Summary

In "A Foggy Day," Lisa showed Paul around New York. "She wanted him to see it as beautiful, the city, her city" (112).

Before New York, Lisa lived in Santa Fe with her husband Benjamin. Benjamin "worked at George's restaurant, with Paul" (113). Lisa and Paul often spent time together. Lisa loved talking to him. By comparison, Benjamin was "a large quiet man...with a firm sense of Right and Wrong" (114).

Bored by the predictability of her marriage, Lisa began an affair with Tony, one of Benjamin's old college friends. Lisa was young. She liked Tony's attention. She ran away with him for a time. Tony said he was going through too much, so Lisa moved to her own house. One day, Benjamin and Paul arrived at the house to collect Lisa. They were moving to New...