“Unless you walk out, yes. I’m investigating Mr. Koven’s counterclaim, and this is how I do it. With any question you have your four choices — and a fifth too, of course: get up and go. How did you feel about the monkey?”
“I thought it was an awful nuisance, but it had its points as a diversion. It was my fault it was there, since I gave it to Mr. Getz.”
“Indeed. When?”
“About a year ago. A friend returning from South America gave it to me, and I couldn’t take care of it so I gave it to him.”
“Mr. Getz lives at the Koven house?”
“Yes.”
“Then actually you were dumping it onto Mrs. Koven. Did she appreciate it?”
“She has never said so. I didn’t — I know I should have considered that. I apologized to her, and she was nice about it.”
“Did Mr. Koven like the monkey?”
“He liked to tease it. But he didn’t dislike it; he teased it just to annoy Mr. Getz.”