He said: "All right."
He slowed down to forty, turned on to the dirt road.
She said: "Will you stop for a minute?"
Callaghan put on the brake and drew in to the left. The narrow road was bounded by thick trees. He sat looking at her in the darkness.
She said: "I want to tell you about Lionel."
Callaghan interrupted. He said:
"Did you know that Lionel was in love with Doria Varette? Was it true that you'd never met her?"
She nodded.
"I've never met her," she said. "And I didn't know that she and Lionel were in love with each other."
"All right," said Callaghan. "Then what's the good of you trying to tell me about Lionel? You don't know anything about Lionel. You only think you know something, and what you do know probably isn't true. If you didn't know about Varette how can you kno
