husband-home, an' that gave me a break. Said I'd come in to ask her how she'd like a little ride. She
was tickled an' we left Gil home with the kid-"
"Does she know of Peters' death?" I interrupted.
"Nope. An' I didn't tell her. Now listen. I told you Horty-What? Why Missus Darnley, Jim Wilson's gal.
Yeah. Let me talk, will you? I told you Horty was nuts on Mollie's kid. Early last month Horty comes in
with a swell doll for the kid. Also she's nursing a sore hand she says she gets at the same place she got
the doll. The woman she gets the doll from gave it to her, she tells Mollie-What? No, gave her the doll,
not the hand. Say, Doc, ain't I speaking clear? Yeah, she gets her hand hurt where she got the doll.
That's what I said. The woman fixes it up for her. She gives her the doll for nothing, Horty tells Mollie,
because she thought Horty was so pretty an' for posing for her. Yeah, posing for her, making a statue of