My heart gave a thump. "At your table or at mine?"

"At yours."

"Did she"--I was aware of the foolish wording of the question without

being able to put it in any other way--"did she have large dark eyes?"

"Not in the back of her head, which was all I saw of her."

Once more I expressed myself stupidly. "Did you--did you think it

was--my wife--or just a friend?"

She burst out laughing. "How could I tell? You speak as if you didn't

know. You're certainly the queerest kid--"

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