Everybody else nodded. Yeah. She must have been more specific than that. Thats right. She made the getaway in my canoe. Did you hear about Sara? If the Court please, Hamilton Burger protested, here is a witness whom I couldnt call. The law specifically provides that in a case of this sort, the husband cannot be a witness against his wife, unless the wife consents. Counsel for the defence is, therefore, in a position to call thisvery, very friendly witness. I therefore insist that the examination be conducted within the strict limits laid down by the law. Are Ruth and the children here? Why? I … I cant telL Once. And then she broke it off. Now I think I know the reason. Neither would I. I dont know; twenty minutes, maybe a little longer. She started to say something, and Mason impatiently motioned her to silence. Well, I guess not, no, sir. Youre certain you didnt go? The labor statesman, it turned out, was one Stacey Hundermark, who was president of something called the Public Employees Union (AFL–CIO), which Hundermark had helped found back in Minneapolis in 1932 and had since nurtured to a respectable membership of around 250,000. Now, it seemed, some young upstart wanted to take Hundermarks job away from him. The upstart was one Arch Mix who, my uncle had hastened to assure me, was no relation to Tom. Going out? she said. Quite apparently, Mason said, affably, the fingerprints of the defendant are on that canoe also..