He turned to me puzzledly. "You're not afraid to have us dig for her body, Mark?"
"Tear the place apart if you want."
"We'll have to," he said. "I'm calling Homicide."
"Call in the Marines. Call in anybody you like."
"You'll have to stay in my custody until we're through."
I shrugged. "As long as you leave me alone while you're doing your digging, I don't give a hang if I'm under arrest for suspicion of murder. I've got to do some straightening out. I wish the people in the future could take on the job—they could do it faster and better than I can—but some nice, peaceful quiet would help."
e didn't touch me or say a word to me as we waited for the squad to arrive. I sat in the chair and shut out first him and then the men with their sounding hammers and crowbars and all the rest.
She'd been ruthless and callous, and she'd murdered old people with no more pity than a wolf among a herd of helpless sheep.