No, she felt sure that he could not be other than she thought.

But as for Alice Murray and her friend whom she had met at the Palais de Maxixe--well, she was forced to admit that she did not know, that Constance's warning might, after all, be true.
Munro had had to run out of town for a few days on a business trip.
That she knew, for it had been the reason why he had wanted to see her before he went.
He had, in fact, spent the evening in her company, after the other couple had excused themselves on one pretext or another.
She called up Alice Murray at the number she had given.

She was not there.

In fact, no one seemed to know when she would be there.

It was strange, because always before it had seemed possible to get her at any moment, almost instantly.