he has one daughter, muriell. she's 20.married again, and the second wife, nancy, has a daughter by a prior marriage -- glamis -- glamis barlow. i'm very fond of the entire family and particularly the two daughters. they're as different as night and day. but where mr. and mrs. gilman are concerned, they're duplicate and devoted daughters. but you think there's something in mrs. gilman's past which would lay her open to blackmail. mr. carter, perhaps what you need is a good private investigator. but you don't understand, mr. mason. i want you as an attorney. yes, of course, hire anybody else as necessary, but you do it. do you happen to know if there's a workshop someplace around the gilman house? why, yes, of...course. i-i-i've seen it there. why do you ask? mr. carter, i'll take your case on one condition. i want you to assign to me all your right, title, and interest, whatever it may be, to the contents of that workshop. all those contents that exist at the present time or existed at any other time during the day. well, i