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I took a seat and looked around at the reception area. It was all good, solid furniture that had a kind of W& J Sloane look to it. It was as if whoever had chosen it had decided on stolid durability and comfort rather than flash. I looked at my watch and saw that I was ten minutes early, but then I usually am, so I took out my small tin box and rolled a cigarette. I once smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, Luckies, unfiltered, but since I had started rolling my own I was down to the equivalent of a pack a day for which my lungs seemed grateful. I also saved approximately $124 a year. Good lord! he exclaimed impatiently. I dont want notoriety. And Im trying to do the right thing—if youll only let me. You went riding all over town? Bacchetti, he said. The one in the blue mask, I said. Its a legitimate deduction from all the circumstances, Mason said. I waited in my car just inside the drive. I assumed that before they let me examine the car Bromfield would have to introduce me. I dont have to accuse him of anything. It was implied in everything he said. What do you mean? Just like in the Middle East, the odds are not looking to be in my favor. And yet here I am, summoned by the man. You know what I mean. Mr. Dorley H. Alder. Shoemaker looked around.Yeah, making dough at this place. She glanced nervously at him.Murder disguised as suicide, like Brad was talking about with you and those men in the Army who died? Hancock stood. As he did, his jacket swung open, revealing a gun in a belt clip holster. The trembling had turned into uncontrollable, almost violent shaking so I held her closer and tried to soothe her with meaningless words. She buried her head in my shoulder and started to sob. I held her even closer and as I did I could feel a kind of gentle sexual arousement. Audrey must have felt something, too, because between her sobs, she said,I dont give a damn! I want you to hold me. We dont have to be ashamed of it, do we, of holding each other? Devine watched him walk inside and then he left, got on his bike, and sped off. Flashlights, flickering like fireflies, appeared on the shore, and Mason heard someone shout,There she isl Shes swimming. When? Didnt she take you up there to the house and then go directly to the beauty shop?.