“It’s none of your business. My God, can’t I come to town and handle my own affairs without having the newspapers ask me a lot of personal questions?”

“People are interested in you. A lot of people have been speculating on what happened to you.”

“Who?”

“Oh, lots of people.”

“Please be more specific.”

“Just our general readers,” I said.

“I don’t believe it. They wouldn’t remember a person who had moved away ages ago.”

“Have you been discussing the divorce with anyone lately?”

“What if I have?”

“I just wondered.”