He couldn't afford the time just at this season with all he has on his hands." "Go on." "Putnam knew Pierson was not there to see any Harvard men." "Oh, take your time." Harry grinned.

He was speaking with such deliberation that he did not once twist his words or expressions about, as he often did when excited and in a hurry.
"That's why you wasn't put in at the start-off," he declared.
"What is why?
You will have to make the whole matter plainer than you have so far.

It is hazy." "Putnam did not want Pierson to see you pitch." "He didn't?
Why not ?" "Because Pierson was there for that very purpose." "Get out!" "I know what I am talking about.

You have kept still about it, but Pierson himself has let the cat out of the bag." "What cat ?" "He has told--confidentially, you know--that he has thoughts of giving you a trial on the regular team.

The parties he told repeated it--confidentially, you know--to others.