Shadow of a Tiger
““Did Claude mention Paul Manet, Li?”
She sat close against me. “Only that he came to Claude with a business offer. Claude was not interested.”
“This was in San Francisco?”
“Yes. Later, Manet came here, but Claude disliked him.”
“Yet Manet used Claude as an intro at the Balzac Union. He met Eugene, and … No, he didn’t meet Eugene at the Union. He met Eugene outside.” I thought as we rode downtown. We were near Li’s hotel. “I want to talk to Claude. We’ll call Lieutenant Marx from your hotel suit...e.”
She opened her suite door, pointed to where the telephone stood. I didn’t look at the telephone. Claude Marais sat in an easy chair facing us. Li glanced at the bedroom. A giveaway glance. Did it matter? Two used pillows on the unmade bed. Claude knew, had to know.
“They let me go. The lawyer got a paper, something,” he said. “Are you all right, Li?”
“Yes. Mr. Fortune is helping me prove you innocent.”
“How is he doing that?”
I said, “Are you innocent?”MoreLess
She sat close against me. “Only that he came to Claude with a business offer. Claude was not interested.”
“This was in San Francisco?”
“Yes. Later, Manet came here, but Claude disliked him.”
“Yet Manet used Claude as an intro at the Balzac Union. He met Eugene, and … No, he didn’t meet Eugene at the Union. He met Eugene outside.” I thought as we rode downtown. We were near Li’s hotel. “I want to talk to Claude. We’ll call Lieutenant Marx from your hotel suit...e.”
She opened her suite door, pointed to where the telephone stood. I didn’t look at the telephone. Claude Marais sat in an easy chair facing us. Li glanced at the bedroom. A giveaway glance. Did it matter? Two used pillows on the unmade bed. Claude knew, had to know.
“They let me go. The lawyer got a paper, something,” he said. “Are you all right, Li?”
“Yes. Mr. Fortune is helping me prove you innocent.”
“How is he doing that?”
I said, “Are you innocent?”MoreLess
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