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"Surely Mr. Troy will have to cough up eventually. Americans are great ones for alimony."

"That's what I thought. It's what my bank manager and lawyer said. At first they thought it was just some difficulty of exchange control. They wrote him a lot of letters, polite at first, then firm, then threatening. Finally, about six months ago they hired a lawyer in New York to serve a writ. A fine move that turned out to be. Mr. Troy has divorced me."

"Surely he can't do that?"

"He's done it. All signed and sealed. Apparently he's had a man watching me and taking affidavits."

"How absolutely disgusting."

"It's just like Mr. Troy. I ought to have suspected when he lay so low. We've sent for copies of the evidence in case there is any sort of appeal possible. But it doesn't sound likely. After all I haven't been strictly faithful to Mr. Troy all this time."

"He could hardly expect that."

"So not only no alimony, but an overdraft and a huge lawyer's bill. I did the only thing I could and sold jewels. The beasts gave me half what they cost; said no one was buying at the moment."