"Being rather--" She hesitated.

"Well, rather sick of too much of nothing at all, you know, I went over to the Cross-Triangle right after dinner to visit a little with Stella--professionally." "Professionally ?" he asked.
She nodded brightly.

"For the good of my soul.

Stella's a famous soul doctor.

The best ever except one, and she lives far away--away back east in Cleveland, Ohio." "Yes, I know her, too," he said gravely.
And while they laughed at the absurdity of his assertion, they did not know until long afterward how literally true it was.
"Of course, I knew about you," she continued.