I suppose so. But after all, what difference does it make. The house is going to be torn down. Quiet, isnt it? Dino said, after the car had left. The sheriff led the way down to the basement. They found a long stepladder and, after some maneuvering, managed to get it up the stairs and into the big spacious study. Curious about what? She killed herself. He lifted his lanyard from around his neck and looked at his security badge. He had not been in the building when Ewes had been murdered. So maybe someone had stolen his badge and then returned it before he woke up at his home in the suburbs, which he did not think was likely at all because the timing was just too tight.Or maybe someone hacked into the system and set me up as the fall guy. That was also not easy to do. But for the person who had sent an email that could not be traced by the best in the business, it might be a piece of cake. On the contrary, Mason told him, smiling, it depends on what the judge meant by the word inspect. You mean murder? Dorothy Fenner asked calmly. The witness took a folded sheet of paper from his pocket, handed it to Perry Mason, and said,I keep this in connection with my own books. I check in with the trips at the taxicab company about once a week in order to make sure weve got them straight. Did you see Joel writhing in his chair? Very well One of them had earlier pretended to be an NYPD cop assigned to Saras case. But he was an imposter. They came to make me tell them things about this firm. I refused, so they attacked me. He showed Cowl his wounds. No. Thats fine, Mason said. I want to see him. I can understand that. Dino and I are having dinner here tonight. Would you like to join us? They drove back to Hampshire in the pouring rain in a cloud of road mist from their lead car and their tail, but Stone was still very interested in any car that passed them. Once, he saw a man pass who looked a little like Larkin without a beard, driving a Mercedes station wagon, but the man showed no interest in them. Two hundred and three, actually. Five hours max..