Chapters 17 and 18 Summary

In chapter seventeen, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Chee meet for breakfast in the restaurant at Chee's shabby hotel. Leaphorn is dressed in the eastern establishment uniform of a business suit, although it is a cheap suit from Sears, too big and years out of date. Still, Chee cannot get used to the sight. He has seldom seen the legendary Leaphorn in anything except the uniform of the Navajo Tribal Police. Chee tells his mentor about Henry Highhawk and Gomez. Leaphorn fills Chee in on his murder case. Leaphorn wants to question Henry Highhawk. Chee explains about the man's mysterious disappearance at the Natural History Museum the night before.

The two sleuths go to Henry Highhawk's townhouse, but find it deserted. Leaphorn calls his friend Captain P.J. Rodney with the District of Columbia Police, who meets them at a coffee...