“I should think he would, considering your high position in society.”
“I think he's a pretty good friend of mine but I have never called him an intimate friend.”
“Yes, you have. You said the owner of that boat was an intimate friend of yours.”
“So he is. I'm with him all the time.”
“Then why do you deny that you called Mr. Cameron your intimate friend?”
“Because Mr. Cameron doesn't own the boat.”
“Just now you said he bought it.”
“So he did, but he doesn't own it.”
“Then who does?”
“I do,” was the unexpected reply.