He met Walter at lunch and asked after Della.
“Not too well,” said Walter, “but that’s part of it, I suppose.”
“Hurrah for you,” said Dick, “I didn’t know about it.”
“It makes a man feel helpless, doesn’t it?” asked Walter.
Dick nodded.
“Cecily has been a wonder to Della. She’s seen a lot of her and sort of bolstered her up.”
“Cecily?”
“Della turned to her more than to any one else. She was a little panicky, you know.”
“Cecily could help her out a lot,” said Dick shortly, and was on his way.
He had one other encounter. He had come in to Carrington just at this time because he had known that Matthew was on for three days from Washington. He had not known that seeing Matthew meant dining with Fliss at the hotel. But it did.