"No, I don't mean that. I mean in the Tannenbaum case."
McGrath gasped.
"Gee!" he exclaimed, "we was so excited about this here that we clean
forgot about it."
Murgatroyd took from his drawer a bundle of papers and handed it to
Mixley, saying:--
"Look up that excise violation--right away. And, McGrath," he continued,
"there are three witnesses in the Tannenbaum case that we've got to
have. It's up to you to get them. If you can't find them by two o'clock,
let me know. You may go."
And now seating himself at his desk Murgatroyd turned to Challoner
with:--
"Well, Challoner, what can I do for you?"
Challoner advanced quickly toward the desk.
"Prosecutor Murgatroyd," he began, gulping, "it's up to you to clear me
of that Hargraves affair. I'm not the murderer of Hargraves!"
Miriam and Shirley had risen, but they did not move; they hung upon the
prosecutor's answer.