"You didn't hear of her breakdown?"
"No; but all this doesn't——"
"Doesn't go beyond you and Evie. I know. Don't interrupt. And Evie didn't hear of her breakdown either?"
"No—I think I can say that."
"What did Evie think of—let us say Archie Merridew's suicide?"
I hesitated. "What should she think? She thought what everybody thought—more or less."
"As something inexplicable?"
"I assume so—but of course I've never——"
"What does she think now?"