You havent made any claim cm the insurance company? They should tryteaching themselves to be nice to other people. After all, you know, Im an international gem thief and those are the dowagers jewels I just tossed in the bottom of the canoe. daily tit Why is that? Chuck what? he asked. Mason smiled affably.When did you next see the defendant, Mr. Keddie? When he wasnt saying yes and no into the phone he sat quietly at his desk with the patient look of a man who has learned how to wait. Once in a while he would flick a glance at me although I dont think I really interested him that much. My one attempt at idle conversation had failed utterly. I had said, Been with the union long? He had said, “No, not long, and then he had gone back to waiting for the phone to ring so that he could pick it up and say yes or no. 1 And who could blame her? he thought. Paul Drake looked completely blank.How the dickens —Oh, I see. Ill get my man to look into it and let you know later. You knew her on the third of June of this year? And youre willing to state to this Court that the defendant was not in the cab on the evening of the third — were talking about legal ethics now, Mr. District Attorney; youre making a representation of fact to the Court. Getting back to Sara, did you know her well? But the woman he apparently wanted wasSara and she was having no part of it. That might have pissed him off. Then, before I could answer,Pretty crazy shit, huh? Those little machines..