Slick was in a mild snit because he had forgotten to bring any salt. Our luncheon appointment was taking place on a bench under the shade of some trees along the north rim of Dupont Circle. Slick had brought his lunch in a proper wicker basket that was covered with a red and white checked cloth. Mine was contained in a brown paper sack. I reached into the sack and handed him a twist of paper that held some salt. He thanked me and sprinkled a pinch of it on his cold broiled breast of chicken. I got it! Dino said. Lemme show you something, Murfin said. Lemme show you who fed me the story and then maybe youll understand why I came. Corsing nodded.Some of it, he said. “Not the details though. Another point: they take as their icon Las Vegas, Nevada. Howre you feeling, Jess? No, the witness said. Im positive of that. I saw her once before I saw her in the lineup, but I never saw her twice. No, Im doing fine. Dont hit that too hard. Done, Stone said. You book. I want everybody to know Im lunching with a cop. He hung up and turned to Joan. “Got that?” I can do what I do from anywhere. This is nice place. I move around a lot before, but this is nice place. I stay here. They believe they knowyou that well. Im not positive, but my chief of staff may have ordered the Secret Service to shoot you on sight. It was as if to say,Look everybody, your king is here on a Saturday in the summer instead of on my yacht or at my country club playing golf... or banging my employee on a cheap desk, while I have an even better-looking lady skinny-dipping in my Olympicsize pool. We got out of the car and Slick put the white sheet of paper underneath the windshield wiper. He looked at me.Well, shall we take a cab? Shoemaker and Ekman looked like they had been up all night. Good luck to you, then. He hung up..