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"Yes, now that I think about it Usually I’d be in and out, as would Danny and Fleurette, or the secretaries, but no, the door to his inner office was shut tight"

"Why, Eliza? You knew him well, what could it be?"

She paused, stared down at the thick gray socks on her feet, and said finally, "I would neverto anyone, but I suspect you already know I think it could have involved Justice Su Justice Wallace in his hoaret had to invite both him and his wife to this party, but you see, Justice Wallace hit on Margaret, and she finally told Stewart about it last week It pissed Stewart off, which, when you think about it, is pretty ironic since he was sleeping with ed, looked away frouilt, embarrassment, resentment? "The fact is that Stewart loved his wife, loved his stepdaughter, Callie Markham I was in third place, and I knew it, but it didn’t matter"

"You sound very philosophical about this, Eliza You loved higed, her eyes still on Savich’s face "I think he loved my brain as much as my youth, if you would know the truth Did I love hih to bewith a Justice of the Supreh to have realized that fro He was a powerful man, it nearly came out of his pores And confidence, he was loaded with it But yes, I did love his out for hiaret? There was no way that would happen No, it would have ended when I left In h-pressure life in the Court, and I loved learning from him He helped ave hi, Eliza You haven’t gotten hi yet Okay, his door was closed, and that was pretty rare, having the door closed that long, right?"

"Well, at so I know, it was an ‘I Join’issue in Alabama, and Justice Spiros wanted Stewart on board Then he just nodded to us and went back into his inner office He didn’t close the door all the way this time He must have left it cracked open, like he didon the phone It was after ten,to He didn’t ask either of the secretaries to call anyone for him

"The doors are pretty solid, so even if the door is open a bit, it’s still private enough inside the office Of course there are people all over the place outside There are the tours, not that they co And the Supreme Court Police are everywhere Always noise, but in his inner office, with the door completely closed, you’d feel like you were in another world Several dark leather sofas and chairs arranged in s conference table for hiiven hiot a kick out of serving coffee to any visitors But you’ve seen his office, I’m sorry You know exactly what it looks like"

Savich said, "True, but I didn’t live there, not like you did Now, Eliza, keep going His door is nearly co?"

"Agent Savich, part of my brain was always on Stewart, if he could possibly needto one of Justice Alto-Thorpe’s law clerks--Bobby Fisher--yeah, like that chess player Bobby was Justice Alto-Thorpe’s clone, at least that’s the ie he projected I suppose he was serious and not just kissing up, and that’s why she loved him It was really rather pathetic, and the other law clerks weren’t shy about showing their conte the fat Actually, he does that a lot, visits a good fiveto et rid of the little jerk He was usually after a date when he ca, but I always blew hi a concurrence--that’s an opinion that agrees with the result reached by the majority but for different reasons He was hunched over his desk, concentrating Then Bobby looked down at his watch, yelped, and bolted out of the chambers He didn’t bother to tell ain But I looked up at our big clock right behind Fleurette’s desk and saas onein the Chief Justice’s chaave a fast knock on Stewart’s door and opened it