They came to the Union Building and walked slowly up the driveway to the main entrance.
"Shall we go in?" Jack asked. "Dance to real live music?" it's not true," she said gently. "I'm afraid it's a sentimental old-wives' tale, Jack. What's past is past and generally best forgotten."
"I can't believe that. I can't believe there isn't something, some spark."
"No spark."
"But it isn't as if we had parted enemies. You never hated me, did you?"
"Certainly not!"
"Then, as a friend, let me speak freely-"
"Oh, Jack-"
But he wouldn't be stopped. "I've always wondered if you didn't leave me for Max because we failed in one important respect-"
"Oh, no!"
"And I've wondered if we wouldn't have been all right, if we wouldn't have stayed together, if it weren't for that one thing."
"You should
