For the first few days after he had left her lodgings she had not worried unduly. He was sulking, getting over the shock, realising that he could not have things exactly as he wanted them. He would come crawling back and apologise for making her feel anxious.
She began to plan the presents she would give him – a notecase, gold cufflinks from Cartier. She might even be able to squeeze enough money out of her very ample dress allowance to give him a car without Carl being suspicious.
But Bing had not turned up before her wedding day and when she returned to New York after a cruise in the Caribbean in Carl’s luxury yacht, which was almost like a small liner, she had been unable to find him.
She supposed now it was because he had changed his name. Cutter! How could she be expected to go abo
