“It went on the rocks.”

“Who was the man?”

“A Mr. Bushnell,” she said. “A James Bushnell. Mrs. Bushnell’s little boy, Jimmie, you know.”

“Oh, yes,” I said, “Jimmie — good old Jimmie! Well, well, well! And what was wrong with Jimmie?”

“A little bit of everything.”

“How long have you been on your own?”

“A year.”

“Alimony?”

“Go fly a kite.”

“I was just asking.”