“George I cant stand it any more that’s all.” She pressed her quaking lips hard together.
“But my dear you exaggerate....”
“How exaggerate?... It means our life has been a pack of lies.”
“But Cecily we’re fond of each other.”
“You married me for my social position, you know it.... I was fool enough to fall in love with you. All right, It’s over.”
“It’s not true. I really loved you. Dont you remember how terrible you thought it was you couldnt really love me?”
“You brute to refer to that.... Oh it’s horrible!”
The maid came in from the pantry with bacon and eggs on a tray. They sat silent looking at each other. The maid swished out of the room and closed the door. Mrs. Baldwin put her forehead down on the edge of the table and began to cry. Baldwin sat staring at the headlines in the paper. Assassination of Archduke Will Have Grave Consequences. Austrian Army Mobilized. He went over and put his hand on her crisp hair.
“Poor old Cecily,” he said.
“Dont touch me.”