He still wasnt convinced, but when I put his sister down, he took her hand and said in French, Lets go outside and play. She said,Thanks for the buggy ride. Only its a canoe. Really? How come? Im taking over, Mason said. You just concentrate on the problem of accretion due to governmental activity. Are you sure about that? It shows the number of the cab, it shows the number of the trip, and the amount that was paid, Mason said, unfolding the crumpled piece of paper. The interview was pretty good. Host and guest were both practiced at said fake solemnity. They discussed how the local police had joined the state police and an FBI agent to search for the shooter, and said that the congresswoman was resting and was under twenty-four-seven state trooper protection. Detective Aaron Oxley of the Metropolitan Police Departments homicide squad couldnt think of anything to charge me with except a felony that could, he said, get me five to ten years in Lorton. The felony that Detective Oxley had in mind was my failure to report a felony. The felony that I had failed to report was Max Quanes murder, but my lawyer, Earl Inch, pooh-poohed that as only a $100-an-hour lawyer can; with magnificent derision and chilling disdain. Detective Oxley took it well enough because he really didn’t seem too interested in charging me with anything anyhow. What he was really interested in was why I had thrown the empty pint bottle of Old Overholt. And Murfin. He was interested in Murfin, too. We thought of that. They all went to different high schools. She wont do anything about it until after the election, of course. Whatever she says otherwise, she wants to go back to Washington and stay there till shes about a hundred and forty. You know she was so wealthy growing up that she didnt value things. She had it all. Holding office is the only thing that she’s ever had to fight for.’ And what do I do now? It was just then that two gunshots cracked through the air. Shouts. Screams. Two state policemen grabbed Jess and rushed her down the stairs. Then about an horn later a gentleman came in and said he wanted to see her. He told me she was expecting him so there was no need to announce him. Well, thats against the rules of the place, but he looked like the sort of man you could trust—reserved, a gentleman—not the sort that would be apt to make any racket, cause any trouble or report a man for violating a rule. He looked at Montgomery, who was fingering her coffee cup and looking pensively out the window into the rear garden.I had incentive enough, Devine said. That, unfortunately, is now an inescapable conclusion, Judge Hoyt said. Regardless of how it happened, Mr. Prosecutor, you must admit that the testimony of this witness has become hopelessly impaired. You would hardly be in a position to use this witness in front of a jury to make an absolute identification. Well, lets say he did a good job and leave it at that. The man didnt turn, but froze instead. He said something to the banker, and the man indicated the rear of the bank..