“I don’t understand you.”
“It isn’t necessary at the present time that you should.”
“But I’m deeply interested in the matter, and——”
“Never mind that now. I am not here to be cross-questioned.”
“But I infer from your remark that something unusual took place at the stables last night.”
“Not that I am aware of.”
“You talk in riddles.”
“One of my men simply learned the true condition of affairs there, that’s all.”
“Does it affect me?[{31}]”
“Slightly.”