“I’m telling you he did!” O’Brien snapped. “The Commissioner has all the evidence he needs for a conviction. Don’t argue with me! Charge him and take him away.”
“The Commissioner got his information from Sergeant Donovan, who is invariably inaccurate,” Adams said, watching Gilda as she laid the gun down on the sideboard.
“If Howard is satisfied, I am. I told you to arrest this man!”
“But he didn’t do it. I had instructions to carry out an independent investigation. I’ve done so and I’ve cracked the case. This isn’t the man.”
“I suppose you are going to tell me Dorman killed her?” O’Brien said angrily.
“No, he didn’t, either.”
O’Brien made an impatient gesture.
“Don’t be so damned mysterious! Who killed her, then?”
“It’s quite a story. The facts…”
“I don’t want to listen to this,” Gilda said. “Sean, can’t he take this man away ? This has been a shock to me. I want to go to bed.”