bury the dead?
"Miss Warshawski. For more than ten years Niels and I have lived separate lives. Neither of our children were interested in Grafalk Steamship and Niels couldn't think of anything else. During the past eight or nine months, Niels was growing more and more peculiar. I want to know why you were on Niels's boat and how it came to burn up."
I drank some more wine. If anyone had the right to know, Claire Grafalk did. I told her the whole story, beginning with Boom Boom's death and ending with the icy waters of Lake Michigan.
And the proof of Clayton's death?
I shook my head. ' I still have the plastic bags. But I don't want to use them. There's no one left for the police to deal with. I don't think the government will be able to prove that Niels blew up the Lucella.'
Claire looked away from me and said in a flat voice, 'Niels left Paige Carrington a building on Astor Place.'
I breathed deeply. Paige was the place that still hurt, the pain in the chest every time I thought of her.
Mrs. Grafalk still didn't look at me. ' She's in London now, with another wealthy ship owner.
'Do you mind so much?' I asked gently.
Tears shone in her bright eyes, but she gave a trembling smile. 'Do I mind? Niels has been dead to me for many years. But once - it was different. Because of the man I man I once loved, I would have liked to see her mourn.