“When?”

“Three weeks ago.”

“And you heard?”

“Tonight.”

“Then he did leave you.”

“Don’t, Rex—he never loved me, and I—I never really loved him. I found that out.”

“When did you find it out?”

“One day—you know when—in a—a cab.”

“Dear Yvonne,” he whispered, “can’t you go back to—to your family?”

“No, Rex.”