his hair tumbled around his shoulders just the way she liked it , and he wore black slacks and a shirt open at the neck . the door bangs against the wall when i wrench it open . the curt response and the time it took him to get down to the lair probably meant that whoever had been trying to call him got tired of waiting and now had to be fetched again . `` our last case did a number on him . i had some plans to discuss with him . 