CHAPTER NINETEENA Word or Two
Leeder did in fact speak to Gamadge about the Sillerman case, but not until the summer of 1945, when they met again for the first time. It was in the Malcolms’ apartment, where they had been invited for supper. The Malcolms had been married for three months. Malcolm was still in the Navy, and his wife and Clara, Gamadge’s wife, were in the kitchen preparing supper for four. Gamadge and Leeder had been requested to stay out of it and finish the cocktails.
Leeder was much as he had been, except that his thin grey flannels and his bench-made shoes were new. He said: “Ena thought I mightn’t want to meet you. As it happens, I’m glad of a word or two.”
“That’s gratifying to me, Mr. Leeder.”
Leeder poured out the last of the cocktails into the glasses. He said wi
