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away the dark shadows that had fallen between us and
lingered in the secret corners of our hearts. He
stopped by the kitchen and asked Letty to make
something extra special and he served our most
expensive wines, both he and James drinking quite a
bit. At dinner our conversation was light and
punctuated by many moments of laughter, but I could
see Jeanne was troubled and wanted to have a private
talk. So as soon as dinner ended and Paul suggested we all go into the living room, I said I wanted to show
Jeanne a new dress I had bought in New Orleans. "We'll be right down," I promised.
"You just want to skip our political talk, that's
all," Paul accused playfully. But when he looked at
me closer, he saw why I wanted to take Jeanne
upstairs and he put his arm around James and led him
away.
Jeanne burst into tears the moment we were
alone. "What is it?" I asked, embracing her. I led her
to the settee and handed her a handkerchief.
"Oh, Ruby, I'm so unhappy. I thought I would
have a marriage as wonderful as yours, but it's been
disappointing. Not the first two weeks, of course," she
added between sobs, ,"but afterward, when we settled
down, the romance just seemed to die. All he cares
about is his career and his work. Sometimes he doesn't
come home until ten or eleven o'clock and I have to
eat dinner all alone, and then when he does arrive, he's
usually so exhausted, he wants to go right to sleep." "Did you tell him how you feel about it?" I
asked, sitting beside her.
"Yes." She sucked in her gasps and stopped
sobbing. "But all he says is he's just starting his career
