call and let my secretary know what day is convenient for you . then i glanced at hank who was looking at me . that sort of comment at this sort of time was like the tiny sliding of snow off the top branch of a tall tree high in the mountains during the thaw season . i look out the cockpit window from up here everything looks normal down below . she made that connection right away , planned to ask the police to take a sample , since dean had left that short length of rope behind . 