32/63 "A war baby ?" "Yes." Lane was so shocked he could not collect his scattered wits, let alone think of the right thing to say, if there were any right thing. "Mel, this is a--a terrible surprise. How the war played hell with all of us! But for you--Mel Iden--I can't believe it." "Daren, so terribly true," she said. "Don't I look it ?" "Mel, you look--oh--heartbroken." "Yes, I am broken-hearted," she replied, and drooped her head. |