ABSTRACT
“I didn’t want my husband to get involved,” a housewife said. “We thought it was a lovers’ quarrel,” said another woman. “I went back to bed.” “I didn’t know,” said still another. “I don’t know,” said others… . Nobody can say why the thirty-eight did not lift the phone while Miss Genovese was being attacked, since they cannot say themselves. —A. M. Rosenthal
