“Where were you when you heard Susan scream?”
“I was talking to Hobart, I tell you!”
“What was he doing when you heard Susan scream?”
“He was—he was tying his tie! There!”
Landis rose and made his way through Bernard’s bedroom to Russell’s bedroom, where he switched on the light.
Russell sat up in bed.
“What the hell do you want?”
“What were you doing when you heard Susan scream?” inquired Landis with an inward chuckle.
“You mean you waked me up to ask me that, you and your misfit pyjamas?”