A hopeless son of a bitch. She didnt wait for introductions but came forward, her hand extended. Good morning, Mr. Mason. Its nice of you to see me. Where do I sit? Hamilton Burger turned triumphantly to Perry Mason.Cross-examine, he said. Thats right, Gallops. Warner B. Gallops. Well, as I was saying, this guy who supposedly was in tight with the PEU went down to see Gallops to ask what the hell was going on and to point out that if they struck the ten biggest cities in the country, then Im going to be stone cold dead on November second. Under such circumstances that he could have substituted weapons, so that the weapon you returned to Mr. Harlan on May thirtieth could have been a weapon substituted by Mr. Doxey? Just enough so that I need a lawyer. And Slick. He can drop a word here and there that probably wont do any harm. mature gallery 40 Heres the question, Rick said. Was the man you saw the messenger or the man who murdered the messenger? You may as well wait here, Della, Mason said casually. Chickens? You raise chickens? The woman who ran the place was solicitous.Please, Carmen, queek, she said, and then broke into a rattle of Spanish, which galvanized Carmen into action. If I knew what the hell you were talking about, Id answer you. But I dont. So when the police came, I told them I didnt like their attitude and Id have to see a lawyer before I so much as gave them the time of day. That was when Enny said, Get Perry Mason, honey. And so I told him I was going to. It was his own suggestion. You were also probably worried that Sara had told Stamos about you. But I never mentioned you to Sara or Jenn; there would have been no reason to. But you couldnt chance that. Jenn was smart. She might put two and two together. And I got the emails telling me of their deaths. That was you, right? The untraceable emails. What happens at the preliminary hearing?.