“Yes. He delights in humbugging the curious. Nobody is ever an atom the wiser concerning him.”
“But—you know.”
“Yes, I know all about him.”
“And—you won’t tell me?”
“No.”
It came out quite naturally but quite decisively.
“Then you will have secrets from me?”
“Other people’s secrets—certainly.”
“And—your own?”
“I haven’t got any.”