AS RAFFERTY HAD SUSPECTED, Superintendent Bradley’s vanity had encouraged him to leave his glasses off during the reception. Both Randy Rawlins and Samantha Harman had confirmed it. Rafferty had been able to quell their curiosity about his questions by telling them it was a minor matter and of no significance as far as Seward’s murder was concerned.
But the question of whether Bradley had actually seen someone enter Seward’s bedroom that night continued to niggle him. Clearly, whoever the super thought he had seen had not been the non-existent mystery blonde, but someone else entirely.
But when Rafferty dared the bull’s pen for a third time, the super was inclined to be hazy in his recollection, whether deliberately or not, and Rafferty was unable to get him to state with any firmness wh
