What dosage? she asked. And you knew it on the third, the date that Mr. Lutts died? I know thats what youd like to think, but it just aint so. Mason ran his fingers around the hat band, found the note Della Street had placed there.Yes, yes. Thank you, Della. I suppose, Drake said, you wanted to put one of your clients friends in this cab who could sort of pump the guy and see what happened. That bothers me a lot. But suppose it should turn out that this person he picked up was your client. That might leave us both in a predicament. The ladies must love that almost as much as you guys do, he said to one of them. That didnt even score him a grin in return. I found numerous latent fingerprints which I photographed. How do you know shes friendly? Mason said. She certainly testified for you readily enough and without reservation. This is cross-examination, and I have a right to cross-examine the witness. Then it was over. Well, Mason said, Im not going to let myself be accused of unprofessional conduct. If I had been preparing this case for the prosecution, ifI had been confronted with a taxicab receipt numbered trip nine-eighty-four, I certainly would have checked to see what trip nine-eighty-four was. Well, you know now, Mason told him. Come on, Della. Going into battle is the one thing I do really well. And youre not going. Yes. Devine was impressed that the man had recited his military CV from memory. Some parts of it even Devine had forgotten. Listen, if you go upstairs to the master bedroom, theres a shotgun leaning against the wall and a box of shells on the bed. Bring them down here, please. You know, Lance said, you should come out of retirement as a homicide detective and work full time on this problem. After all, youre on the hit list yourself. I object, Your Honor. This is not proper cross-examination. Its incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. Chapter 58 Only it wasnt a mugging, was it? said Speers..