‘I must have, but I don’t remember.’

It would have been too good to be true if he had.

‘Okay,’ I said, and gave him a buck. ‘Well, thanks.’

We went back to the Buick. The time was now half-past six.

‘I’ll drop you off at the office. Get Trixy off home,’ I said.

‘And you?’ Paula asked.

‘I’m going to talk to Marshland.’

CHAPTER FIVE

I

As I drove towards Ocean End, I laid out my discoveries in my mind and brooded over them.