I’ll ask for the base’s certified copy first thing Monday morning.”

I wrote the case number on my yellow notepad and drew two circles around it.

The clerk at the Stamford municipal records desk wore a cardigan the color of oatmeal and had no interest whatsoever in small talk.

“Blue Harbor. Forty acres. That’s Block 118, lot 4.”

“That’s the one, yes.”

She went into the back and returned with a printout stapled in three places.

“Are you the owner of record?”