"I do, sir," he said.
He put the book down and turned to Fowler, ready for the first question.
"The five mistakes I mentioned?" Fowler said. "You see Loder make them?"
Yarrownodded again.
"He made them," he said.
"He take responsibility for them?" Fowler asked.
"Sure did," Yarrowsaid. "He played the big boss the whole time we were away. "
Fowler nodded Yarrowback to the table. The courtroom was silent. yarrow smiled knowingly at the jurymen and glanced down at Loder.
"Anything to say in your defense?" he asked quietly.
The way he said it, he made it seem absurd that anybody could possibly dream up any kind of defense to those kinds of charges. The courtroom stayed silent. Still. yarrow was watching the crowd. Every pair of eyes was locked onto the back of Loder's head.
"Anythin
