17/22 She turned from Ann's past to his. "I must say, Katie," he said stiffly, "I don't see what it has to do with this." "Why, I should think it might have something to do with it. Isn't there a popular notion that our pasts have something to do with our futures ?" "It's all over," he said shortly. That they needn't tie up the future." "Certainly not," said he, making it clear that he wanted that phase of the conversation "over." "It's my own theory," said Katie. "But I didn't know whether or not it was yours. |