin behind a large desk and Quane seated on a couch, his feet up on the coffee table. Well, I think Ill go out on the porch and put my feet up and watch the Christmas trees grow. Ekman glanced at Shoemaker.It goes no further, Devine. How can you be sure? Hed managed to cup his hand around a cigarette and light it. Two cars splashed by but the puddles were thin and they werent going fast. No, I was in a fitting room, no TV. Why? Was there cricket on? I see, the lawyer said coldly. I suppose the only thing missing is the gun? Did anybody see anything? asked Montgomery. Ski masks. A blue one and a red one. Its just a phone, Stone said, trying lamely to rekindle her interest. Abby Malone had once worked directly for my shop in Chicago. At that time shed been married to a young attorney everybody liked. She spent part of her time in Danton keeping Jesss constituency office running well and always preparing for the next election. Then one day she came into my office and announced she was getting divorced and would like to work for Jess directly. It would help her get over the end of her marriage. How could I say no? And having her there was probably a good idea anyway, even if it meant losing one of the finest employees Id ever had, not to mention a world-class smart ass. Hes trying to trap the witness, Burger said. Oh, sure, Mason told him. Im going to be right with you in the thing, but you were the one to discover it, and youll be the one to report it. He looked up at the hot August sky as if trying to decide how best to phrase his tiny hint. Then he said,Well, there seems to be a slight possibility that Arch Mix isnt dead after all..