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The homicide lieutenant's name was Weinkassel. He had thin, blond hair, icy blue eyes and a lot of pockmarks. He sat in a swivel chair with his feet on the edge of a pulled-out drawer and a telephone scooped close to his elbow. The room smelled of dust and cigar butts.
A man named Lonergan, a bulky dick with gray hair and a gray mustache, stood near an open window, looking out of it morosely.