The telephone rang, and Waid said, “I’ll answer it.”
Mason turned to Charles Sabin and said significantly, “I have recently come into the possession of certain information, Mr. Sabin, which leads me to believe that your father had every reason to believe that by Monday, the fifth of this month, Mrs. Sabin would have obtained a divorce. I can’t interpret the information I have received in any other light.”
“That’s a defamation of character,” Mrs. Sabin said belligerently.
Mason kept his eyes on Charles Sabin. “Do you,” he asked, “know anything about that?”
Sabin shook his head.
Mason turned back to Mrs. Sabin. “When were you in Paris, Mrs. Sabin?”
“That’s none of your business.”
“Did you get a divorce while you were in Paris?”
“Most certainly not!”
“Because,” Mason went on, “if you did, I’ll find out about it sooner or later, and I’m warning you now that I’m going to look for evidence that will...”