She asks Ben if old things can have an 'atmosphere' but doesn't tell him what happened in the attic.

They ask Ben about a dead body found at his construction site.

I asked Ben, with the aid of my dictionary.

I asked Ben over the roof of the vehicle, keeping my voice low.

I asked Ben as he started the van.

I asked Ben as he looked at slides with a small illuminated viewer.

I resolved to wait in my garden, and to ask Ben or John for advice when they came home.

Yet to ask Ben would be to break another of their unspoken rules.

I asked Ben about the dogs one day while we were washing up.

Since he couldn't ask Ben, whom did he know who would know?