“The sooner the better. You said he was
pushing eighty-six. Is he all there?”
“Absolutely. Sharp as a stiletto mentally.
Physically, not so much. He’s bedridden. They move him around in a wheelchair.
Bring him a sandwich from Langer’s or Philippe’s and he’ll go on a nostalgic
bender about old cases. That’s what I do. I love to hear him talk cases.”
(ibid, p. 147)
