“I did,” she said. “And he told me the divorce went through.”
“And the girl?”
“He married her. That’s why I didn’t bother to check the divorce records.”
“And he hadn’t got the divorce?”
“No. As it turned out, he’d simply taken the money I’d given him to make an impression on this other girl. He got her to marry him. She had some money saved. Sidney got that.”
“That wasn’t Helen Framley?” I asked.
“No. Her name was Sadie something. I’ve forgotten the last name, but I remember he kept talking about Sadie, and I was curious as to what sort of a girl she was.”
“All right. Then what happened?”
“Absolutely nothing for years. I had entirely lost track of him, and I hardly ever even thought of him. He quit his ring career. I think the Boxing Commission had some evidence on him that made it impossible for him to fight again. I don’t think he wanted to, anyway. He wasn’t the type to stand up under punishment in a ring.”
“And you met Philip?”