Spade looked at his hat and asked: “What happened last night?” “Floyd came to the hotel at nine o’clock, and we went out for a walk. I suggested that so Mr. Archer could see him. We stopped at a restaurant in Geary Street, I think it was, for supper and to dance, and came back to the hotel at about half-past twelve. Floyd left me at the door and I stood inside and watched Mr. Archer follow him down the street, on the other side.” “Down? You mean towards Market Street?” “Yes.” “Do you know what they’d be doing in the neighborhood of Bush and Stockton, where Archer was shot?” “Isn’t that near
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