"Yes?" She was listening with only half an ear. There were so many Captains.
"He was engaged to an American."
She listened now. "Your Captain—?"
"Captain Hewes."
She guided the car steadily. "Dawson Hewes?"
"Yes. Do you know him?"
"I—I am the girl he is going to marry—"
He froze into silence. She bent towards him. "What made you say—was—?"
"He's—gone West—"
"Dead?"