And again you never mentioned that to us because... A little after five oclock. I know. How old is he now? Mason shook his head.The police wouldnt like that. Theyll want to go over his car, trying to find fingerprints. Go call the police. Ill wait. They piled into a battered patrol car. For a long moment there was silence in the courtroom and then suddenly there was a ripple of voices from the spectators. Of course he did, Perry. He made a phone call, dont you remember? No reason. After that, the defendant telephoned someone, then returned to the taxi and had the taxi driver take her to the building where Perry Mason, her present attorney, has his office. Ask Alder, Mason said. Maybe. What? Stone, its Ed Rawls. How you doing? I see his point, Dino said, but maybe its not a bad thing: angry people make mistakes. Then, Drake said, why worry about the circumstances of his death? All you needed was a physicians certificate that he was dead. I could have told you that within a few minutes after you telephoned. He was dead as an iced mackerel..