That evening, in the privacy of a telephone booth adjacent to the Wynstable’s somnolent lounge, Margot got in touch with Jake at his New York apartment. She used a dial instrument, to prevent the call from filtering through the inn switchboard operator’s antenna-type ears.
She told Jake there was something which she felt their Los Angeles branch should look into. She gave him the address of the house which the Tylers had occupied out on 150th Street just off Central Avenue, as well as the address on La Brea near Pico Street where Francine’s voice teacher, a Madame Destina Vesturi, had her studio.
“Ask them to look up Francine’s contacts there, will you, Jake?”
“Won’t she open up?”
“No, she’s completely on the defensive. I thought that some background information possibly could be used
