Hello,Mr. Devine, said Michelle Montgomery. A voice from the doorway caused them both to jump. Mason smiled affably at Hamilton Burger.Go ahead and cross-examine, Mr. Burger. This is your witness. 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. Do you know where the houseboats are tied up in Tomlin Park? Cindy was back with an official-looking white first-aid kit.Im a nurse. She said this as she brushed me aside. She was getting good at it. First on the porch and now as I stood by the couch. Apparently I was a piece of human furniture. What about the canons of ethics? Bet its got the big engine in it though, I said in the knowing tone of one who cant be easily slickered. Probably uses a lot of gas. So I told him and when I was through he wanted more details, so I fed them to him until he was almost sated, except that my mothers silver spoon seemed to fascinate him. I had to explain several times how I could tell that it was one of her spoons. He finally accepted my explanation with the comment that, Well, hell, maybe you could, I dont know. We never had no silver spoons in my house when I was a kid anyway. Did she say who the father was? Devine decided to call Montgomery to check on her. And where is that? Man in a Hawaiian shirt, Dino said. What time are you supposed to see Mr. Vullo? Well, I guess I better go find a seat. Mason said,I was trying to find out something about what had happened after the directors meeting on the third. Well, Della Street said, thats one consolation. Her beauty will be utterly wasted on Carl Jackson. Jackson will see only the legal principles involved, and for the rest of it will regard her owlishly through those thick-lensed spectacles of his, blinking his eyes as though trying to chop the situation up into small pieces so he can more readily feed them into his mental digestive apparatus. I looked at Gallops.Therell be a lot of both when they let Mix go and he finds out what youve been up to..