“Yes,” she said. “Mr. Ellis telephoned Santa Carlotta right away. He said that they’d been waiting to see my written statement. When this new angle turned up, he knew they’d want to be advised.”
“You don’t know what was said at the Santa Carlotta end of the wire?”
“Apparently nothing,” she said. “Mr. Ellis was just reporting. He told me Santa Carlotta thought the case might have a local angle.”
“He didn’t say what the local angle was, did he?”
“No.”
“Do you think he knew?”
“Yes, I think so. It was something he’d evidently discussed with the police there.”
I said, “That’s fine. Now, what’s Mr. Ellis doing to protect you?”
“To protect me?”
“Yes.”