Guilt, or thinking it might help him somehow. People under stress do strange things. Dino shrugged and went back to his cricket match. She said,Sit tight and Ill throw you my wet clothes. You can search them. I wish you wouldnt be so darned suspicious. She said sarcastically,You should know by this time that Im a conservative young woman who never takes a chance. Vanessa was about to clean out her mothers office, but I stopped her, thinking your people might like to examine the contents thereof. Why? And then what? The whole city? And what will you do with that information? Go and talk to the person? Lots of things. Nothing startling, just a lot of details that we can button up into a package by morning. Things always slow down a little around this time of night. You cant get people to talk after theyve gone to bed, no matter how many men you have on the job, so I usually start laying men off, and plan on an early morning start You told me there was a chance he might be alive. A tiny chance, I think you said. What happened, did you get a tip? At this distance, he said, I could break your jaw before you could pull the trigger. Okay, so? Dont look so dejected, Stone. I grabbed a donut and a paper cup of coffee. Ted did the same and followed me into the auditorium where the debate had been held. Though the stage was dark I could see the outlines of the rostrums. The TV people had cleared all their equipment away. Could you see what she was doing?.