Laurence Meysy sat on the edge of the bed and lit a cigarette. «Misses Mindon sent for me,» he said. Mr. Mindon could not help feeling proud of Millicent. She had done the right thing. Meysy continued. «She showed me your letter. She asks you for mercy.» Meysy paused, and then said: «The poor woman is very unhappy. And we have come here to ask you what you plan to do.» Now Mr. Mindon began to feel uncomfortable. «To do?» he asked. «To do? Well…I, I plan to…to leave her.» Meysy stopped smoking his cigarette. «Do you want to divorce her?» he asked. «Why, yes! Yes!» Mr. Mindon replied. Meysy knocked the ashes from his cigarette. «Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this?» he asked. Mr. Mindon nodded his head. «I plan to divorce her,» he said loudly. Mr. Mindon began to feel very excited. It was the first time he had ever had so many people sitting and listening to him. He told his audience everything, beginning with his discovery of his wife’s love affair with his business partner, and ending with his complaints about her expensive dinner parties. His uncle looked at his watch. Doctor Bonifant began to stare out of the hotel window. Meysy stood up. «Do you plan to dishonor yourself then?» he asked. «No one knows what has happened. You are the only one who can reveal the secret. You will make yourself look foolish.» Mr. Mindon tried to rise. But he fell back weakly. The three men picked up their hats. In another moment, they would be gone. When they left, Mr. Mindon would lose his audience, and his belief in himself and his decision. «I won’t leave for New York until tomorrow,» he whispered. Laurence Meysy smiled. «Tomorrow will be too late,» he said. «Tomorrow everyone will know you are here.» Meysy opened the hotel room door. Mr. Brownrigg and Doctor Bonifant walked out of the room. Meysy turned to follow them, when he felt Mr. Mindon’s hand grab his arm. «I…I will come with you,» Mr. Mindon sighed. «It’s…it’s…for the children.» Laurence Meysy nodded as Mr. Mindon walked out of the room. He closed the door gently.