‘If he’s to be found, we’ll find him. Don’t start making cute remarks. If he was still in town, we would have had him by now.’
‘Not if he’s holed up. You haven’t searched every house in town,’ I said. ‘And that’s the only way you will find him.’
Francon was getting bored with this.
‘Well, I guess I’m going to bed. I have a busy day in front of me,’ he said. ‘You have a week before they bring Perelli to trial. Two more days before I quit I’m not going into court with nothing in my hands, Vic. I warned you; and I mean it’
He went off before I could argue with him.
Depressed and tired, Paula, Mary and I went down the steps to the street.
‘Shall I take Mrs. Dedrick to my apartment?’ Paula asked.
‘If you will. We’ll meet tomorrow at the office. Maybe I’ll have an idea by then.’
I got them a taxi and saw them off, then, as I was walking over to the Buick, Muffin joined me.
‘Sorry about this, Vic,’ he said. ‘There’s nothing I can do about it.’