By the time the cab dropped him off he had no hope left.Why did she come back here? She opened the glove compartment, took out a pack of cigarettes and a gun. How much? If Id thought about anything, I wouldnt have thrown it. If Id thought that I might get shot, I certainly wouldn’t have thrown it. Who had the other key? Mason asked. Now you tell me, Dino said, picking up his phone and passing that information to his men. Devine, for reasons he could not entirely understand, believed the man, because everything with Cowl was transactional. So if the man hadnt tried to frame him, who had? When? And what happened? Mason asked. The man with the eyebrows moved anyway. He whirled around, searching for somebody to shoot at. I didnt know whether he could see me or not so I shot him in the left leg although I was aiming at his chest. He went down on his knees, but brought his gun up again and fired twice. I shot him again, this time in the shoulder, the left one, and when he still didnt go down, but once more brought his gun up, I fired again and this time the bullet hit him in the face just below his nose. The gun dropped from his hand and he pitched forward onto his face. He twitched once or twice and then after that he didnt move anymore. Dont, sweet Jesus, dont shoot. Doxey struck a match, shielded his eyes from the flame, said,Look at that blood — its come from that hole in his chest. What kind of noise? Next to the Mini was Devines BMW motorcycle. It was the only thing he had ever splurged on. Hed bought it used with money saved up from his Army pay. Believe it. I did not find it the least bit pleasant. I dont just mean with what happened to Sara. I mean it seemed pretty damn degrading... to you. Its scheduled for next Wednesday. A working day for some of the cops wholl be standing behind him. Theres a town statute that forbids on-duty policemen to appear in any kind of promotional activity. It also forbids law enforcement officers to make any kind of political endorsements.’ You leave everythingexactly as it is, Mason said. Dont touch a single thing. Ill stay here and see that nothing happens, and you take my car, go down the hill and call the police. On the floor was a thick beige carpet and covering the walls was something that looked like pale burlap, but probably wasnt because burlap would have been too cheap. One wall was lined with old leatherbound books, but I was too far away to read their titles. The wall opposite the books was hung with a series of Daumier drawings, six in all, and for all I knew they may have been the originals. Vullo could probably afford them. I rapidly was becoming convinced that he could afford almost anything. And that the time that you saw this defendant was later on in the evening, and the person you picked up there at approximately quarter to five might have been someone other than the defendant?.