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〃I'm not sure I like you worrying so much about this fellow Coffey；〃 my wife said； handing me the lunch she'd put up for me…Janice never believed in roadside hamburger stands； she used to say there was a bellyache waiting in every one。 〃It's not like you； Paul。〃
〃I'm not worried about him；〃 I said。 〃I'm curious； that's all。〃
〃In my experience； one leads to the other；〃 Janice said tartly； then gave me a good； hearty kiss on the mouth。 〃You look better； at least； I'll say that。 For awhile there； you had me nervous。 Waterworks all cured up？〃
〃All cured up；〃 I said； and off I went； singing songs like 〃e； Josephine； in My Flying Machine〃 and 'We're in the Money〃 to keep myself pany。
I went to the offices of the Tefton Intelligencer first； and they told me that Burt Hammersmith； the fellow I was looking for； was most likely over at the county courthouse。 At the courthouse they told me that Hammersmith had been there but had left when a burst waterpipe had closed down the main proceedings； which happened to be a rape trial （in the pages of the Intelligencer the crime would be referred to as 〃assault on a woman；〃 which was how such things were done in the days before Ricki Lake and Carnie Wilson came on the scene）。 They guessed he'd probably gone on home。 I got some directions out a dirt road so rutted and narrow I just about didn't dare take my Ford up it； and there I found my man。 Hammersmith had written most of the stories on the Coffey trial；
