For the past twenty minutes Abby had been working the crowd, trying to get them to volunteer for knocking on doors and working the phones at campaign headquarters. She wore a cheery red coat, cut quite fine, and looked damned appealing in it. Thats our stuff on Mix, he said. Howd you and Vullo get along? You dont need to make statements of that sort to the Court, Mr. Mason, Judge Sedgwick said. No one is seeking to curtail your cross-examination. I may state that the Court understands the situation here and is going to give you the widest latitude in connection with your cross-examination. Now go ahead and cross-examine the witness. This time Murfin frowned and it made him look serious and grave and almost guileless. But not quite.Well, you know, we had to tell him quite a bit. I slid my arm around her and hugged her.Im thinking you and I would make a perfect couple. A good policy, Vanessa replied. Youve really never—? the woman jabbed again. I dont have any idea of what youre talking about, but I guess all we can do is find out, right? He was watching me again as he spoke. He seemed as curious as I’d hoped he would be. Theyare beautiful cards. I wonder if theres anything left of that porterhouse from last night? Inch smiled. It was a cool, smooth smile that exuded the kind of confidence that comes from having an ego thats in tip-top shape. Well see how it works out, he said, committing himself to nothing. Hell show it at the proper time. Youre an MD now, are you, Conrad? To me, he said,Your friend Edelstein still in town? The one with the Norton in the window? You say things like that just so you can charge more, dont you? Harvey, Murfin said. Talk to Vullo, will you? Thats all. Just talk to him. We told him we really didnt expect you to turn up the who on Mix, but maybe you could come up with the why. If we got that, the why, then me and Quane could turn some redhots we got loose on the who. Devine glanced over at Stamos, who looked stunned in the face of this carnage..