Dean continued insisting but to no avail.
Dean answered by insisting his questions were routine.
He heard those around him disputing in whispers and one of them insisting that he should be led along a certain carpet.
This narrow and pedantic theory had at least the merit of insisting on propriety of expression.
It might cross a person's mind now and then that their spouse might be unfaithful, but insisting on it for months was another thing.
