"It was necessary," said Rigden quietly.
"A lie sometimes is," he continued calmly. "You will probably agree with me there."
"Thank you," said Moya promptly; but no insinuation had been intended, no apology was offered, and Rigden proceeded as though no interruption had occurred.
"I am not good at them as a general rule," he confessed. "But just now I was determined to do my best. I suppose you would call it my worst!"
Moya elected not to call it anything.
"That poor fellow in the store——"
"I really don't care to know anything about him."
"—I simply couldn't do it," concluded Rigden expressively.
"Is he the man they want or not?"