"Perhaps he has a plan to extend his business," she said, committing the mistake of trying to explain.
He looked at her with an antagonistic eye.
"Sheila, I bet something's gone wrong between you two."
She protested in surprise.
"You haven't been cutting up, have you?" he continued angrily. "Doing anything to make him jealous?"
"Me? What could I do?" she answered. "I might as well live in a convent."
"How long is he going to be away?"
"I don't know."
"And he hasn't written?"