"Did she send you?" No, he didn't actually want the answer to that. It didn't matter. Just as likely as not, she certainly didn't send Archie after him over the town line, after all. "...Unless I say otherwise I do not care if you tell her about our discussion today."

Which was about as sure as anything else that he had not been allowing him to say any more than what he would be okay with anyone else knowing.

He almost said that he didn't want to hear about any talking they were doing, however. Did it need to be said? Did he want it to be?