“I haven’t any friends here. Those I did have have moved away. It seems as though everyone who mattered has moved out of town. What in the world happened to this place?”
“It had some bad luck,” I said. “The railroad changed its division point, and quite a few other things happened.”
She said, “Humph!”
“I take it then, since you’ve dismissed the action, you’re still married to Dr. Lintig.”
“Of course I am.”
“And you haven’t heard from him during the twenty-one-year period since you left?”
“I — say, I thought you weren’t going to talk about this case.”
“Not for publication,” I said. “I was just trying to get your background.”
“Well, you can leave my background out of it.”
“The story,” I said, “should be treated from a human interest angle — the real evils of divorce and all of that. You and Dr. Lintig were well established here and well thought of. You had a host of friend’s. Then, out of a clear sky, this thing happened to you. You found yourself faced with the necessity of beginning life all over.”