That was because last night I was fine with Sapporo. Koontz shrugged.Who the hell knows? he said. “You get a long strike and whos gonna get pissed off most? Well, the fuckin voters, thats who, and they’re already screamin’ about how the city’s got too many people on the payroll anyhow. Well, if a strike keeps them from getting their garbage picked up for two months, then come election day they’re sure as shit stinks gonna vote for somebody who ain’t gonna play patty-cake with no union. And don’t think the pols don’t know this. Was he working with the laundering operation? With Cowl? Dorothy Quane didnt say anything for quite some time. Then she said, Im sorry. I was trying to sort out how I feel about it and I think Im really very sorry. I called her nigger, too, didn’t I? That’s not like me, is it? Not like little Dorothy Quane, the raving radical of Bannockburn who marched with Martin at Selma. Then what? The dead guy is Jerry Myers, the custodian at Cowl who found Sara Ewess body, explained Devine while Montgomery leaned against a patrol car. Looks like somebody killed him. Hed told me yesterday about this presentation. I had to admit that Id never heard of a lock-and-key forensics expert. Few in the home audience would have either, making Mr Rosencrantz all the more interesting. So, you think well get through all of it okay? He didnt know why he was asking, but for some reason he wanted to know her answer. And, Mason said, shes going to start asking your husband why he didnt protect her property rights and what is meant by the doctrine of lateral support? You didnt get the licence number of his car? Mr. Inch, Oxley said. I know youre here to represent your client and all of us really appreciate your efforts. We really do. Honestly. But when I ask Mr. Longmire here a question Id appreciate it if youd just let him answer it and then, if you don’t like his answers, well, you can sort of patch them up afterwards and tell me what it was that he really meant to say. Okay? Anybody vouch for that? asked Hancock. The Court knows quite well what youre trying to establish, Judge Sedgwick said. Youre entitled to cross-examine this witness, and when you argue the case to the jury, you are entitled to engage in any reasonable surmise. But you cant use this witness as a sounding board against which to make a premature argument to the jury. Now, go ahead. The two million in ransom. That was the carrot. The stick was that if he didnt go along with the strikes, the same thing could happen to him that happened to Mix. Or worse. He believed them. Im not sure that I blame him. Long enough for me to tell Dev a story he probably found very dull. You dont believe me, she said. Spur of the moment..