Kapitel 123: The Conversation over Cocktails

For a long time, Claire seemed to do nothing but cry, with Dale holding her hands and accentuating her sobs with the most empathetic "There, there, Miss Claire." They're in the lounge, with no one else but the bar man at the other end, safely out of ear shot.

After a while, Dale asks the most important question: "What happened? Why the tears?"