I just want you to know that were feeling threatened. Dino Bacchetti and Ed Rawls are here, and theyre both armed. Yes, I take it she would, Mason said dryly. Okay, Paul, see what you can find out. Well call you later. Not at all, I said and headed for the door with Murfin close behind me. When we reached his office I picked up the phone and said hello. It was my sister and she sounded frantic, or as near to frantic as Audrey would ever permit herself to be. No idea at all. But Im sure as hell curious. Do you suppose she is guilty? Della Street asked. There was a long silence.Where are we meant to be dining this evening? Viv asked. Ill cross that bridge when I come to it, Hamilton Burger said angrily. Right now, Im interested in finding out how it happened that this trap was set. Your Honor must realize that if the defendant hadnt had a guilty conscience, she wouldn’t have manipulated things so that there would have been this unforeseen development. Whats happening? Vanessa asked. Once inside, while Stone was being greeted by the maître d, Derek from Strategic Services approached the group. Weve thoroughly swept the restaurant for weapons, he said, “and as you enter, weve temporarily installed a very sensitive metal detector that picks up any object larger than a pack of cigarettes. Wouldnt you? You snaked a girl away from him, one who worked there. Sig isnt the forgiving kind. As Devine and Montgomery left the penthouse, she said,So, its finally over? No, its just innocent conjecture, based on the available evidence. Dorley Alder took a leather-backed notebook from his pocket, said,I told you that youd made an ally. Ill now prove it. The gun with which my nephew was shot was his own gun. Were airborne, en route from Paris to the Maine house, be there sixish. "I cant express it any better than that No questions, Hamilton Burger said disgustedly. Again Mason climbed the stairs, waited a minute and fired two shots. This time there were two blasts from the horn below. They were short, as though Della Street had been reluctant to press the horn button. Mason regarded the scratches on the door.As you have so aptly pointed out, he said, “those scratches are all fresh..