Youre acquainted with the defendant, Dorothy Fenner? Gloster asked. To the teeth. Hold your questions for another hour, will you? So you see that, despite the difference in ages, Im Corrines full cousin. We were very close. Aunt Cora died ten years ago, then Georges father died and left the property in a sort of trust to Corrine, George and Dorley Alder, George’s uncfe. Its okay, you can come out, he called to Vanessa. Thisll cost her the election. Thats the other thing. I cant believe it. She did so well with the debate and all—’ Then, Sorry, I’m being such a baby about this.’ For free? I didnt have to explain. He told me all about you and about what you had done at the directors meeting, and I just lay in his arms and stroked his hair and smoothed his forehead and let him tell me his troubles. And he told me that Roxys lawyer had said that you were the most diabolically ingenious attorney of the whole California Bar; so I said, Well, that’s fine. If I ever get in trouble, I’ll call on Perry Mason.’ And he said, You’ll never get in trouble, but if you do, he’s the man you want.’ Yes, sir. Yeah, you would have just shot him, and a witness could have sent you away for a long time. And then put Mrs. Marvel on the other side of this trick mirror? Neither Murfin nor Quane wanted any mint in their drinks so I mixed two without and one with. After we had all taken our first swallows, Murfin looked around, nodded approvingly at what he could see from the porch, and said,You sure got it fixed up nice. I never thought youd ever get it looking like this. He turned to Quane. “I was with him when he bought it; I ever tell you that? Not at a much later date, pretty soon afterwards. At what time? You should see the kind of women who hang out down there. My people have to go there six, seven times a week. All right, Mason said, that leaves Ezekiel Elkins. What about him? Two hundred, I said. They fanned out over the country and the first thing they did was dump the local union leadership in the dozen big cities that I mentioned. Money seems to be no problem. They bribed and bought where they had to and if that didnt work, they used muscle. From what I saw in St. Louis, theyre a pretty mean bunch. Once they had the local leadership dumped, bribed, or intimidated, they took over the negotiations. Except that they dont really want a settlement, they want a strike. Youre representing somebody, Elkins said. You didnt drop down out of a clear sky and buy stock in this company without any previous negotiations and at such a price Lutts didnt dare let the deal slip through his fingers by giving us first chance at the stock, the way we promised each other we would. Whatd Gallops say? I said and took a bite of my hamburger. It was cold. The front page, Slick said. He nodded at Vullo and said, I think you should play it for him first. Not at the moment. Well stake out the two front doors for right now. After your people come to work, then well cover it from inside..