“Oh, yes. He told me to call back at ten o’clock, and he’d let me know if things were okay.”
“At what time?”
“Ten o’clock.”
“You’re certain of that?”
“Absolutely.”
“Did you call him back?”
“I did.”
“When?”
“At ten o’clock on the dot. He told me things were okay, that he was to have a conference in about ten minutes and that he expected the conference would take about ten minutes, that he’d be free after that and would be sitting right there waiting for my call.”
“What time did you call him?” Kittering asked.