“A financial favor?”

“I suppose so, yes.”

“Did he get it?”

“No. But this has no connection... no more of this.”

“Okay. When did Bowen leave?”

“Soon after I arrived, I should say a quarter past six. Perhaps twenty after; it was about ten minutes before Dora came, and she was punctual at six-thirty.”

“You don’t say so.” I looked at her. “You mean Dora Chapin.”

“Yes.”

“She came to do your hair.”

“Yes.”