Establishment of Innocence

ISBN: 9780399115400

定价: 69.00

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A small red light winkilg in the corner <>f the rearview
mirror. ( ???hal)iu ttol)e???s e)es hm ering to the speedometer.
l hct~ the sift??? n??? frail in the distance. Seventy-five--damn it???
Ihzll was pushing it. Slill??? he kept his fool off the brake pedal???
lolling the Merccdes slow of its own accord as the mirrored
lm l)OmI bc(???mie a 1)ea(r+m am! finally a black-and-white pa-
trd car.
The siren (lid n sh lict+???~rc. ~Tlly Slam II<)W? The senator from Stony Harbor
x~)lc??? s \"No\"--the \"Noes\" have it. Vindication was prompt as
Ihc l)()li(.(??? car wcm mute??? struck dumb by the small brass em-
l)It???tll ait:Idled to the rear Imniper of State Senator Chapin
Kirk th)l)C S car. As lit: l)ulled by??? the trooper waved. It *+ as a
tvicmllv wave??? ahnost sheepish??? but Chapin didn t return it.
\"l hc soil first placc. N<~t on l+ong Island. His country.
(;c~gr??? il)hicall.v??? Brooklyn and Queens were part of Long
IslaNd??? lint lhal was geogral)hy not reality. (;hal)in Hope s
l+ong Island??? the veal l+(mg Island??? began where New York
(:it+ cnpethat ran
Ill) miles I>v l???ong Island Sound and on the south by the Atlantic
(Jt( all??? l.~mg Island extended into the sea like the twin-
t<)lkcd lail of :l great whale??? ()rient Point on the north tip
aud ???~|onlauk P~lilit Oil the Soulh.
The senator was lraveling from east to west??? coining frolil
a c~mscrxaliheading for a bar llear the New York (]it)??? line. It was half
pOIIC <)[ Ihosc dismal??? dank days that cast a gray mist over the
siuall-il <~lk ~v;is inert cclet)rated??? was fainous for its rockbound