Perhaps she had mixed feelings about her testimony? Some people are very nervous about attending court. Some barristers like to try to tie you in knots and confuse you.
And yet she did testify didn't she Lugg? And she was quite adamant that her words were not going to be twisted as often a clever barrister can put a different complexion on something. Jeremy had his feet up on the desk in Nevill's den and was barking orders to her, as Nevill had similarly predicted when he knew all his papers and mementoes of the past would be discarded in favour of a computerized system.
Barbara was one of those women juggling work and family(I don't know how they do it),running errands and ferrying her family hither and thither to friends and clubs. Her offer of delivery of the children's bicycle on the Tuesday evening would be one more item on the agenda.