“Killed?”

“Yes.”

“Auto accident or what?”

“Or what,” he said, and then after a moment added, “Three shots with a thirty eight calibre revolver.”

I looked at him steadily. “Where was Robert?” I asked.

His eyes held mine. He didn’t answer the question. He said instead, “Where were you?”

“Working.”

“On what?”

“On my job.”

He pulled a cigar out of the pocket of his robe, bit off the end, lit it, and started smoking. “Getting anywhere?”