Thats quite right, Mason said. I thought perhaps you were going to bring the facts out sooner or later and we might as well get them before the Court. What do you mean? So whats in it for you? he asked. They dined on roast chicken, stuffed with sausage, buttered peas, and wild rice, taken with a bottle of Far Niente cabernet. And then you had this altercation and turned back? What do you think it is, drugs or Mix? But how much damage have they already done? They drove out to Doxeys house, which they found without difficulty. It was a large white stucco, red-tile roofed house, a traditional California type of Spanish architecture. There were two palm trees in front of the doorway to the porch, a wide cement walk crossed a velvety, grassy lawn to the sidewalk. Mason tappedthe horn button twice, and almost instantly the door opened and Herbert Doxey started out, turned, said something over his shoulder, closed the door and came running down the walk. Man or woman? Mason asked. You should be more observant when somebody is trying to kill you, Dino said. Did a cab just leave here? Right. I need to go back to the Eagles and change. You can take Ed and Susannah to dinner. Vullo dismissed his secretary with a curt nod and when she was gone I said,Ive heard about someone who might be able to help you find a replacement for Max. Hes a headhunter. I have traveled, she said, somewhat wistfully. Like that, the Senator said..