Don't listen to what he tells you," she added, pointing toward Forrest.
Cecil hesitated.

Forrest, who was watching him closely, could not tell whether that hesitation was genuine or only a feint.
"It was only a joke, this, Kate," he muttered.

"It was a joke which we have carried a little too far.

Yes, you shall help me if you will.

I have had enough of it.