"No. Is he supposed to?"
"I don't know. I just want to notify you that I'll be out of town on business tomorrow and maybe Tuesday, in case you or he or anybody is trying to reach me. But I'll be back in plenty of time for the hearing on Thursday. There isn't another motion for a postponement, is there?"
"Not that I know of," Auerbach said. "Be seeing you in court on Thursday, then?"
"Right."
He returned to the television room. The ballet was still going on.
"Well?" Lois asked.
"I couldn't reach the Bryants. They hired an intercepting service," Harker said darkly. "I spoke to Tom Auerbach, though. The hearing's still scheduled for Thursday. Jonathan just didn't want the old man to be alive when it was held."
I wouldn't put it past them to murder old Bryant, he thought. Cold-blooded bunch.
He stared at the screen, but the colorful images only irritated him.