6:20. Heres my plan, Dino said. Youve still got your honorary detectives badge, right? Slide it into the cabin, Mason suggested. Put part of it in the cabin and leave part of it down here … Devine went back into the house after calling the hospital and checking on Speers and Tapshaw. They were both in the ER and being monitored. Their oxygen levels were still low, and the doctors had decided to keep them in the hospital until they were completely out of danger. Devine had been watching him closely, because it was not outside the realm of possibility that, despite what Hancock had said about other people being out there, he was actually working with Cowl. He would certainly have a motive to get rid of Devine once and for all. But Cowl seemed surprised, and, more important, worried. Not for Devine, of course, but for himself. I had enough presence of mind not to look around, so that person never did see my face. I simply dashed out through the French doors and out toward the landing wharf. Well, I confided in Ruth. I gave her the sketch, and Ruth, who is really very clever and who has excellent judgment, told me that since I hadnt reported the thing to the police when it happened, I couldnt possibly afford to do it then. It is an unusual case, Your Honor. You havent anything to do with it. Id rather buy them. In other words, having told a story youre going to stand by it? Doxey came forward, took the witness stand, testified to his relationship to George Lutts, to the fact that he had seen the decedent on the day of the murder, that his last contact with the decedent had been when they left the office of the corporation and had driven to a restaurant, where the decedent had eaten a bowl of vegetable soup, a hamburger with onions, a cup of coffee and a piece of pumpkin pie. Shes a piece of work, actually. Turns out Sara was pregnant but she terminated it. Her mother accused her of being a slut and of murdering her child. He waved me away with his right hand and with his left jerked a cell phone from his jacket pocket. Then we didnt make an ally after all, Chief? Chapter 50 Up in the house on the hill. Hey, there you are!.