“Oh, I don’t know.” He was smiling now and she wondered if he could have been trying to be funny; she could never be sure.
“Sometimes you don’t make sense,” said Caroline.
They were almost through the door when one of the secretaries called to Holton. “Phone, Bob.”
She waited for him at the door. He went over to his desk and answered the phone. He seemed excited, she noticed, and he talked very quickly. She wished she could hear what he was saying. Finally, he finished and joined her.
“Who was that?”
“An old friend of mine.”
“Man or woman?”
“A guy I used to know. He just got in town. He comes from out West and I haven’t seen him for a couple of years.”
“You knew him in the army?”
“Yes.”