An important one? You shouldnt say that on the phone. Just to me. Jenkins picked up a phone and made a call.Hes on his way. Havent seen a thing, the voice on the yacht said wearily. Why dont you go home and go to bed? She said,I stopped in at a little restaurant for breakfast yesterday morning, read the papers, and learned about what Alder was saying. That someone had broken into his house and taken fifty thousand dollars in gems and—well, suddenly I realized that he had me. Hed been smart enough not to say anything at all about losing the bottle with the letter in it, but simply claimed that Id broken in in order to steal jewels. And, of course, like a little simp, not intending to get caught in any such mess, I had left myself wide open. And then I realized that you were my only hope because you—of course I didnt know who you were at the time—could swear I hadn’t taken any jewels from the house. Its Dino. Was that house built after the property was— I looked at him and I saw that he wasnt prying. He was seeking information. There was also an expression of mild hope in his eyes as though he thought that I might give him an answer that would enable him to divorce his wife, marry Jenny, move to a hardscrabble farm in the Ozarks, and tell the voters to get stuffed. If I had done it, perhaps there was a chance, a very small chance, that he could, too. Well, there we run into a little trouble. Apparently, he left Bantry at around four oclock. He says that he stopped in at a bar for a cocktail and then went to his office, getting there around five oclock. Myers stood and put his tools back in the box on the floor.And now theres another one, they say. Only she wasnt killed here, thank God. Couldnt take finding another body. I had a buddy of mine dig up some things on the Locust Group. He went on to tell the general about how many companies and assets and countries were involved. Where upstairs? Land where the Navaho lands. I… I told you Id have to make an inventory. Where? How are you feeling? Stone asked. What?.