“No.”
“Then I won’t. We were walking from one place to another place.”
“You didn’t mention yesterday that you were in that corridor at that time.”
“Excuse it. Oversight.”
“Maybe. What were you saying to Ruby Lawson yesterday?”
“Ruby—?” I frowned. “Oh. Her. You mean after I told Purley she was a Chinese spy. I was trying to date her up. You see, looking at Miss Tracy so much had aroused—”
“I’ll bet it had. Did you date her?”
“Yes.”
“When is it?”
“Not is it, was it. She didn’t keep it.”