She contented herself with glaring at me, but made no other denial.

I turned to Roberta. “You knew him?”

“Yes.”

“How did you meet him?”

Edna said quickly, “He is trying to get you to say that I introduced you to him. You met him in a bar, didn’t you, Rob?”

Roberta didn’t say anything.

I grinned. “That’s another weak point in your story, Edna. I think you’ve already told Roberta too much.”

“I haven’t told her anything.”

I said to Roberta, “Skip that. You don’t have to lie, and if you’re afraid of offending Edna, you can simply keep quiet and let it go at that. Now, why did you avoid Nostrander?”

“What do you mean?”