No can do. Got orders that nobody sees it. The cash of which you speak is evidence, Lance said. And how do we know hes in New York and not Iowa, or wherever they talk like that. Do you mind if I ask you a question, sir? Theyhave been. I told them what I knew and it was left at that. Very much upset and completely unnerved, I hastened to find George Alder so I could tell him what I had found. Well, the Candidate put him on the payroll as you suggested so maybe somebody should tell him to leave the blackjack home. Now just a moment, Mason said. Never mind making an argument. Just answer the question. She said,Now, look, youve been a good scout, you were really a friend in need and Im terribly grateful. Sometime tomorrow Ill dress to the teeth, get in touch with you and tell you how grateful I really am. In the meantime… Theres the matter of proof. Oh, the hell with it, he said, then hung up. Chapter 67 Well, lemme tell you about that. Thats really something. These new demands ask for a whole passel of stuff but the key points are real simple. Theyre demanding a flat twenty percent pay increase across the board and a four-day week. Well, I mean that sits with the city like a saddle on a sow. The city just laughs at em. But these six guys whove taken over the negotiations by now, they don’t laugh back. They just smile as cool as you please and don’t budge an inch. If its a trap she does, Mason said. In that case she knew before she ever swam ashore and started drying herself with a bath towel, which she conveniently left for the police to find—and I suppose theres a laundry mark on that bath towel which will enable the police to trace her. Yes, sir. Mr. Lutts died between four-twenty and four-forty. How do you know he wont change everything? Who brought the automobile into your station for service?.