Shortly after I married, when she found out how the women played bridge and poker here, she made me promise I'd never touch a card, never play any sort of gambling game.

I promised readily enough, and I thought nothing of her insistence.

Maman was old-fashioned in many ways--I mean the life we lived in.

Rouen was so different from this that I could understand how many things would shock her.

I never thought about it--but--it was about six months ago--you were away for a week and I stayed with Polly Roberts at the Fairmont.