 You make excellent time on the road between San Francisco and Los Angeles, arriving at Redondo Beach an hour and a half ahead of schedule. You're eager to get it over with, aren't you, Chris? So you drive on to San Pedro on the chance that Higgins is still aboard his ship. Hello, you up there. Yeah. What can I do for you? I'm looking for Alvy Higgins. Is he aboard? No. Went ashore a little while ago. Dead, huh? Yeah. Don't know when he'll be back.