The smells didnt miss them. A woman from one crew kept saying she was going to upchuck and the man of the other said the whole place smelled like an Afghan whorehouse. Another minute passed, a light came on inside the office, and then the door was jerked open. Out staggered Brad Cowl, smoothing his hair down and putting his costly shirttail back in his very expensive pants and notching his crocodile leather belt closed. He took a moment to slowly zip up his pants like he was reholstering his gun. He looked sweaty and triumphant. The secretary had this dental appointment. I guess she must have thought it was safe. You heard the testimony about the revolver which has been introduced in evidence and which is described as the fatal weapon? The unexpected developments in the case followed an examination of the premises by Perry Mason, attorney for the defendant, Paul Drake, a private detective employed by him, and several deputies armed with devices designed to detect the presence of metallic substances below the surface of the earth. Devine looked away. He doesnt have a local lawyer? Wheres Viv? He also might have called the police anonymously and then run for it. If he found her dead, hed probably think, like I did, that people would believe that he had killed her. And others might know of their relationship. I gave him a lot to ponder last night — and a murder on top of it, with a woman he was screwing around with? The press would have a field day with that. And the cops would be all over him. He paused and said, Did you have any idea he was seeing somebody else? Behind him the courtroom was bedlam. And the last lady he employed for that purpose ended up dead. They said suicide, but I dont think she jumped into the East River all by her lonesome. Stand up. Congresswoman Bradshaw, since you are so actively pro-choice I feel its fair to ask if you, personally, have ever had an abortion? Hell probably stop and make a phone call — to another pay phone. Theyll tell him where to go next. It could go on like that for quite a while until theyre sure that there’s no one on his tail. I expect so. We left Paris earlier today. He killed somebody there, but I cant figure out how he could possibly beat us to Dark Harbor. I need to make a phone call. Im going to step over there. If I can do anything, well — you know. There are a couple of good men making out reports here in the office. I can hold them if you want. Everything is fine, Dino, Stone replied. Now, tell us what happened..