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Sherlock said, "How long had you been lovers?"

"Four aret to know Why hurt her needlessly? It would be cruel"

Sherlock said, "She’ll have to know if it turns out your affair had anything to do with Justice Califano’s ainst the colorful pillows that lined the back of the white sofa "How could I have anything to do with Stewart’s murder? He was the finest man I’ve ever known in entle, he was unfailingly thoughtful He loved being a Supreood at it We all needed him; the country needed him; justice needed hiht, and they caood an actress? Or was she sincere? Fact was, she was a lawyer, a good one Best not to forget that He saw tears swied his direction for the moment "Tell us about your law clerks, Eliza What are their names?"

Sherlock didn’t bat an eyelash Of course Dillon knew everything about both the other clerks, how much they drank at parties, what sports they liked, but his look was very open and straightforward She would have believed it instantly if she hadn’t known better

"There’s Danny Boy, that’s e call hi on the shores of Ireland, a bugle under his arm, ready to transport to France and join the Brits in the ditches Daniel O’Malley, he’s got that idealistic look, the burning fervor sort of thing Fact is, though, that idealistic look isn’t real There isn’t an idealistic bone in Danny’s body He doesn’t co it, desperately, and to hi law firer than his years should et his work done well because he wanted a glowing reco time" She paused a moet one now" She cleared her throat "I remember one time when I had to swat him down"

Savich said, "May I ask how you slapped hirandrave if she heard him advocate that ‘under God’ violates the separation of church and state in the Pledge of Allegiance He tried to tell me she was Irish, not Arand before he was even born Then I picked up the St Christopher ht, watched his face turn red, and laughed at hireed with her about that arguirlfriend?"

"Yes, only recently He’s very shy omen She’s a clerk over at the Departeek, to tell you the truth, but it seeet the wrong idea here, Agents Danny is law review, graduated Loyola with superior grades, and has a recommendation froed into the clerk network Naturally, this is true of just about every one of the thirty-six law clerks here Danny never had enough money, which was par for the course with ed" She paused a e to sress first appropriated money for Justices to hire one law clerk each? Their salary was thirty-six hundred dollars a year That’s about a tenth of what the salaries are today Given inflation, I don’t think we’ve ain, looked around her lovely living room "My uncle owns a law firm in Boston I worked for him before I came here"

Savich smiled back at her "Thank you And the other clerk?"

"Stewart elected to have only three law clerks this year instead of the typical four Why, I don’t know I didn’t ask him So the other clerk is Elaine LaFleurette A ridiculous na it, but she said her father would have a conniption fit and disown her, so she’s sticking with it But since she hates to be called Elaine, we all call her Fleurette She went to Tulane, a big party school that she aced without really even trying, then went to Stanford where she found what she needed--more focus and less beer--and she did very well She’s not strong enough yet to take on the world, but she’ll get there She’s a good woood She also adround he walked on, like a substitute for her father, who is evidently so son of a bitch Stewart always listened to her, always showed her respect, even when he wanted to put duct tape over herinto his office once when she heard us yelling at each other She thought she needed to protect him from me It was a close call"