‘When did you hear?’ he asked. ‘How do you know?’

I said:

‘This morning, at breakfast. It was in The Times, you know.’

He said:

‘You never told me! Why didn’t you tell me then?’

I said:

‘I couldn’t tell you. It was too bad for that.’

We stood and looked at each other.

I thought:

‘He doesn’t care . . .’