Kells stood up. He said: “I’m going to take a nap while the wheels of justice make a couple turns.” He went to the bedroom door, turned and spoke to the boy: “Call me in two hours.” He went into the bedroom.
When the houseboy woke Kells, Fay had gone. Kells asked the boy to make some more coffee, shook Granquist awake.
“How about some Java?”
She said: “Sure.”
They sat at the table and drank a great deal of coffee. Kells sent the boy out for a paper. RUTH PERRY CONFESSES HUSBAND SHOT HAARDT was spread across the front page.
Kells said: “Ain’t nature wonderful!” He got up and put on a suit-coat Fay had given him. “I’m going to town.”
Granquist said: “Me too. Can I ride with you?”
They went down and got into a cab and went to the parking station near the P & O wharf where Kells had left Cullen’s car.
It was very hot, driving into Los Angeles. Kells took off his coat and drove in his shirtsleeves. His face was battered and Fay’s shoes hurt his feet and he wanted very much to get into a bathtub and then get into bed.
He said: “Did you come out with Kastner and O’Donnell?”