Ill talk with her, Gertie, Mason said. The sheriff said,I dont know what you want to keep fighting this case for. Shes guilty. We have evidence were going to put on that will knock you right out of your chair. If you want to cop a plea you could make a deal with the D. A. for second degree. He’s reasonable about things like that. She say that? Thanks again. She drew nearer and touched his arm.I am sorry, Travis. And if you ever need to talk? Im here for you. So, anybody with a basement, a standing drill, threading tools, and a selection of hard bits could have made the silencers? Corrine had her maid with her, Carmen Monterrey, who had been in the family for years and who, I gathered, had been a favorite of Conines stepfather. Oh? And who might that be? I figure, I said, that you and I had better take a run out to St. Louis. Touching, I said. After his late father. When he and Murfin were past her she turned her death gaze on me. By then the hate was hot enough to fry brains. I said,Nice day. She ripped off the cash register tape and thrust it at me. The total cost of three pretty awful buck-fifty lunches in the Birmingham bus station came to $32.41, a net sum that I doubt that Ill ever forget. He gave it to me. Mason said,Sit down, Jackson. Theres a very interesting case down at the Las Alisas jail, a young woman whom were going to represent. Her names Dorothy Fenner. She’s accused of having broken into the house of George S. Alder and stolen some fifty thousand dollars’ worth of jewels. Okay, whats your next move? I use that on my phone. Then work your way upstairs with the others, Stone said, and the agent left. sex with mom and da Illegal activity, that sort of thing. Id have to crack his FBI file to find out more, and they tend to resent that sort of thing. Still, I can take another route. Ill put somebody on it. Dont lie to an old man, Harvey. Sure, I got a good look. Thats what Im trying to tell you, Mr. Mason. I went out to the exact spot on the dump and checked the stuff close..