"I imagine Harry Vernon helped you there.

You were forced to tell your story." "I was forced.

All the same, I think Harry's plan was good." "He went away a few days before I arrived!" Barbara remarked.
Lister thought he saw where she led and knitted his brows.

He was on awkward ground and might say too much, but to say nothing might be worse.
"Harry's a good sort and I expect he pulled out because he imagined you'd sooner he did so," he said.

"For all that, I reckon he ought to have stayed." Although her color was vivid, Barbara gave him a searching glance.