"What are you working on?" I asked.

"Research.
Background for a story on a rather difficult subject."
He reached for an ancient-looking book on the table beside him.
Handed it to me. I opened it to the title page. The title was:

Eugenics: The Science of Human Improvement by Better Breeding.

The author's name was Charles Davenport. The date was 1910.

At first I thought it was science fiction,
but as I flipped through the book, I saw that it was not.
Although the name was not uncommon,
Davenport had been the name of my first husband.