I didn’t say anything. We walked over to the table.

Marilyn said casually, “Oh, hello, Rosalind. This is Emory, my friend, Mr. Emory — Smith.”

She turned to Hale and flashed him a quick wink.

Rosalind said, “How do you do, Mr. Smith?”

Hale got up and bowed. I held a chair for Rosalind. We sat down.

Marilyn said to Hale, “I don’t like to talk about it. Let’s talk about something else.”

“What don’t you like to talk about?” I asked.

Hale said, “What happened this morning.”

“What happened?”

“Marilyn heard the shot that killed that lawyer. You remember reading about it in the papers?”