Ghost whispers but nothing more. As you wish, Stone said. Ill come visit you in Dannemora now and then. Shes on the telephone. She says she simply has to talk with you right now. I told her I didnt know whether you were in, that I thought you had left for the day but that Id try to find out. I went out, but came back to wait for my boy friend, and when the phone rang I answered it. You know, some women would have become friendly with the mistress, trying to size up her technique to see what she had that the wife didnt have. Ive seen them do that, cooing at each other, sparring for position in a cold war that was all sweetness on the outside. I couldnt do that. I’d have been at her throat. In what way? Waitresses in Mexican costume carried food and drinks. A fortuneteller moved about from table to table, smiling impersonally and with a fixed grimace purely as mechanical as that of the lonely guitar player on the outside. Devine thought quickly, realizing he was close to blowing this whole thing.Like I said, I was a friend of hers. I still cant believe shes dead. First they said suicide, and now its murder. I mean, what the hell, right? When did thisHancock talk to you? asked Ekman. Well, do the best you can, Mason said and hung up. Chilton looked for a moment like he might lash out again. He shrugged.I cant give out names. But from all over. Family offices to institutional investors. My grandfather started Mayflower. Im no wunderkind who built something from scratch. Im just this generation’s rep. Been groomed for it from first grade. We have ties to everybody. What happened after he had completed his call? Sure. Its an aluminum canoe. You take the bow, take the stern. All right, lets go. How much did she want? Devine was riveted, just as he was the first time hed seen a different production fifteen years ago. Back then, the teenaged Devine had just made a momentous decision that had resulted in a bad relationship with his father becoming even worse. Consequently, Devine had seen a bit of himself in the portrayals onstage. The waiting, the creeping doubt, the revitalization of spirit, and the creeping doubt once more. Coupled with all that heaviness was another question: Was there really any real meaning in the lives being led by people?Were we all just waiting for... nothing?.