That's what I've got hanging over me.

And dad won't promise not to use it on Bassett if he has to." Harwood's face had gone white, but he smiled and knit his fingers together behind his head with an air of nonchalance that he did not feel.

He knew that Thatcher meant to drive Bassett out of politics, but he had little faith in Thatcher's ability to do so.

He discredited wholly the story Allen had so glibly recited.

By Allen's own admission the tale was deficient in what Harwood's lawyer's instinct told him were essentials.