'Now the time has come for you to tell me what I most want to know,' she said.
'What is that?'
'Why you went away.'
'Oh,' he murmured.
She waited a minute. Then, 'Tell me,' she urged.
'Do you remember Mary Isona?' he asked.
She glanced up at him suddenly, as if startled. 'Mary Isona? Yes, of course.'
'Well, I was in love with her.'
'You were in love with Mary Isona?'
'I was very much in love with her. I have never got over it, I'm afraid.'