She was sitting with George Bromley at the second little table near the door. A row of palms in tubs iormed a sort of barrier so that he got a glimpse of this comer of the room only by merest accident. He had not been looking for her, nor for any one else for that matter, though his mind had been full of her the whole evening ever since Jerry Hutton had mentioned her name. There had been something almost sinister in Jerry svoice. He Rcalled now his sudden trembling emptiness when Jerry had said: Peter, isnt your wife seeing a little too much of Bromley? It was the way that Jerry had said it that had made it so. Nina had known Bromley for years. If they had not been diildren together, at least they had attended their first dances t(;ether. It was perfectly natural they should go on seeing one another. Marriage hadnt cut him off at least Nina had never demanded that; and Nina had her rights too. Bromley was a good sort after all, though you might not entirely approve his way of living. Surely there was safeguard besides in their long-standing intimacy. Nina might have married Bromley but here she was his wife these last eight months. She had expressed her preference. And Nina knew what she wanted. High-handed spoiled Nina, she had a mind of her own. She Was steady and safe. So he had reasoned with himself on his walk up from Jerry Hutton sstudio. He took Fifth A venue, starting from the A rch. It wasM ay. Spring had come early.
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