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A/at man/nn with/in a/at sketch/nn pad/nn in/in hand/nn sat/vbd with/in a/at large/jj pink/jj woman/nn in/in a/at small/jj office/nn at/in the/at end/nn of/in a/at long/jj ,/, dim/jj corridor/nn and/cc made/vbd pencil/nn lines/nns on/in paper/nn and/cc said/vbd ,/, ``/`` Is/bez this/dt more/rbr like/cs it/pps ,/, Mrs./np MacReady/np ?/. ?/.
Or/cc are/ber the/at eyebrows/nns more/rbr like/cs this/dt ''/'' ?/. ?/.
When/wrb he/pps had/hvd finished/vbn with/in that/dt ,/, he/pps would/md go/vb to/in another/dt part/nn of/in the/at hotel/nn and/cc say/vb much/rb the/at same/ap things/nns to/in someone/pn else/rb ,/, most/ql probably/rb a/at busboy/nn ./.
``/`` Begin/vb to/to look/vb like/cs him/ppo now/rb ,/, would/md you/ppss say/vb ?/. ?/.
Different/jj about/in the/at mouth/nn ,/, huh/uh ?/. ?/.
More/rbr like/cs this/dt ,/, maybe/rb ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	Men/nns blew/vbd dust/nn on/in objects/nns in/in a/at room/nn on/in the/at seventeenth/od floor/nn of/in the/at Hotel/nn-tl Dumont/np-tl and/cc blew/vbd it/ppo off/rp again/rb ,/, and/cc did/dod the/at same/ap in/in a/at tiny/jj ,/, almost/ql airless/jj room/nn in/in a/at tenement/nn in/in the/at West/jj-tl Forties/nns-tl ./.
And/cc men/nns also/rb used/vbd vacuum/nn cleaners/nns in/in both/abx rooms/nns ,/, sucking/vbg dust/nn up/rp once/rb more/rbr ./.


	Men/nns from/in the/at Third/od-tl Detective/nn-tl District/nn-tl ,/, Eighteenth/od-tl Precinct/nn-tl ,/, had/hvd the/at longest/jjt ,/, the/at most/ql tedious/jj ,/, job/nn ./.
At/in the/at Hotel/nn-tl Dumont/np-tl there/rb had/hvd ,/, at/in the/at time/nn in/in issue/nn ,/, been/ben twenty-three/cd overnighters/nns ,/, counting/vbg couples/nns as/cs singular/jj ./.
These/dts included/vbd ,/, as/cs one/cd ,/, Mr./np and/cc Mrs./np Anthony/np Payne/np ,/, who/wps had/hvd checked/vbn in/rp a/at little/ap after/in noon/nn the/at day/nn before/rb ,/, and/cc had/hvd not/* checked/vbn out/rp together/rb ./.
But/cc Gardner/np Willings/np was/bedz not/* included/vbn ;/. ;/.
he/pps had/hvd been/ben at/in the/at Dumont/np for/in almost/rb a/at week/nn ./.
There/ex was/bedz ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, no/at special/jj reason/nn to/to believe/vb that/cs the/at man/nn or/cc woman/nn they/ppss sought/vbd had/hvd stayed/vbn only/rb overnight/rb at/in the/at hotel/nn ./.
The/at twenty-three/cd (/( or/cc twenty-two/cd with/in the/at Paynes/nps themselves/ppls omitted/vbn )/) provided/vbd merely/rb a/at place/nn to/to start/vb ,/, and/cc their/pp$ identification/nn was/bedz the/at barest/jjt of/in starts/nns ./.
With/in names/nns and/cc addresses/nns listed/vbn ,/, verification/nn came/vbd next/rb ./.
It/pps would/md take/vb time/nn ;/. ;/.
it/pps would/md ,/, almost/ql inevitably/rb ,/, trouble/vb some/dti water/nn ./.
(/( ``/`` I/ppss certainly/rb was/bedz not/* at/in the/at Dumont/np last/ap night/nn and/cc my/pp$ husband/nn couldn't/md* have/hv been/ben ./.
He's/pps+bez in/in Boston/np ./.
Of/in course/nn he's/pps+bez in/rp ''/'' --/-- )/) 

	The/at Hotel/nn-tl King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl across/in the/at street/nn provided/vbd almost/ql twice/rb as/ql many/ap problems/nns ./.
The/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl offered/vbd respectable/jj and/cc convenient/jj lodgings/nns to/in people/nns from/in the/at suburbs/nns who/wps wanted/vbd to/to see/vb a/at show/nn and/cc didn't/dod* want/vb --/-- heaven/nn knew/vbd didn't/dod* want/vb !/. !/.
--/-- to/to lunge/vb anxiously/rb through/in crowded/vbn streets/nns to/in railroad/nn stations/nns and/cc ,/, at/in odd/jj hours/nns of/in night/nn ,/, drive/vb from/in smaller/jjr stations/nns to/in distant/jj homes/nns ,/, probably/rb through/in rain/nn or/cc ,/, in/in November/np ,/, something/pn worse/jjr ./.
The/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl was/bedz less/ql expensive/jj than/cs the/at Dumont/np ./.
The/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl had/hvd fifty-four/cd overnighters/nns ,/, again/rb counting/vbg rooms/nns rather/in than/in people/nns ./.


	Check/vb the/at overnighters/nns out/rp ./.
Failing/vbg to/to find/vb what/wdt was/bedz wanted/vbn ,/, as/cs was/bedz most/ql likely/rb ,/, check/vb out/rp other/ap guests/nns ,/, with/in special/jj --/-- but/cc not/* exclusive/jj --/-- attention/nn to/in those/dts with/in rooms/nns on/in the/at street/nn ./.
(/( Anyone/pn active/jj enough/qlp can/md reach/vb a/at roof/nn ,/, wherever/wrb his/pp$ room/nn may/md be/be ./.
)/) And/cc know/vb ,/, while/cs all/abn this/dt went/vbd on/rp ,/, that/cs there/ex was/bedz no/at real/jj reason/nn to/to suppose/vb that/cs the/at murderer/nn had/hvd been/ben a/at guest/nn in/in either/dtx hotel/nn ./.
It/pps was/bedz not/* even/rb certain/jj the/at shot/nn had/hvd been/ben fired/vbn from/in either/dtx hotel/nn ./.
There/ex were/bed other/ap roofs/nns ,/, less/ql convenient/jj but/cc not/* impossible/jj ./.
It/pps is/bez dull/jj business/nn ,/, detecting/vbg ,/, and/cc hard/jj on/in feet/nns ./.


	There/ex was/bedz also/rb the/at one/cd salient/jj question/nn to/to ask/vb ,/, and/cc ask/vb widely/rb :/: Did/dod you/ppss notice/vb anything/pn out/in of/in the/at way/nn ?/. ?/.
Like/cs ,/, for/in example/nn ,/, a/at man/nn carrying/vbg a/at twenty-two/cd rifle/nn ,/, probably/rb with/in a/at telescopic/jj sight/nn attached/vbn ?/. ?/.


	There/ex was/bedz ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, no/at hope/nn it/pps really/rb would/md be/be that/dt simple/jj ./.
The/at sniper/nn ,/, whether/cs psychopathic/jj marksman/nn or/cc murderer/nn by/in intent/nn ,/, would/md hardly/rb have/hv walked/vbn to/in his/pp$ vantage/nn point/nn with/in rifle/nn over/in shoulder/nn ,/, whistling/vbg a/at marching/vbg tune/nn ./.
Anybody/pn carrying/vbg anything/pn that/wps might/md hide/vb a/at rifle/nn ?/. ?/.
Long/jj thin/jj suitcase/nn ?/. ?/.
Or/cc long/jj fat/jj suitcase/nn ,/, for/in that/dt matter/nn ?/. ?/.
Shrugs/nns met/vbd that/dt ,/, from/in room/nn clerks/nns ,/, from/in bellhops/nns ./.
Who/wps measures/vbz ?/. ?/.
But/cc nothing/pn ,/, it/pps appeared/vbd ,/, long/jj enough/qlp to/to attract/vb attention/nn ./.
Cases/nns ,/, say/vb ,/, for/in musical/jj instruments/nns ?/. ?/.
None/pn noted/vbd at/in the/at Dumont/np ./.
Several/ap at/in the/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl ./.
A/at combo/nn was/bedz staying/vbg there/rb ./.
And/cc had/hvd been/ben for/in a/at week/nn ./.
Anything/pn else/rb ?/. ?/.
Anything/pn at/in all/abn ?/. ?/.
Shrugs/nns met/vbd that/dt ./.


	(/( Detective/nn-tl Pearson/np ,/, Eighteenth/od-tl Precinct/nn-tl ,/, thought/vbd for/in a/at time/nn he/pps might/md be/be on/rp to/in something/pn ./.
A/at refuse/nn bin/nn at/in the/at Dumont/np turned/vbd up/rp a/at florist's/nn$ box/nn --/-- a/at very/ql long/jj box/nn for/in very/ql long-stemmed/jj flowers/nns ./.
Traces/nns of/in oil/nn on/in green/jj tissue/nn ?/. ?/.
The/at lab/nn to/to check/vb ./.
The/at lab/nn :/: sorry/jj ./.
No/at oil/nn ./.
)/) 

	Anything/pn at/in all/ql strange/jj ?/. ?/.


	Well/uh ,/, a/at man/nn had/hvd tried/vbn ,/, at/in the/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl ,/, to/to register/vb with/in an/at ocelot/nn ./.
At/in the/at Dumont/np ,/, a/at guest/nn had/hvd come/vbn in/in a/at collapsible/jj wheel/nn chair/nn ./.
At/in the/at King/nn-tl Arthur/np-tl one/cd guest/nn had/hvd had/hvn his/pp$ head/nn heavily/rb bandaged/vbn ,/, and/cc another/dt had/hvd a/at bandaged/vbn foot/nn and/cc had/hvd walked/vbn with/in crutches/nns ./.
There/ex had/hvd also/rb been/ben a/at man/nn who/wps must/md have/hv had/hvn St./np Vitus/np or/cc something/pn ,/, because/cs he/pps kept/vbd jerking/vbg his/pp$ head/nn ./.


	As/cs reports/nns dribbled/vbd in/rp ,/, William/np Weigand/np tossed/vbd them/ppo into/in the/at centrifuge/nn which/wdt had/hvd become/vbn his/pp$ head/nn ./.
Mullins/np came/vbd in/rp ./.
There/ex was/bedz no/at sign/nn of/in Mrs./np Lauren/np Payne/np at/in her/pp$ house/nn on/in Nod/np-tl Road/nn-tl ,/, Ridgefield/np ,/, Connecticut/np ./.
The/at house/nn was/bedz modern/jj ,/, large/jj ,/, on/in five/cd acres/nns ./.
Must/md have/hv cost/vbn plenty/nn ./.
The/at State/nn-tl cops/nns would/md check/vb from/in time/nn to/in time/nn ;/. ;/.
pass/vb word/nn when/wrb there/ex was/bedz word/nn to/to pass/vb ./.
Weigand/np tossed/vbd this/dt news/nn into/in the/at centrifuge/nn ./.
Sort/vb things/nns out/rp ,/, damn/vb it/ppo ./.
Sort/vb out/rp the/at next/ap move/nn ./.


	Try/vb to/to forget/vb motive/nn for/in the/at moment/nn ./.
Consider/vb opportunity/nn ./.
Only/rb those/dts actually/rb with/in Payne/np when/wrb he/pps was/bedz shot/vbn ,/, or/cc who/wps had/hvd left/vbn the/at party/nn within/in not/* more/ap than/in five/cd minutes/nns (/( make/vb five/cd arbitrary/jj )/) positively/rb had/hvd none/pn ./.
The/at Norths/nps ;/. ;/.
Hathaway/np ,/, Jerry's/np$ publicity/nn director/nn ;/. ;/.
Livingston/np Birdwood/np ,/, producer/nn of/in Uprising/nn-tl ./.
They/ppss had/hvd been/ben with/in Payne/np when/wrb he/pps was/bedz shot/vbn ,/, could/md not/* therefore/rb have/hv shot/vbn him/ppo from/in above/rb ./.


	Take/vb Gardner/np Willings/np ./.
He/pps had/hvd left/vbn after/in the/at scuffle/nn ;/. ;/.
had/hvd been/ben seen/vbn to/to leave/vb ./.
He/pps would/md have/hv had/hvn ample/jj time/nn to/to go/vb into/in a/at blind/jj somewhere/rb and/cc wait/vb his/pp$ prey/nn ./.
Consider/vb him/ppo seriously/rb ,/, therefore/rb ?/. ?/.
Intangibles/nns entered/vbd ,/, then/rb --/-- hunches/nns which/wdt felt/vbd like/cs facts/nns ./.
Willings/np would/md ambush/vb ,/, certainly/rb ;/. ;/.
Willings/np undoubtedly/rb had/hvd ./.
Willings/np was/bedz ,/, presumably/rb ,/, a/at better/jjr than/in average/nn shot/nn ./.
But/cc --/-- hunch/nn ,/, now/rb --/-- Willings/np would/md not/* ambush/vb anything/pn which/wdt went/vbd on/in two/cd legs/nns instead/rb of/in four/cd ./.
Because/cs ,/, if/cs for/in no/at other/ap reason/nn ,/, Willings/np would/md never/rb for/in a/at moment/nn suppose/vb he/pps was/bedz not/* bigger/jjr ,/, tougher/jjr ,/, than/cs anything/pn else/rb that/dt went/vbd on/in two/cd legs/nns ./.
Ambushes/nns are/ber laid/vbn by/in those/dts who/wps doubt/vb themselves/ppls ,/, as/cs any/dti man/nn may/md against/in a/at tiger/nn ./.


	Faith/np Constable/np had/hvd had/hvn to/to ``/`` go/vb on/rp ''/'' from/in the/at party/nn and/cc had/hvd ,/, presumably/rb ,/, gone/vbn on/rp ./.
To/to be/be checked/vbn out/rp further/vb ./.
Forget/vb motive/nn ?/. ?/.
No/rb ,/, motive/nn is/bez a/at part/nn of/in fact/nn ./.
Nobody/pn in/in his/pp$ right/jj mind/nn punishes/vbz a/at quarter-century-old/jj dereliction/nn ./.
Grudges/nns simply/rb do/do not/* keep/vb that/ql well/rb in/in a/at sane/jj mind/nn ./.
Faith/np Constable/np had/hvd accomplished/vbn much/rb in/in a/at quarter/nn of/in a/at century/nn ./.
Jeopardize/vb it/ppo now/rb to/to correct/vb so/ql old/jj a/at wrong/nn ?/. ?/.
Bill/np shook/vbd his/pp$ head/nn ./.
Also/rb ,/, he/pps thought/vbd ,/, I/ppss doubt/vb if/cs she/pps could/md hit/vb the/at side/nn of/in a/at barn/nn with/in a/at shotgun/nn ./.


	Lauren/np herself/ppl ?/. ?/.
She/pps had/hvd left/vbn the/at party/nn early/rb ,/, pleading/vbg a/at headache/nn ./.
No/at lack/nn of/in opportunity/nn ,/, presuming/vbg she/pps had/hvd a/at gun/nn ./.
She/pps might/md ,/, conceivably/rb ,/, have/hv brought/vbn one/cd in/rp in/in a/at large-enough/jj suitcase/nn ./.
(/( Check/vb on/in the/at Payne/np luggage/nn ./.
)/) She/pps might/md now/rb have/hv taken/vbn it/ppo away/rb again/rb ./.
Motive/nn --/-- her/pp$ husband/nn wandering/vbg ?/. ?/.
Bitter/jj ,/, unreasoning/jj jealousy/nn ?/. ?/.
Heaven/nn knew/vbd it/pps happened/vbd and/cc hell/nn knew/vbd it/ppo too/rb ./.
But/cc --/-- it/pps happened/vbd ,/, almost/ql always/rb ,/, among/in the/at primitive/nn and/cc ,/, usually/rb ,/, among/in the/at very/ql young/jj ./.
(/( Call/vb it/ppo mentally/rb young/jj ;/. ;/.
call/vb it/ppo retarded/vbn ./.
)/) There/ex was/bedz nothing/pn to/to indicate/vb that/cs Lauren/np Payne/np was/bedz primitive/jj ./.
She/pps did/dod not/* move/vb in/in primitive/jj circles/nns ./.
She/pps was/bedz young/jj ,/, but/cc not/* that/ql young/jj ./.


	It/pps occurred/vbd to/in Bill/np Weigand/np that/cs he/pps was/bedz ,/, on/in a/at hunch/nn basis/nn ,/, eliminating/vbg a/at good/jj many/ap ./.
He/pps reminded/vbd himself/ppl that/cs all/abn eliminations/nns were/bed tentative/jj ./.
He/pps also/rb reminded/vbd himself/ppl that/cs he/pps had/hvd an/at unusual/jj number/nn of/in possibilities/nns ./.


	The/at Masons/nps ,/, mother/nn or/cc son/nn ,/, or/cc mother/nn and/cc son/nn ?/. ?/.
Opportunity/nn was/bedz obvious/jj ./.
Motive/nn ./.
Here/rb ,/, too/rb ,/, the/at cause/nn to/to hate/vb lay/vbd well/rb back/rb in/in the/at years/nns ./.
But/cc bitterness/nn had/hvd more/ap cause/nn to/to remain/vb ,/, even/rb increasingly/rb to/to corrode/vb ./.
With/in the/at boy/nn ,/, particularly/rb ./.
The/at boy/nn had/hvd ,/, apparently/rb --/-- if/cs Mrs./np MacReady/np was/bedz right/jj in/in what/wdt she/pps had/hvd told/vbn Mullins/np --/-- only/rb in/in recent/jj months/nns been/ben forced/vbn to/to give/vb up/rp college/nn ,/, to/to work/vb as/cs a/at busboy/nn ./.
Seeing/vbg the/at man/nn he/pps blamed/vbd for/in this/dt made/vbn much/rb of/in --/-- youth/nn and/cc bitterness/nn and/cc --/-- 

	Bill/np picked/vbd up/rp the/at telephone/nn ;/. ;/.
got/vbn Mullins/np ./.


	``/`` Send/vb out/rp a/at pickup/nn on/in Mrs./np Mason/np and/cc the/at boy/nn when/wrb you've/ppss+hv got/vbn enough/ap to/to go/vb on/rp ''/'' ,/, Bill/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` Right/rb ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	Mullins/np would/md do/do ./.


	A/at man/nn named/vbn Lars/np Simon/np ,/, playwright-director/nn ,/, had/hvd expressed/vbn a/at wish/nn that/cs Anthony/np Payne/np drop/vb dead/jj ./.
He/pps would/md say/vb ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, that/cs he/pps had/hvd not/* really/rb had/hvn any/dti such/jj wish/nn ;/. ;/.
that/cs what/wdt he/pps had/hvd said/vbn was/bedz no/at more/ap than/in one/cd of/in those/dts things/nns one/pn does/doz say/vb ,/, lightly/rb ,/, meaning/vbg nothing/pn ./.
Which/wdt probably/rb would/md turn/vb out/rp to/to be/be true/jj ;/. ;/.
which/wdt he/pps obviously/rb had/hvd to/to be/be given/vbn the/at opportunity/nn to/to say/vb ./.


	A/at man/nn named/vbn Blaine/np Smythe/np ,/, with/in ``/`` y/nn ''/'' and/cc ``/`` e/nn ''/'' but/cc pronounced/vbn without/in them/ppo ,/, had/hvd been/ben fired/vbn at/in Payne's/np$ insistence/nn ./.
He/pps was/bedz also/rb ,/, if/cs Pam/np North/np was/bedz right/jj ,/, a/at closer/jjr acquaintance/nn of/in Lauren/np Payne's/np$ than/cs she/pps ,/, now/rb ,/, was/bedz inclined/vbn to/to admit/vb ./.
He/pps might/md deny/vb the/at latter/ap ;/. ;/.
would/md certainly/rb deny/vb any/dti connection/nn between/in the/at two/cd things/nns ,/, or/cc any/dti connection/nn of/in either/dtx with/in murder/nn ./.
He/pps would/md have/hv to/to be/be given/vbn the/at opportunity/nn ./.


	Mullins/np ?/. ?/.
It/pps was/bedz evident/jj that/cs Mullins/np was/bedz the/at man/nn to/to go/vb ./.
It/pps was/bedz evident/jj that/cs a/at captain/nn should/md remain/vb at/in his/pp$ desk/nn ,/, directing/vbg with/in a/at firm/jj hand/nn and/cc keeping/vbg a/at firm/jj seat/nn ./.
Bill/np Weigand/np was/bedz good/jj and/cc tired/vbn of/in the/at wall/nn opposite/rb ,/, and/cc the/at crack/nn in/in the/at plaster/nn ./.
Let/vb Mullins/np keep/vb the/at firm/jj seat/nn ;/. ;/.
let/vb Stein/np ./.




When/wrb Siamese/jj cats/nns are/ber intertwined/vbn it/pps is/bez difficult/jj to/to tell/vb where/wrb one/cd leaves/vbz off/rp and/cc another/dt begins/vbz ./.
Stilts/nns and/cc Shadow/nn-tl ,/, on/in Pam's/np$ bed/nn ,/, appeared/vbd to/to be/be one/cd cat/nn --/-- rather/ql large/jj ,/, as/cs Siamese/jj cats/nns go/vb ,/, and/cc ,/, to/to be/be sure/jj ,/, having/hvg two/cd heads/nns and/cc two/cd tails/nns ./.
On/in the/at other/ap hand/nn ,/, they/ppss ,/, or/cc it/pps ,/, seemed/vbd to/to have/hv no/at legs/nns whatever/wdt ./.
Pamela/np North/np said/vbd ,/, ``/`` Hi/uh-tl ''/'' ,/, to/in her/pp$ cats/nns ,/, and/cc added/vbd that/cs proper/jj cats/nns met/vbd their/pp$ humans/nns at/in the/at door/nn ./.
Of/in four/cd dark/jj brown/jj ears/nns ,/, one/cd twitched/vbd slightly/rb at/in this/dt ./.
``/`` All/ql right/rb ''/'' ,/, Pam/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` I/ppss know/vb it/pps isn't/bez* dinnertime/nn ''/'' ./.


	But/cc at/in this/dt the/at one/cd too-large/jj cat/nn suddenly/rb became/vbd two/cd cats/nns ,/, stretching/vbg ./.
Shadow/nn-tl ,/, the/at more/ql talkative/jj ,/, began/vbd at/in once/rb to/to talk/vb ,/, her/pp$ voice/nn piteous/jj ./.
Stilts/np ,/, a/at more/ql direct/jj cat/nn ,/, leaped/vbd from/in the/at bed/nn and/cc trotted/vbd briskly/rb toward/in the/at kitchen/nn ./.
Shadow/nn-tl looked/vbd surprised/vbn ,/, wailed/vbd ,/, and/cc trotted/vbd after/in her/ppo ./.
The/at hell/nn it/pps isn't/bez* dinnertime/nn ,/, two/cd waving/vbg tails/nns told/vbd Pam/np North/np ./.


	It/pps was/bedz not/* ,/, whatever/wdt tale/nn was/bedz told/vbn by/in tails/nns ./.
Martha/np presumably/rb would/md cope/vb ./.
She/pps might/md be/be firm/jj ./.
It/pps was/bedz most/ql unlikely/jj that/cs she/pps would/md be/be firm/jj ./.
They/ppss want/vb to/to be/be fat/jj cats/nns ,/, Pam/np thought/vbd ,/, and/cc lighted/vbd a/at cigarette/nn and/cc leaned/vbd back/rb on/in a/at chaise/nn and/cc considered/vbd pulling/vbg her/pp$ thoughts/nns together/rb ./.
After/in a/at time/nn ,/, it/pps occurred/vbd to/in her/ppo that/cs her/pp$ thoughts/nns were/bed not/* worth/jj the/at trouble/nn ./.
A/at vague/jj feeling/nn that/cs Anthony/np Payne/np had/hvd had/hvn it/ppo coming/vbg was/bedz hardly/rb a/at thought/nn and/cc was/bedz ,/, in/in any/dti event/nn ,/, reprehensible/jj ./.
Had/hvd Faith/np Constable's/np$ explanation/nn of/in her/pp$ confidence/nn ,/, so/ql uninvited/jj ,/, been/ben a/at little/ql thin/jj ?/. ?/.
That/wps was/bedz more/rbr like/cs a/at thought/nn ,/, but/cc not/* a/at great/jj deal/nn more/ap ./.
Had/hvd that/dt tall/jj dark/jj boy/nn ,/, carrying/vbg trays/nns too/ql heavy/jj for/in him/ppo ,/, found/vbn what/wdt he/pps might/md have/hv considered/vbn adulation/nn of/in a/at man/nn he/pps probably/rb hated/vbd more/ap than/in he/pps could/md bear/vb ?/. ?/.
And/cc possessed/vbd himself/ppl --/-- how/wrb ?/. ?/.
--/-- of/in a/at rifle/nn and/cc killed/vbd ?/. ?/.
Pam/np found/vbd she/pps had/hvd no/at answers/nns ;/. ;/.
had/hvd only/rb a/at hope/nn ./.
The/at poor/jj kid/nn --/-- the/at poor/jj ,/, frail/jj kid/nn ./.
Some/dti people/nns have/hv luck/nn and/cc some/dti have/hv no/at luck/nn and/cc that/cs ,/, whatever/wdt people/nns who/wps prefer/vb order/nn say/vb ,/, is/bez the/at size/nn of/in it/ppo ./.
The/at poor/jj ,/, unlucky/jj --/-- 

	The/at telephone/nn rang/vbd ./.
Pam/np realized/vbd ,/, to/in her/pp$ surprise/nn ,/, that/cs she/pps had/hvd been/ben almost/rb dozing/vbg ./.
At/in four/cd o'clock/rb in/in the/at afternoon/nn ./.
Two/cd martinis/nns for/in lunch/nn --/-- that/dt was/bedz the/at trouble/nn ./.
I/ppss ought/md to/to remember/vb ./.
Don't/do* pretend/vb ./.
You/ppss do/do remember/vb ./.
You/ppss just/rb --/-- ``/`` Hello/uh ?/. ?/.
Yes/rb ,/, this/dt is/bez she/pps ?/. ?/.
What/wdt ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	The/at voice/nn had/hvd music/nn in/in it/ppo ./.
Even/rb with/in words/nns coming/vbg too/ql fast/rb ,/, they/ppss came/vbd on/in the/at music/nn of/in the/at voice/nn ./.


	``/`` I/ppss said/vbd I/ppss would/md ''/'' ,/, Pam/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` They/ppss won't/md* talk/vb about/in who/wps gave/vbd the/at information/nn ./.
Not/* unless/cs they/ppss have/hv to/to ./.
They/ppss don't/do* ,/, Mrs./np Constable/np ./.
Not/* unless/cs they/ppss have/hv ''/'' --/-- 

	She/pps was/bedz interrupted/vbn ./.


	``/`` Call/vb this/dt a/at cry/nn for/in help/nn ''/'' ,/, Faith/np Constable/np said/vbd ./.