He turned and walked to what he knew was the guest bedroom. Outside in the hall were two large roller suitcases. He looked at the tags. They were the Eweses. They had flown on United from California to here, after the much longer journey from New Zealand to the Golden State. Did you, Mason countered, wish to consult me about that? Mason turned to the witness and said,Did the dog have a broken toenail, Miss Monterrey? A broken claw? And theyre going to look at the entry log and theyre going to see my name as the only one. And then theyre going to be back. With an arrest warrant. And who the hell is Karl Hancock? Not at a much later date, pretty soon afterwards. Then what did you do? Hamilton Burger asked. Sir, Fred said, I trust you remember what happened the last time you went shopping. Yes, Enright Harlan said, I did some work for Mrs. Claffin. Later, they had lunch at a restaurant on the harbor, where Devine took a minute to check in with Campbell. No, we checked all that. There was nothing. Your Honor, Your Honor, Hamilton Burger said, its incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. Its not proper cross-examination. If counsel is interested, I will admit that I talked with Mr. Elkins last night. He had already given his direct testimony, and I wanted certain matters clearedup. Theres nothing illegal about a district attorney talking with his own witness. When I was through making my selection Dorothy Quane said,You want to try them on? Cowl shook his head, grinning.You got nothing to deal with and youre sure as hell not getting a dime from me. Thats what this is about, right? You shaking me down? Or trying to get a confession? Well, forget it. She nodded. Nothing but a badge and my native sense of command, Dino replied. Ill roll you one. Then,He could be very trusting sometimes. Like a little kid. He told one of the cops that hed made that recording. But afterward he realized that maybe this cop could have told someone in Showalters little group about it. He could be such a little boy. What did she do? Jess found the number of protectors excessive. Instead of comforting her they reminded her of her vulnerability. It was easy to imagine last nights gunshots playing over and over in her head. Prompted by this voice command, they had all stood like obedient dogs and filed from the room, while Cowl watched them from his intimidating perch..