He pointed to a large sofa. She went very deliberately to a chair and sat down.
“Why don’t you sit on the sofa?”
“I prefer this.”
He sat on the sofa.
“I must speak to you about Jimmy.”
“Well?”
“What’s the matter with him? What have you been up to with him?”
“Nothing.”
“Then why should he turn against me and not against you?”
“I don’t understand what you mean.”