“Think it’s going to help me to get Henry Ashbury into better physical shape?” I asked.
He said, “It might.”
“Just what did you expect me to do?”
He said, “You and Alta get along pretty well together.”
“So what?”
He said, “I thought it might change Alta’s attitude a bit if she realised that her stepmother wanted to be friendly.”
“Well?”
“You’ve talked with Ashbury?”
“Yes.”
“You still don’t see what I’m driving at?”