“Well, you try to give yourself a good time. You can tell after the first two or three days if there’s anyone on board for whom you’re apt to care a lot. Usually you find someone who’s attractive enough for a flirtation. But you’re not flirting with him. You’re flirting with romance.”
“This man was married?”
“Yes.”
“And he’s separated from his wife?”
“No. He told me later he was taking a matrimonial vacation while she was taking one of her own.”
“What was hers?”
“I have my doubts about that, too. She was working for a big oil company which had interests in China. She had to go over to wind up the books when they were closing the Shanghai branch.”
“Why the suspicions?”
“The big boss also went over. He was on the same boat. She was sweet on him.”
“Then what?”