“And now you fear for his life?”
“I think of it constantly. Even when I try not thinking of it, that blasted curse has the power to keep my inner mind full of worry.”
“Then you’re ashamed of your adultery.”
“I hate that word. I never could say it.”
“But it is honest,” he answered.
“Yes, I suppose it is. I just never thought that I was doing anything wrong. Anything that Robert wouldn’t do himself if he were in the same circumstances. I know Robert would find this whole thing absurd. He’d be laughing with belly laughs to hear me prattle on about it.”
“But then, it’s not Robert that’s worried, or that has a lover in Africa,” Fritz suggested.
“You’re right there. I can’t even wire him now. As the days go by, I think there’ll be a telegram everyday. I can’t read the papers because I’m
