"Androtten?"
She nodded. "He was at the ranch. I'm certain of it."
"Wait a minute, baby. Sit down. Relax. Now start from the beginning. What ranch?"
"Oh, I thought you knew. I went to Gamburdo's brother's ranch with Ansaldo and Marina. Doctor was ripping mad. There was entirely too much interference in the Tabio case, he said, and he'd called for a showdown. He said he was going to stay on the ranch for a few days, or at least until the politicians who were interfering with him would come to their senses. He said we'd all just take a holiday until we could go back to work."
"Who else was at the ranch?"
"Gamburdo's brother, two men I've never seen before, and our hostess."
"Were you introduced to the two men?"
"No, that's just it. They were not there when we arrived. They came on horseback after we'd been there for some hours. Señora Gamburdo said they were merely neighbors who wanted to talk over a cattle deal with her husband."
"And what makes you think she was lying?"
"I can't say, exactly, Matt. I didn't like the way she explained them to me—it was as if she felt that I insisted upon an explanation. That was when I decided to tell Ansaldo that I wanted to come back to town this morning. I told him there was some shopping I'd neglected. He didn't seem to object at the time."