She shook her head.I was born in Mexico. As a matter of fact, the sheriff went on, youll find your attack on me didnt do you any good. People on that jury live in this county and theyre taxpayers. I’m popular with the taxpayers. Why do you want to know? Mason said,Well stay here on neutral territory until we know what the situation is. I acted on impulse. The sight of that dog dashing after you with bared fangs speeded my generous impulses. Whether he telephoned or tried to get in touch with you. Hoffa, Quane said. Theres a sticker on your bumper. Then hes been out of touch with his fellow countrymen since Lances people arrested him on his yacht. Leave it here. I cant go around the city with an out-of-stater whos packing. I wasnt about to interrupt them with some lame pep talk. Jesus, he said, still smiling as broadly and as nastily as Id ever seen him smile, it all goes together, doesnt it? Any particular enemies? As you say, he has a lot. Get Paul Drake, Mason said. Tell him to come in. I hope Cox and Hardin are more identifiable than Larkin. How do you know its an exact copy? I was surprised that you were out by the pool yesterday after everything that had happened the night before. I forgot to ask you about that when we had lunch yesterday. But Stamoss murder sucked up all the oxygen..