“As much as I’ll ever be.”
“Police will push you around. Newspaper men will give you the works. They’ll question you and keep questioning you.”
“Of course,” she said listlessly. “I guess I can take it.”
“Are you going to talk?” Mason asked.
“Should I?”
“No.”
“Very well, then, I won’t.”
“It’s going to take considerable will power.”
She raised her voice nervously. “I said I wouldn’t talk — I won’t talk! ”
Mason studied her for a few seconds, then said, “Do you want to hear something?”