She puckered her forehead and said, “Let me see. It was — it was right after you left.”

“How long afterwards?”

“Just a couple of hours.”

“And you started for the city as soon as he got back?”

“Yes.”

I said, “All right. Now, where do you fit into the picture?”

“What do you mean?”

“You know what I mean. You said that if I wanted to pool information with you, you’d put in with me, that if I didn’t you were going on your own.”

She said, “You know all about that.”

“All about what?”