“She might have been rushed to a private hospital somewhere,” Drake said. “We’ll know on that within half an hour.”
“Let’s see,” Mason reflected. “It was raining when she left here. That means the roads were pretty slippery. Someone might have skidded into her, and rushed her to a hospital... But he’d have reported the accident to the police by this time.”
“He would unless he’d have been injured himself,” Drake said.
“Even then, the police would have known of the accident.”
Drake nodded.
“What else could have happened to her?” Mason asked.
“I don’t know,” Drake said. “She might have... Say, wait a minute, Perry.
“Go on,” Mason said, as the detective hesitated, “spill it.”
“She went out under her own power,” Drake said. “Now, as I understand it, she wouldn’t ordinarily have done that without leaving a message for you or giving you a buzz to see if you had anything you wanted her to do. Is that right?”
“That’s right,” Mason said.