He turned it over and said, “I think so, too.”
I said, “You’ll notice on the torn part there’s a place where it says, ‘Minimum check $5.00 per person.’” Over on the other corner appeared the words, “A la Cabanita, special.”
I said, “That looks to me as though it had been torn from a menu in your place.”
“So it does.”
“Any ideas?”
“No.”
“You’re not being very helpful.”
“I’m here. I’ve got the place open. I’m talking to you. I’m answering questions. This Lucille of yours may be a regular patron. She may have been someone that just dropped in. I’m sorry I can’t give you any more help. It isn’t because I don’t recognise her description. I do. I told you before, there are a hundred of them who answer that description.”
“Where do they all come from?”
He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Where does dust come from when the wind’s blowing?” and then abruptly said, “How many men do you know who have really beautiful wives?”