"I hid there because they might not let us come. I've got my movie camera, you see."
She laughed helplessly. He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized.
"I wonder why Mrs. McKisco didn't like the Divers?" she said. "They were very nice to her."
"Oh, it wasn't that. It was something she saw. We never did find exactly what it was because of Barban.
"Then that wasn't what made you so sad."
"Oh, no," he said, his voice breaking, "that was something else that happened when we got back to the hotel. But now I don't care--I wash my hands of it completely."