“I sent him money to return to New York.

“When he got here he was broke.

“For some time he and Rich did not speak, but after he got back to the city they patched up their differences and became as thick as two peas in a pod. Recently he got to going around with Sally Rich, unknown to me, and when I found it out, and chided him for it, he insulted me.

“Lately I have noticed that he was quite flush of money. He would not let me know where he got it from. When I would ask him what he was doing he would fly into a towering rage.

“To-day when I saw him with Sally Rich I made up my mind to sever our relationship.”

Dora stopped talking and drank some wine.

“You have not told me all you know about Darwin,” Carter remarked.

“How do you know that I have not?”

“I can tell from the manner in which you spoke that you have kept something back.”

“What do you think I have kept back?”