Drake shook his head, then said,Wait a minute. Heres cab seven-sixty-one now. Oh come on! barked Cowl. I dont need this shit. He looked at Hancock. “I got plans tonight.” She drew closer. She was dressed more casually than he was. Newbies struggling not to drown had no latitude in their professional appearance. But her casual was notthat casual. Black jacket and skirt, white blouse with a bit of cleavage exposed. No stockings because of the heat, revealing smooth skin. Sensible low-ride pumps instead of the jacked heels from the previous night. How old is Christian? I had him pegged at thirty. The door next to him opened, and a voice said,Stone, is that you? 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. A place where some green paint had been rubbed against the side of the yacht. Possible financial improprieties? Just wait. This will make Bernie Madoff look like a third-rate grifter if it ever sees the light of day. Abruptly, he put the paper in his wallet, turned to Della Street and said,Della, get Paul Drake busy. The cab number is seven-sixty-one. Its a Red Line cab. Find out where that cab is now. Have Drake put a man in a car and trail that cab. I want to know where it is every minute of the day and night until that driver goes off duty. What? he said. Anything to show the guy is a crook. Ill take a look at that, and Til ask that the envelopes be passed to the jurors so that each juror can observe that the seals have not been tampered with. What are you afraid of? Mason asked. Do you think Id get her to tell a lie? Would she perjure herself at my request? Are your people on station here yet? Yes, but Ill have to come along and see that you dont scratch the paint. Yeah, it is. You dont know whether he talked or not? It belonged to my first cousin, Dick Stone, who was CIA. He was poised to become deputy director for operations when he and his wife and daughter were murdered..