He was glad that he had found it for her.
It must have cost a great deal of money and she would doubtless be held responsible for its safe-keeping.
She came dancing to him.

"Say, that's fine-your eyes are working, ain't they?
I might 'a' been set back a good six dollars if you hadn't found that." She took the bauble and fastened it inside her jacket.

So the pin, too, had been a tawdry makeshift.

Nothing was real any more.

As she adjusted the pin he saw his moment for escape.