Belknap discusses Clyde's story with his partner, Reuben Jephson, a young, shrewd, lawyer with a calculating intelligence. He's compared to "an uncontrollable machine, which generates power." Belknap admits that, even though all the circumstances are against Clyde, he still isn't sure that this was a murder instead of a terrible accident that Clyde lacked the moral and physical courage to stand up against. He tells Jephson that they'll have to get all the information on the events in Kansas City - as well as find the camera and Clyde's suit before Mason does. Jephson, too, listens.....
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