“And not close enough to notice if she showed any symptoms of heart trouble?”
He blinked.
“I didn’t get that.”
“I understand she was suffering from this disease for some months. You say you saw her in her car. How long ago was this: that you saw her? How long before she died?”
“A month, maybe two. I don’t remember.”
“What I’m trying to get at,” I said patiently, “is that with this disease she would have shown symptoms you might have recognized if you had seen her before she died.”
“I don’t think I should.”
“And yet the symptoms are unmistakable?”
He licked his thin lips.
“I really don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, and began to back away. “I can’t give you any more of my time. It is valuable. I must ask you to excuse me.”