He said, “That theory of yours doesn’t sound as crazy to me as it did to Bill Kleinsmidt.”
“It’s just a theory,” I told him.
“You evidently had some evidence on which to base it.”
“Nothing I’d care to discuss.”
“But you had some?”
“No. It was just an idea.”
He said, “I’d like to know just what gave it to you.”
“Oh, just an idea.”
He shook his head. “You had something more to tie to than just an idea. Did the girl tell you something?”
I raised my eyebrows, said with exaggerated surprise, “Why? Does she know anything?”