“What was she doing here?” Sergeant Holcomb wanted to know.
“She works here off and on. It’s her job.”
“Yeah. What was she working on here this time of night?... When you come right down to it, Mason, how did you know she was going to be here?”
“I didn’t,” Mason said. “I just dropped in. She’d been at a picture show, and came up here to write some letters.”
“What letters?”
“I don’t know. Some letters she wanted to write on a typewriter.”
Sergeant Holcomb jerked his thumb in the direction of the · corridor door. “Okay, Mason,” he said, “that’s all. She talks English. I won’t need an interpreter.”
Chapter 7
Mason rang Paul Drake’s office. “Any messages for me?” he asked.
“Yes, Mr. Mason. Your secretary said to call her at the Green Room of the Maxine Hotel. She said it was important.”