"Ah! I see." And Mrs. Manhattan looked at her in a gingerly fashion out of the corner of one eye.
"Yes, he sent me word that he was detained on business and for me to send word to you."
"That was most thoughtful of him. And it was after you got the note that the cab episode occurred?"
"No, it was just before."
"Yes, yes, I can understand." Mrs. Manhattan paused a moment. To anyone else save Eden the pause would have been significant. "H'm," she went on, "business may mean other men's money, or it may mean other men's wives. I do hope, though, you were sensible enough not to mention anything about the lady and the cab."
"Oh, but indeed, I did. He explained the whole thing at once."
"From the cab window?"
"When he came back, I mean—in the evening."
"Some little time must have intervened."
"Yes, two hours, I should judge."