“This is a small town, Delia, and it’s all eyes and ears. It doesn’t take much in Hollywood to destroy a woman’s reputation.”
“Oh, that.” She was silent. Then she showed her teeth. “Of course, you’re right. It was stupid of me. It’s just that sometimes...” She stopped, and she shivered suddenly.
“Sometimes what, Delia?”
“Nothing. I’m going. ― Is there anything new?”
“Just that business about the rat poison.”
She shrugged. “I really thought there were mice.”
“Of course.”
“Good night, Ellery.”
“Good night, Delia.”
He did not offer to walk her down the hill and she did not seem to expect it.