"They were all over the scheme.

And your friend Keene purred too loud." "I don't mean that.

Keene was a fool; that was plain enough for anyone to see.

I had to use him; if Barclay hadn't been sick it might have been different.

But how did you come to send me that message about the butter?
Man, that is one of my favorite sayings--the choking the cat thing! How did you know that?
I never said it to you." "Oh, it is an old saying.