"I oughtn't to have mentioned that. Of course, I don't want her found guilty if she isn't really."
"All right. I won't ask questions. And I'll try and see Ann. But I won't try to worm anything out of her. That's definite. I'm standing by Ann."
"My dear girl," said Wimsey, "you're not keeping an open mind. You think she did it."
Marjorie Phelps flushed.
"I don't. Why do you think that?"
"Because you're so anxious not to worm anything out of her. Worming couldn't hurt an innocent person."
"Peter Wimsey! You sit there looking a perfectly well-bred imbecile, and then in the most underhand way you twist people into doing things they ought to blush for. No wonder you detect things. I will not do your worming for you!"
"Well, if you don't, I shall know your opinion, shan't I?"
The girl was silent for a moment. Then she said:
"It's all so beastly."