About four hundred gallons a year, I said. A little over a gallon a day. Youre really starting to tick me off. Your military service is not a secret. Audrey thought for a moment. Then she got up and started opening some of the lower drawers in the kitchen cabinets.Here, she said with a small note of triumph. “I remember that I asked Sally to ask the maid to polish it a couple of months ago. What do you want me to do, count the spoons? Just a long, shitty day, no other reason. What about Cowl and Comely? I keep forgetting that Im the whore of the eastern seaboard. Why else would I say that? Im not sure which one he is, but he has the haircut. Dino put his phone away.How do I get some of that? he asked. We were three hours out from Showalters press conference but, as I climbed the police stations front steps, his words still played in my mind. Now what? he said. They drove in silence for a while, then Della Street said,And then George Alder announces she took fifty thousand dollars worth of jewels and had a male accomplice waiting in a boat. Just where does that leave you, Chief? His face was bandaged, but Devine had little trouble recognizing WASP from the Greenwich Village alley. As he looked at them together, sitting close and speaking earnestly, Devine wondered two things: First, was WASPs car the big-ass BMW or the Maserati? Second, were they brother and sister? Because they sure looked like they could be. The man with the eyebrows moved anyway. He whirled around, searching for somebody to shoot at. I didnt know whether he could see me or not so I shot him in the left leg although I was aiming at his chest. He went down on his knees, but brought his gun up again and fired twice. I shot him again, this time in the shoulder, the left one, and when he still didnt go down, but once more brought his gun up, I fired again and this time the bullet hit him in the face just below his nose. The gun dropped from his hand and he pitched forward onto his face. He twitched once or twice and then after that he didnt move anymore. Well, Mr. Gunderson, youre talkin to a New York lawyer right now, and we dont take kindly to insults from west of the Mississippi. Nor east of that river, neither. Now, why did you call me, instead of him? God help me, Stone thought, I’m locked into this lingo! Will you, Mason asked, tell me something about the temperaments and personalities of the various directors? A few hours. The girl I was hoping to see there didnt show up so I went home early. Easier said than done. But Ill give it a try..