Its proper cross-examination, Judge Hoyt said, but the witness will refrain from answering until the Court and counsel have had an opportunity to examine those papers. Im trying to come up with the best way of handling this, Devine. What was the time? Whatever you think best, he replied. There are three wounds. How long do you think it was between the time you left the body and then returned? Im glad to hear your voice. They came to me this morning, I said, edging my volume up another notch. There was only one person who knew where both Max Quane and Sally Raines were just before they were killed. Della Street said,Every word of it. WASP heard this and looked up from his beer. He glanced at his buddies, and seemed to be contemplating something. Devine saw all this in the mirror as well. It was easy enough to read: The man was pondering whether to retake Hamburger Hill from Devine. The fingerprints of the defendant. What, then? Youre right. Lets quit talking about her, shall we? Take it easy, Mason warned under his breath. Remember now, a poker face! The jurors are watching you. Shes the fortuneteller? Side pocket, she said. Ruth Marvel— A neighbour and confidante of Sybil Harlan, she had utmost faith in her own ability to outwit the DA. And what are we going to do? It is assumed by courtroom experts who have been following the trial that it will be necessary at some stage of the proceedings for Mason to put his client on the stand, and at that time it is almost certain that she will be forced to change her statement that she was not at the beach city on the night of the murder. Too strong an array of facts and of witnesses have been piled up to enable her to consistently maintain her original position that she did not leave the Monadnock Hotel Apartments where she was living on the night in question..