Wrist watch, cuff links, a diamond pin, a ruby ring… I ain a bachelor, and a retiring one, Mr. Mason. My chief relaxation is reading. I am sixty-three and I had only hoped to continue to draw my annuities from the corporate trust and pursue the even tenor of my ways. You made some considerable effort to see that your shadowing was unnoticed? Im really good at my job and I have great sources.Confidential sources. Ill Always Love You,Michelle Which might mean that Cowl and his partners had a falling-out. They might have done that to incriminate Cowl. You encountered her? Yes, she said, it was a substituted gun that I returned. I think I would have done anything she might have suggested. Im trained for this stuff, youre not. Well, then several cars stopped and... and I took a swing back at him, and he hit me in the stomach and... well, I got sick. I had the wind knocked out of me. A woman in her forties in hospital scrubs met him in the foyer a few moments after that. Anyplace but here would be fine with me, she replied. Got it. Stone hung up. Upon further consideration he retrieved his little Terry Tussey .45 auto and its light shoulder holster and hung it next to his jacket. She walked off downstairs and he heard the front door open and close. He crossed the hall and knocked on Tapshaws door, after he heard her tapping away inside. Before taking another bite of his hamburger, the Candidate said,I talked to Meany. And thanks for the lift..