“I wanted to see Mr. Cullens on a matter of business.”
“What business?”
“Something about which he’d consulted me.”
“Was he a client of yours?”
“Not exactly.”
“All right, then, what was the business?”
Mason said, “I was looking for a man named George Trent, a gem expert. I had reason to believe Cullens knew something.”
“What made you think so?”
“Call it a hunch if you want to,” Mason said.
“I don’t want to,” Holcomb told him, “and it doesn’t sound logical.”