"You know very well what people! All those people at home. Who are they, Lester?"
Lester felt a chill crawl up his spine. "At home?" he said. "What home?"
"It's no use playing dumb," Ginny snapped. "At our home."
"But aren't you there?" Lester asked. "I don't understand."
"Of course I'm not!" Ginny said hotly. "You know I'm not. I left yesterday when you went out to get A.P. the financial news. Now, stop hedging and...."
"But I didn't get the financial news," Lester said. "I went to a hotel last night."
"What!"
"Where are you?"
"I'm at mother's! Lester, you mean you haven't been home all night?"
"No. Haven't you?"