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“Aren’t you coming, too, Mr. Drake?” Mae Farr asked.

“Not me,” Drake said. “When wedding bells ring the enthusiasm is apt to be contagious. What would a detective do with a wife?”

“Wrong again,” Mason said cheerfully. “What would a wife do with a detective?”

Drake paused in the outer doorway for a parting shot. “Particularly a detective who works for a lawyer who keeps him up all night, running around committing felonies,” he said, and punctuated his remark by banging the door shut behind him.