"Miss Carrillo. I telephoned her place to try to reach Gibson. She said he had just left and asked me if you had returned yet. Get in there and find out if anyone's got to Gibson yet about his appointment as police commissioner."
Brennan stuck his head in the booth to listen as John lifted the receiver.
"Hello," he said.
"Mr. Gallant?" it was her voice.
"Yes."
"You see, he did not forget. I did not ask him to make that apology; I only told him I thought he had been forgetful."
"Yes," said John, realizing she was referring to the apology offered him by Gibson.
"Now that he is a police commissioner he will need you, as a newspaper man, for a friend."
"Ask her if he has given any interviews yet," Brennan put in.
"Has Mr. Gibson made a statement concerning his appointment?" John asked.