A few days later Maeve was well enough to speak about Brendan. Maurice Goldman had done sterling work - visiting the site of the murder, where there was absolutely no trace of Brendan, and having the police allow him sight of Brendan’s shillelagh, which bore no evidence that it had been used to do violence to any person. And, since Maeve and Danny were out of the picture, Maurice had ventured to the music-hall in search of the man described by Paul Swan, with no result. Danny had eventually succeeded in dragging an almost sober Gerald Rafferty to Maurice Goldman’s office to give his precognition as a defence witness. Seamus Feehan too, had spoken against Mark Harris - risking his own charge for the beating he gave him - and speaking up for Brendan’s character.
Even Mr Sinclair of the toba
