6: Freeby
I STOOD looking at the instrument dubiously. I had had quite enough telephone calls for one evening, and the memory of Bettina's call was still in my mind. I thought maybe somebody else was going to try something on. I picked up the receiver. It was Freeby.
He said: "Sorry to worry you, but I thought you ought to know that Janine hasn't been home."
I said: "I see. And you don't like that?"
"To tell you the truth I'm not particularly concerned," he answered. "I don't know enough. But I thought you ought to know."
I said: "To tell you the truth I don't think we have to worry about Janine a great deal, but since you're on the line we might as well get one or two things over and done with. I want to talk to you."
He said: "O.K., Mr. Kells."
I asked: "Where are you now?"
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