“How come?”

“You know, the police. They’ll get after me. Honestly, Donald, I don’t know what made me do what I did tonight. I guess it was because you were so decent to me — I just couldn’t rat on you to the bulls.”

“All right,” I said. “Go home and forget it.”

“No, I can’t. They’ll check up on me.”

“How?”

“With Walter.”

“The night clerk?”

“Yes.”

“What about him?”

“He’ll identify you.”