Was pulling my leg.

You try to express your feelings to some… Call me what, sir? Grant's got the ransom note to prove it. What is your name? And he said to me, I don't know whether… Doubtless it's the work of some harmless… A kidnapper? I'll see what I can find out. I said, how you doing out there? Your name is Donkey Man? We're going to have a little party. They have some old houses that I'm sure… Unfortunately, that's all we know about… I don't know how it could have happened. It all adds up to a sinister riddle.