She looked up sharply: "Back? Where?"
"Oh, not to Peru. Only to England," said Dane, forcing a laugh.
After a moment she said: "And he wouldn't come.... It is only three blocks, isn't it?"
"It wasn't the distance, of course—"
"No; I remember. He thought I might not have cared to see him."
"That was it."
Another silence; then in a lower voice which sounded a little hard: "His wife is living in England, I suppose."
"She is living—I don't know where."
"Have they—children?"
"I believe not."