"That's no answer," I told him.
It's all you're going to get, he replied. The telephone started ringing from the lobby in the hall. I wondered how many times it had rung before.
"That will be Vita," I said. "Now for the count-down. I'd better get on my knees again. Shall I tell her I got locked in the gents and I'll join her tomorrow?"
"It would be wiser", he said slowly, "if you told her you hoped to join her later, perhaps in a few weeks time."
"But that's absurd," I frowned. "There's nothing to hold me back. I've told you it's all over and I'm free."
He did not say anything. He just sat there staring at me. The telephone went on ringing, and I crossed the room to answer it, but a silly thing happened as I picked up the receiver. I couldn't hold it properly; my fingers and the palm of my hand went numb, and it slipped out of my grasp and crashed to the floor.
The End