Im good at that. Im a New York lawyer. Yes, I did. And I also told them what they needed to look at. Mixs voice, with its familiar deep rasp, was firm and authoritative until the last sentence when it cracked slightly. I didnt blame him. My voice would have cracked before then. There was another pause, another noise like the rustle of paper, and when Mixs voice resumed it sounded as if he were reading. You dont know him, she said, shaking her head. How much alike you and Slick are. Tom, its Stone Barrington. Our intruder took a shot at two of us, and hes dead outside. Youre one aggravating son of a bitch, you know that, Conrad? You keep making accusations you cant prove and Im sick of it.’ And now that knowledge has been expanded to the world at large. Thats it. Very ordinary-looking. He deleted his records at Strategic Services. Oh, go ahead, the sheriff said, and then added grimly, after the way you treated me, I dont aim to go out of my way to do anything for you. Ill do what the judge said, and thats all. Looks? Mason grinned.Im laying a trap for a nervous accomplice. Has anyone looked at a motive for someone killing her? she asked. Good, Stone said. He picked up the Navaho again. Hes about twelve oclock and four or five miles. Now wait a minute, Drake said. Dont blow a gasket over this thing, Perry. Im simply asking you. Id like very much to have that information. It would simplify my investigative work. Of course, Hamilton Burger said, that is exactly what counsel was trying to bring about. The more opportunities he has to cross-examine the prosecutions witnesses, the more opportunities he has for finding some minor inconsistency which can be distorted and magnified into something thatis out of all proportion to its significance. Yes. In my line of work, you tend to remember things pretty exactly. None..