“Where does Minerva live?”
“In Colorado.”
“Heard from her lately?”
“No.”
“Read the papers?” I asked.
She said, “The comic section and the magazine part. What on earth does Minerva have to do with all this?”
“I don’t know,” I said. “You’re a close friend of hers?”
“Yes, very close.”
“When did you hear from her last?”
“Oh, I don’t know — a month or so ago. We write constantly.”