First of all, Stone said, you dont know its a womans print. Tell me that after you’re in possession of an actual finger that’s a match, one that’s attached to a woman. George is relatively a young man, Mr. Mason. I am in the middle sixties. I am taking it for granted that you are familiar with the terms of the trust under which my brother left stock in the corporation. Thats a gross exaggeration, Stone said. This guy was in the pub when we were having lunch, he said. You should see him count a hall full of people, I said. Doxey tried the pretense of being so busy that he had neither seen nor heard Mason enter. Under the steady impact of Masons eyes be could no longer stand the strain. He glanced up and made a farcical failure of registering surprise. Oxley shook his head again, a little tiredly this time.Ive been in this business twelve years now and I never heard of any witness who apologized for not being able to tell you the color of the socks of some guy whos pointing a gun at him. His phone rang.Hello? You have your residence at 609 Lamison Avenue in this city? She looked alarmed when the name Cowl had come up, but Devine was intentionally not looking at her. He was instead staring at her reflection in the mirror behind the bar. It was just as informative as observing the real thing. Okay, I guess I understand that, she said slowly, but looking disappointed. Where are we going? Viv asked. That was my first offer, Lutts said speculatively. Think about that situation for a moment, Stone said. Sig, for reasons real or imagined, wants me dead. He was afraid to kill me himself, fearing that he would be killed or, at least, caught, so — unwilling to take that risk for himself — he asked you to risk your life to save his. Thatwas not a selfless act. How could I forget it? Stone gave the driver another hundred, and they hit the ground running. Soon they were taxiing, and the Hawker had taken off. Mason sighed, put the gun in his pocket and descended the stairs. He found Della Street sitting in the automobile, tears in her eyes..