Lots of things. Nothing startling, just a lot of details that we can button up into a package by morning. Things always slow down a little around this time of night. You cant get people to talk after theyve gone to bed, no matter how many men you have on the job, so I usually start laying men off, and plan on an early morning start And is there a chance that your trip numbers on the trip sheet could have been in error? Thanks again. Of course, hed deny it anyway, Rector said. I think this man, Mason, is a Trojan horse. I think anything he says should be viewed with suspicion. I think hes simply trying to manipulate the affairs of this corporation for the benefit of Roxy Claffin. I dont think he’s a bona fide stockholder. I don’t want him on the board of directors. Certainly, the man said. How long can I have? The two men walked over, one of them pulled back his coat, showed his star.All right, Carmen, he said, “thats enough. Get your things on. Youre coming with us. Someone wants to ask you questions. Neither Murfin nor Quane wanted any mint in their drinks so I mixed two without and one with. After we had all taken our first swallows, Murfin looked around, nodded approvingly at what he could see from the porch, and said,You sure got it fixed up nice. I never thought youd ever get it looking like this. He turned to Quane. “I was with him when he bought it; I ever tell you that? Dorley said,Im merely outlining a situation. And who could blame her? he thought. Hes smart and hes ruthless and he protects himself with his badge. That makes him a difficult target. Mason, narrowing his eyes in thought, gave the matter careful consideration, then said,Try to fix the time when he came, Della. I want to find whether it was before or after George Alder began to realize he had a bear by the tail. When? Didnt she take you up there to the house and then go directly to the beauty shop? Any time, what? To whom? Seven And then, the night before last, hed called and said he had to leave town. Hed sounded clinically insane to her. Agitated and fearful. Hed started crying. Mason looked the place over with careful scrutiny, then said,Do you happen to remember whether there was a stepladder around here, Sheriff, a good, fall stepladder?.