“But Edna never told you that?”
“No. She never confided in me the real reason she wanted me to take the apartment in her name. Just gave me some excuses as she did you when you first asked her. She didn’t let me know where she was. Paul Nostrander was the only one who knew that, but he claimed he didn’t. Every month Paul would give me enough money to cover all my living expenses, the apartment, clothes, meals, beauty treatments, and all the rest.”
“Did you give him the papers when you were served?”
“No. I tried to, but he wouldn’t take them. He said he had no authority. He told me Edna had simply arranged with him to give me money from a fund she’d left with him. He claimed he didn’t actually know where she was, and had no means of reaching her. He said she’d given him fifteen hundred dollars to apply on my expenses, that the money had nearly all been spent.”
“All right, you told Nostrander where to get off, and he took your purse. Then what?”
“Without a word, he walked out.”
“Pay the check?”
“They don’t have any checks there at Jack O’Leary’s. You pay for the drinks as you get them.”
“So he walked out and left you sitting there?”
“Yes.”