“Strung them along, kidded them a little bit. We had escorts. We had swimming companions, and we had one fellow who was completely gaga over us, that is, he was over Minerva, but it didn’t do him any good.”
I said, “Minerva had her picture taken with her head lying on his bare chest.”
“How do you know that?”
I said, “I saw the picture.”
“Donald Lam, did you steal those films? I’ll bet you did. I looked all around for them and couldn’t think where I’d put them. I… why, you…”
I said, “Of course I picked up the films. You were holding out on me.”
“I don’t like that.”
“That’s all over with. Let’s keep on the main subject. Did Stanwick Carlton suspect what was going on on that beach vacation?”
“I tell you, nothing was going on. We strung a couple of saps along and that was that.”
“And was one of them Tom Durham?”