"No," Greta said. "He was—well, confused maybe. Never been to a party of ours before, or anyhow not that I remember. I was trying to—loosen him up."
"You loosened everybody up," Norma said.
There was a silence.
"I'm sorry," Norma said. "All right. You couldn't have known—"
"I didn't know anything," Greta's voice said. "She was there, that's all."
"I wonder whether Dr. Haenlingen knew him," Norma said. "The new one, I mean."
"His name was Johnny something," Greta said.
"We'll just have to wait and find out," Norma said. "Whatever she's going to do, there isn't any way to stop it. I did the best I could—"
"Sure you did," Greta said. "We know that. Sure."
"Cendar and his friends—" Norma began.