I gathered that from Joe himself when I saw him the next day.

While the truth of it was you'd been seeing Dwight ever since the first of October." "Yes?
That will be easy enough to explain." But Ethel felt herself turning white.

She sank down and thought, "Now you'll need all your nerve.

Don't get faint, you've got to think clearly." But she was not given time.
"And all that had been going on while you were supposed to be home with the baby." Mrs.Carr leaned forward briskly.

"Now the thing for you to do is exactly what I tell you.