Our marriage did not go smoothly.

After three years I ran away--oh, not with any one I cared for; he happened to be there, that was all.

After a month he deserted me in Italy.

I have fortunately some money of my own and a few friends who did not turn me down--Lady Splay, for instance.

There!" She moved to a table and poured out for Hillyard a whisky-and-soda.
"My question was thoughtless," he said.