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"You’re crazy," I said "I only saw the man once"

"When was that?"

"You knohen Yesterday I signed in at the desk You’ve got it right there in front of you"

His gaze flicked down to the papers on the table "You want to tell us what you talked about?"

"He was depressed I tried to cheer him up"

"You fond of Mr Fowler?"

"That’s none of your business I’ht?"

"That’s right," he said patiently "We’re just trying to understand the situation here I’iven the circumstances" He paused while the second detective leaned down andindistinct Quintana looked back at me "I believe you were present in the courtroom when Mr Fowler escaped You have any contact with him at the time?"

"None Zippity-doo-dah"

He didn’t react at all to my flippancy "When you spoke with Mr Fowler on the telephone, did he give you any indication where he was calling from?"

"No"

"Was it your iuess so He could have called from anyplace"

"What’d he tell you about the escape?"

"Nothing We didn’t talk about that"

"You have any idea who picked him up?"

"I don’t even knohich direction he went I was still in the courtrooer?"

"I don’t know anything about Tap"

"You spent enough tiht before," he remarked