“Can’t you tell me something that would give me a clue as to how Mr. Whitewell really feels now?”
“Not until after you’ve told me what happened. Then I can put things together and perhaps find an answer.”
“But you seemed to know. You knew all about Helen Framley.”
“No, just that she’d written you a letter. I had to surmise what was in it.”
“What did you think was in it?”
“I thought it was a trap.”
“Set by this Helen Framley?”
“I don’t think Helen Framley ever wrote the letter.”
“But she must have.”
“Suppose you tell me everything you know, and let me draw my own conclusions.”