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Justice Wallace frowned at his wife "There’s nothing to say about her, Beth" When she atteain, he said over her, "Eliza is one of thehorns with Stewart, always debating, especially when she really cared about so She would nearly hold hi hihed "She ith hi but keeping her on with hi that’s very rare"

Beth Wallace said, venom in her voice, "She disliked hie was peculiar, Callie thought She said, "Mrs Wallace, why do you think that?"

"It’s nonsense," Justice Wallace said, before his wife could speak "You rarely visited the Court Hoould you know?"

"Tai Curtis, one of your o clerks, told me, Sued a dry laugh, waved his hand in dismissal "Ah, Tai dislikes her because she’s a better law clerk than he is Forget her, Beth"

Mrs Wallace looked at the coffeepot She said nothing more

They took a respectful leave of Justice Sumner Wallace and his wife, and shook hands with the federalnear the front door Ben was already plotting when he could speak to Mrs Wallace alone The reporters were still outside when they left, shouting questions, but all they got for it was a quickly pressed-together snowball that Callie hurled at one of the reporters She hit him in the head

"I always say to make use of what’s available to you," Ben said "Not a bad shot"

Callie gave a quick bow to the laughing reporters, and got into the car "Where are we going now?" She was staring through the veil of snow at the face of Bob Simpson of Fox, a man she’d turned down soave hier wave "Others will come to interview Justice Wallace?"

"Oh yeah," he said, carefully easing the Crown Vic onto the street

Callie hung on to the chicken strap, and watched the world slide by Fortunately there weren’tup to their reputations for self-preservation

"I’ to the Hoover Building We’re having our first big organizationalthis explosive, but--"