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Uh-huh, I said. Dino stared at him.Why? Maybe, or maybe not, if the cops believe what theythink they see? And then a jury does, too? You got about a million bucks to spend on the best lawyers? And thats probably theminimum youre going to need. What? he finally said. I gather you wanted to see me about a matter of considerable importance, Mason said. Well, listen again, Mason said, and youll find that Im simply trying to protect my client against imposition. We discussed it, yes. Which might mean that Cowl and his partners had a falling-out. They might have done that to incriminate Cowl. He picked up the grey file that he had placed on the table and leafed through it. When he found what he seemed to be searching for he looked back up at me. Busy how? I wont do that, I swear. Not yet, but Im going to find out. Dino took a deep breath. I may as well tell you this now: Frances Bowers and her nurse are dead. Mason worked the hidden catch on the gate, opened it for Della Street, and they walked down to Paul Drakes office. What did you find, if anything? Youre the secretary of the company, Mason told him. Im a stockholder. I have a right to know. Then hes your problem, not mine. Your name is Enright A. Harlan? You are the husband of the defendant in this case? Mrs. Harlan, still holding her skirt high and tight so that it would not brush against anything, climbed to the third floor, led the way to a room with a northern exposure. Here it was cleaner and less cluttered. The rooms only chair was covered with a newspaper and placed in such a position that one could sit in it and look out through the thin lace curtains of a window..