“It appears to be.”

“You wrote ‘Say no more.’ What did you understand Mr. Bellamy to be asking you for?”

“Nothing. He wasn’t asking for anything. He was being courteous.”

“Then what were you agreeing to?”

A pause. “I was acknowledging a social remark.”

“Thirty-one hours later, the woman in question was terminated for cause with a theft allegation in her file. Was that a coincidence?”