The Chappaqua ClubIn early January, Tom brought Eileen to a Saturday-evening dinner at his club and one could feel the pleasure and relief that echoed through the room when Tom introduced her. That was a reason he had not gone to the club when they ate in Chappaqua, to avoid the pressure on Eileen. These were people who had loved Wendy and they were genuinely thrilled that Tom had found someone, again not to take Wendy’s place but to be with him in his new life. It was a sentiment that Eileen herself battled with; how to avoid Tommy believing he had to choose between her and Wendy, how to convince him that she was not a new-Wendy but just Eileen and while they’d only had to speak of it once or twice, Eileen felt that by that Saturday when they had first made love Tommy got it—it’s when he
