"When you brought Dwight to dinner here, he met your wife as though for the first time.

Did you know they had been friends for months ?" And at his startled look, she added, "If you didn't, you'd better read all this!" There fell a sudden silence.
"I'll explain everything--when we're alone," Ethel managed to put in.
How queer and thick her own voice sounded.
Now Joe had gone into the hall with Fanny.

Curtly he said good-night to her.

The door closed, and there was silence again.

Why didn't he come?
He must be standing there in the hall trying to get hold of himself.
Oh, how terribly hurt he must feel! But she checked the sudden lump in her throat.