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We took a cab. I recalled what Lewis had said to me the year before: that he was constitutionally unable to get along with anyone. It was true then! He was on good terms with Teddy, Felton, Murray, because he saw them only rarely. But he would never be able to stand living together with someone for…

It was no answer, but for the time being I decided to be satisfied with it. 'Why didn't you tell me you had enough of Mexico? Why the manoeuvring?' I asked.

'You wouldn't have let me come here; you'd have forced me to stay there,' Lewis replied.

I was as shaken as if he had slapped me. What r…

'If you love me the way I love you, why waste three-fourths of our lives waiting?' Lewis said.

I hesitated. 'Because love isn't everything,' I said. 'You ought to understand me; it isn't everything for you, either.'

My voice was trembling, and my eyes were pleading with Lewis to understand, t…

Anguished, I said, 'Lewis, we'll never be enemies, will we?'

'Enemies? How could anyone ever be your enemy?'

He looked frankly bewildered; those words I had spoken so thoughtlessly had, of course, been silly. He was smiling at me; I smiled at him. But suddenly I was afraid; would I be punishe…

To think I never believed in all that,' he said.

'All what?'

'Loving and being loved.'

'What did you believe in?'

'Having a roof over my head, eating regularly, bringing home a girl now and then - security. I didn't think you had any right to ask for more. I thought that everyone was al…