Chapter 60
“Mrs. Murchison,” I said, “the department’s files are not exactly public records as such, nor are they sealed and private. We do our best to keep control of sensitive information, but people do talk, and we’re not always successful in containing things. Even if we succeed in protecting the information, there’s nothing to prevent a reporter from asking people the same questions we have and getting the same answers.”
“Why would they do that?” she said.
“Normally they wouldn’t, my dear,” the sheriff said, “but if you start raising too much of a fuss, rumors will circulate, and somebody is bound to start nosing around.”
“Oh,” she said.
That’s marginally better than “humph,”I thought.