I felt the moment approaching.
“Fire away.”
“Did you ever write back anything against Letty to the family?”
“What!”
He repeated the question, while for me the tension relaxed. Still, this might be only a preliminary.
“Ben, I have never written a word home mentioning your wife one way or the other.”
“You knew her well in Paris, didn’t you?”
“We were in the same crowd, yes.”
“Weren’t you a little bit in love with her at one time?”