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"I haven't seen her recently," she said coldly

"Nobody has I do think she yive us the comfort we need, my dear"

And whatever Mrs Haverford's faults, she meant that quite simply

"And you say Clay knew?"

"It's rather likely he would They were golfing together, weren't they,

when that caddie was hurt?"

Natalie was not a jealous woman She had, for years, taken Clay's

faithfulness for granted, and her own complacency admitted no chance of

such a possibility But she was quick to realize that she had hi have you known it?" she asked hi dinner was over, she sat with her elbows on the table and faced him

across the candles

He was tired and depressed, and his fine face looked drawn But he

roused and s that he

--he hardly knew for what

"Knohat, dear?"

"About Chris and Audrey?"

He was fundamentally honest, so he answered her directly

"Since the day Chris left"

"When was that?"