I did not need to conduct a campaign from a hospital bed.

When Vance spoke to me again, I told him about Maeve’s instructions in the dining room and the telephone call I remembered before dinner.

Maeve had said something about resolving things before winter.

I had heard only part of that conversation.

I could not supply the sentences I wished I had heard.

The investigators obtained a record of a short call at 6:15 to the funeral home’s line.

The duration was about forty seconds.