Tell you what, Stone, Dino said. Next time we get near him, give me the first shot and keep your mouth shut. Ill deal with whatever a witness might say. I remember that interchange very well, Judge Garey said. Stone and Dino sat. I took out my tin box, rolled a cigarette, lit it, and thought about Warner Baxter Gallops. I had first met him in the Birmingham bus station in 1964. He and Ward Murfin and I had met there for lunch because back in64, despite what the Supreme Court said, there still werent too many public places in Birmingham where two whites and a black could eat without somebody kicking up a fuss. And Murfin and I werent in Birmingham to desegregate lunch counters. We were there to pick up eight votes. I think my younger sister is better-looking than I am. 3 That will do, Mr. District Attorney. Sit down, Judge Sedgwick said. The witness is being interrogated, not the district attorney. Get Paul Drake, Mason said. Tell him to come in. She folded her arms over her chest and looked alarmingly judicial.Do you need a lawyer, Travis? I know some good ones. Because people started dying. Now, you were by the pool on Tuesday, but you had on ablue swimsuit. Why that color? So is he mentoringyou? Mason, acting the part said expansively,Sure, sine. If you want it, go right ahead. He didnt say anything, but he did step aside so I could move closer to the grimy light. Twohundred? When they didnt respond, he continued, Now, heres something really relevant to the investigation. Will there be any DNA left in Saras womb that you could match to whoever the father of her baby was?.