Ella Grimshaw, the ME herself. She said that Sheriff Dickman had called her and that she was pretty busy but could meet with Deputy Calhoun at two that afternoon if he wouldn’t mind telling her what was on his mind, inasmuch as the sheriff hadn’t been very forthcoming. He told her he was interested in the death of a man named McNulty along with a young girl named Millie Gautier up in St. Cecelia a couple of weeks earlier. McNulty had been shot beside his ear, and the girl was shot in the forehead. It had been made to look like a murder-suicide, but Calhoun had heard that both of them were already dead when they got plugged. Dr. Grimshaw said she remembered the case. She’d pull the file. ______ He explained to Ralph that Augusta might be the capital city of the state of Maine, but even so, there was nothing of interest for a dog there, and if he went, he’d just have to sit in the truck, and he’d be a lot happier staying home and guarding the place. “Growl fiercely and bite all trespassers on the ass,”
