I suppose he does, Frances said. You better not say anything like that to poor Cindy. Shes out of her mind already. Dave, he told me about the recorder the night the Bradshaw woman got shot at. Told me how scared he was. He said he just wanted out of his little group. Said he made the recording for his own protection. I thought of goin to the police but I knew if I did hed be in trouble.’ Right there before me he went from tired to wasted. He didn’t say so, but he likes to hide shit. He’s like a little kid. He tells me about stuff he’s got hidden but he never tells me where it is. But I got a pretty good idea.’ Yes, sir. Who was it this time? she asked calmly. She was talking past the hurt. The eyes were mournful once again but the voice remained purposeful. She was a grownup now. She knew how to fake it. Della Street nodded.Ill get your hat, Chief. Where can we go? He was moving fast enough that, despite the temperature, there was a sheen of sweat on his face. Dorley Alder smiled.You are both tactful and shrewd, Mr. Mason. Ill send you such a letter within the next few hours by special messenger. In the meantime, heres a memo with the address which I assume is either an address at which Carmen Monterrey can be reached, or where some definite information about her can be discovered. I walked her home once from a bar near here. Wed been drinking. I just wanted to make sure she got home all right. But this is my first time being inside. They let both Murfin and me go after I told them one more time about the man with the caterpillar eyebrows who I had seen coming down the stairs from Max Quanes apartment just as I was going up. It had happened the day before, but as I told it again it seemed as though it had happened last year. Early last year. They sat outside, a shot of tequila and a bowl of nuts in front of each of them. What about our steaks? Stone asked. You wont stand up because youre too weak to. Valentine glanced sharply at him.Forward me email. Get hold of Paul Drake for me, Della. Lets start some detectives working. Nothing?.