Who? Any proof of that? Afraid so, I said. Yes, sir. Paul Drake, head of the Drake Detective Agency, had offices down the corridor near the elevator, and it was only a matter of seconds until Della Street heard his steps in the corridor. As soon as a dark shadow formed on the ground glass of the exit door, Della Street jerked back the latch and opened the door. Lance was stonily silent for a long moment. Then,How did you know that, Dino? Its highly classified. Well now thats different. You boys go right ahead, only remember Im here now and you cant plant a thing. You dont believe me, but youll represent me? George C. Lutts was apparently a badly flustered individual. Not only was he curious as to why Perry Mason should be interested in the Sylvan Glade Development Company, but he was anxious to make certain that he receive the excessive price which he had quoted over the telephone. His anxiety was tempered by a very evident fear that some secret development concerning which he knew nothing was making the stock worth far more than he had dared to ask. I dont know the exact time. In the evening. I was thinking of going back to the scene of Saras murder. Stone went and sat on a bench in the hallway, next to Dino. Stone suddenly wasnt sleepy anymore. He got up and peeped through the blinds, into the mews. Son of a bitch, he said. “Hes there. Restroom, Stone said. To the teeth. Hold your questions for another hour, will you? I make my rounds exactly at twenty past the hour. Takes me about twenty minutes. I have to key into certain areas so theres an electronic trail. That means I was in the lobby at midnightand at one ten. Nobody came into the lobby that night. I can count on one hand the number of times someone came in that late, and Ive been working here six years. Mason said,Just walk in there with your fighting clothes on and get in touch with whatever deputy district attorney is handling the thing and demand that he get hold of the complaining witness. Insist that we want to get a specific allegation as to what was taken and exactly when it was taken and the valueof it. And, above all, find out whether this young woman got in touch with me because of my reputation, because someone told her to give me a ring, or because she thinks she knows me..