“I thought you—you were opposed to going.”

“I've changed my mind. As a matter of fact, I've changed my heart.”

“You speak in riddles.”

“Your father has gone out to arrange for passage on the Olympic. He is lunching at the Lawyers' Club.”

“You will lunch alone, then?”

“Naturally.”

He suppressed an impulse.

“I'm sorry, Yvonne.”

She was silent for a long time.

“Frederic, I want you to do something for me.”