Lucy thought of a song that she had not been able to get out of her head since the Fifties. Manning came into her thoughts again, an unexpected, tall, dark, self-contained presence at the Fadden. If the boy did not love the girl, why the devil had he dragged her into this marriage? Spurlock was a bit shaky bodily, but his brain was functioning clearly; and, it might be added, swiftly—as the brain always acts when confronted by a perplexing riddle.