Mason said, “Well, I have matters to wind up.”
Without so much as a backward glance, he walked to the door and out into the corridor.
Carl Mattern watched him go, his eyes steady, his face expressionless.
Chapter 14
From a drugstore on the corner, Mason telephoned his office.
“Hello, Gertie,” he said. “Guess who this is?”
“Uh huh,” she said.
“The office being covered?”
“Uh huh.”
“No one listening on the line?”