`` in a meeting , '' i informed him , his eyebrows shot up and then his face returned to a scowl . `` we are not in this for the fancy house or new cars . `` right , '' i say , not buying the story . `` she has been , my lord , '' james said . he was a little shorter than cooper , but not much , and he wore a black suit . he wore plastic-framed glasses , the lenses looking too small against his round face . 