“Then don't have it. I've told you, over and over, I'm not going out. It isn't decent this year, in my opinion. And, anyhow, I haven't any money, any clothes, any anything. A bad evening at bridge, and I shouldn't be able to pay my rent.”
“That's nonsense. Why do you let people say you are moping about Chris? You're not.”
“Of course not.”
She sat up.
“What else are they saying?”
“Well, there's some talk, naturally. You can't be as popular as you have been, and then just drop out, without some gossip. It's not bad.”
“What sort of talk?”
He was very uncomfortable.
“Well, of course, you have been pretty strong on the war stuff?”
“Oh, they think I sent him!”