Where? Any time, he told her. Maybe even faster than the old, retired gunfighter. He stopped at a point in the hall and he and Devine set up his ladder. Devine held the ladder steady for him, took the old light from him when he handed it down, and passed him a new light. Myers put it in, clambered back down, and they moved on. In a furious clamor, human and mechanical, the red pickup passed on, disappearing around the curve about a block east of here. The notebook Devine was using was full of scribbles, notes, and thought balloons that had resulted in calculations, lists of entities, dollar and foreign-currency amounts, along with dates of transactions and other data. And lots and lots of question marks. In my world, Detective, its only the day after Friday. And I dont see how I can help. I didnt work directly with her. I haven’t seen her in months, in fact. Last time was a group dinner at Per Se, Columbus Circle. Over fifty people, with wine included. Must have cost the firm a small fortune. But it’s only money. So far Id seen Trent Dorseys hilarious response four times on CNN. He was sitting at a desk somewhere with shelves of fake books behind him and the edges of a giant green plastic plant showing on screen right. Local TV. Oh, Enny, she said, its been terrible! Thank you so much for standing by me. In the meantime, Mason said, Im an attorney. I have a position to uphold. So far as Im concerned youre a housebreaker. Unless you can satisfy me that you weren’t stealing I’m going to have to turn you over to the police. More than three hours? I desire to recall Dr. Oberon for one question, Hamilton Burger said. So, what are you going to do? At the very least, youre dealing with somebody who knows how to hire a genius. I started up the stairs and didnt meet anyone until I reached the second landing and turned to go up the remaining flight to the third story. A man came down the stairs. He was in a hurry, maybe even a rush, because he took the steps two at a time. I stepped back out of his way. He didnt see me at first because he was watching his feet, making sure not to trip. He looked up finally, saw me, hesitated — or seemed to — and then kept on going. I thought he even picked up a little speed. She hesitated a moment, then said,And youre an attorney? At midnight I sat at a table in my nicely furnished small room in the Royale Hotel with my Mac open and CNN on the TV. All the cable channels except the right-wing ones were orgasming over the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Jessica Bradshaw..