The girl had started at a brisk pace and he was presently breathless.
"I guess I'll have to rest a minute," he said.

They were now before the Crystal Palace Hotel and he sat on the steps.
"All in, are you?
Well, take it easy." He was not only all in, but his mind still played with incongruous sentences.

He heard himself saying things that must sound foolish.
"I've slept in here a lot," he volunteered.

The girl went to look through one of the windows.
"Blankets!" she exclaimed.

"Well, you got the makings of a trouper in you, I'll say that.