 Is Haron’s story true?
She had been known to say that there are over a billion men in the world, a goodly percentage of whom are eligible bachelors, and that the right one would come along simply because she had been waiting for him. I gave him his ring and said thanks anyway and he smiled politely and said he wished I had told him sooner because his fifteenth college reunion was this weekend and he had already turned down the invitation." Intelligent, somewhat egotistical male who's really been around, whose universal experience can make the average cosmopolite look like a provincial hick, is in need of several female correspondents: must be intelligent, have gumption, be capable of listening to male who has a lot to say and wants to say it. All others need not apply. The name—Haron Gorka: its oddness was somehow beautiful to Matilda. Haron Gorka—the nationality could be anything. He had no nationality for all intents and purposes; he was an international man, a figure among figures, a paragon.... Cedar Falls was a small town not fifty miles from her home, and she'd get there a hop, skip, and jump ahead of her competitors, simply by arriving in person instead of writing a letter. But she laughed and thought that if she was, she was, and, meanwhile, she could only get to Cedar Falls and find out. "I said, where can I find Haron Gorka?"
 Yes. Matilda confirms when she sees the “shooting star.”
 No. Haron only tells her the story in the hopes of getting his wife to come home,  Yes. Matilda confirms when she sees the “shooting star.”  Yes, though only his wife is aware of that.  No. Both he and his wife are truly delusional.