l had been making a drink in my study when I had heard him and turned. Now I fin- ished pouring from the decanter "I know the enemies I've made and you are a stranger. Was it my wife? smiled, "Quite correct. Her motive must be obvious." "Yes," I said. "I have money and apparently she wants it. All of it." He regarded me objectively. "Your age is?" Fifty-three And your wife is?" "Twenty-two." He clicked his tongue. "You were foolish to expect anything permanent,