"Is something the matter?" Jean asked, responding to a note of dismay in Caydance's voice.

"Mackie Alarie has not been seen in the Bay Area for three or four years. The rumor is that he went to Mexico, but no one knows where in Mexico. Whether or not he is alive has lately become a question.

He visited your collection a year ago?"

"Dropped by uninvited.

Long bushy black hair, a substantial moustache. Milky white face. Roving black-brown eyes. Was either silent or talked incessantly about himself. Opened my refrigerator and helped himself to beer without asking."

studio icon "That does sound like Mackie", Caydance responded.