Would any of you like a brandy? Unless those things include the name of the person responsible for setting us up, I dont want to hear them. Poor Ted is half insane. Mason nodded, lit a cigarette, settled back in the car, and surreptitiously studied Mrs. Harlans profile. Figure? Well, good for the goose, good for the gander, right? Thats fine, Mason told him. Lets go. Come on, Della. He groped a friend of mine when we were in college. Just a moment. He shuffled back to work, with what felt like a knife sticking right in his gut. I am not bound that way, Stone said. Sit by the fire and drink your bourbon. Think theyll call on her? Drake asked. Me, Gallops said. It was inside my paper when I went out to get it this morning. How come? Paul Drake asked. I thought the money was tied up in a trust and that on Conines death the property vested in… Dr. Joseph W. Spelman, the state pathologist of Vermont and an associate professor in pathology at the University of Vermont, is a shrewd, cautious, level-headed investigator. He is a member of a group which, unfortunately, is all too small, a group made up of men who by training, aptitude and temperament are qualified to investigate homicides in a scientific manner, determining the cause and the time of death. What these men can discover by examining a dead body is startling to those who havent realized the strides made by science in the field of forensic medicine. Now, what seems to be the trouble? Judge Lankershim asked. Apparently a young woman is charged with theft. As I gathered the situation from Mr. Jackson, any attempt at escape on her part would be exceedingly unlikely. She has money in the bank, owns a yacht, and… Stone stopped the car, and Dino got in.What? What was his long-term plan? Oh yeah? Why do I care? Cowl didnt even look at the phone. Go ahead, Judge Sedgwick said, smiling. Answer the question. Sure, Mason said. Get anything you want sent up, but stick around on the end of that telephone for a while. Things are going to happen..