“I mean the tattoo,” said Penny impatiently. “Didn’t you notice it?”
“I saw that he had one, if that’s what you mean.”
“You didn’t question him about it?”
“Certainly not, Penny. Why should I?”
“Don’t you read the Weekly Times? Anchor Joe’s tattoo is a dead ringer for the one John Munn had on his back. Joe’s already admitted that he knows Munn. For all we know they may be bitter enemies. Perhaps it was Anchor Joe who pushed Munn off the bridge!”
“Penny, your ideas grow wilder each day,” protested Mrs. Weems. “I hope you don’t talk such nonsense to other people.”
“All the same, Anchor Joe bears someone a grudge,” insisted Penny. “He mentioned a person who had ‘ratted.’ Didn’t you learn a single fact about him, Mrs. Weems?”
“His last name is Landa and he came to Riverview three weeks ago. He has no family.”
“I think I’ll question him myself when he awakens.”
“No, I can’t allow that,” said Mrs. Weems sternly. “The doctor would never approve.”