Possible Clues:

• 'Break the date, anyhow,' one said again
• It may be said yet again that what's left is an Edward
• Said again - give a boy a break
• Put another way
• A break for a Ted, and you could have said that again
• Said again what's left with the date
• It may be repeated that that's the way to give a boy a break
• Said again, looking embarrassed about country
• Visibly embarrassed about condition, in other words
• Asserted again