"
Farnsworth looked bewildered. "Why wasn't I told about that?" he demanded
sulkily.
"Sergeant McKenna's been too busy, and I didn't think of it," Kavaalen
said insolently. "I'm not supposed to report to you, anyhow. Why didn't
your man Olsen tell you; he was with us when we checked with the
telephone company."
Farnsworth tried to ignore that by questioning Pierre about the time of
Gresham's arrival home, then turned to Rand and wanted to know what the
latter's interest in the case was.
Rand told him about his work in connection with the Fleming collection,
producing Humphrey Goode's letter of authorization. Farnsworth seemed
impressed in about the same way as the coroner, Kirchner, but he was
still puzzled.
"But I understood that you had been retained by Stephen Gresham, to
investigate this murder," he said.
"So you did talk to Olsen, after I saw him," Rand pounced. "Odd he didn't
mention this telephone thing.... Why, yes; that's true. My agency handles
all sorts of business. The two operations aren't mutually exclusive; for
a while, I even thought they might be related, but now--" He shrugged.
"Well, you believe, now, that Rivers had nothing to do with the pistols
you say were stolen from the Fleming collection?" Farnsworth asked.
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