“She looks hard, though.”

“You don’t know how hard,” I said. “And now, let’s talk about you.”

“What about me?”

“Why did you leave Oakview?”

“To see Evaline Harris, of course.”

“Did you tell your uncle that?”

“No. I told him I wanted to take a part of my vacation.”

“I thought he’d gone fishing.”

“He came back.”

“When did he come back?”