His old troubling visions of his wonder-woman, of Beulah Baxter the daring, had well-nigh faded, but now and then they would recur as if from long habit, and he would question the girl about her life as a double.
"Yeah, I could see that Baxter business was a blow to you, Kid.

You'd kind of worshiped her, hadn't you ?" "Well, I--yes, in a sort of way--" "Of course you did; it was very nice of you--" She reached over to pat his hand.

"Mother understands just how you felt, watching the films back there in Gooseberry "-- He had quit trying to correct her as to Gashwiler and Simsbury.

She had hit upon Gooseberry as a working composite of both names, and he had wearily come to accept it--"and I know just how you felt"-- Again she patted his hand--"that night when you found me doing her stuff." "It did kind of upset me." "Sure it would! But you ought to have known that all these people use doubles when they can--men and women both.

It not only saves 'em work, but even where they could do the stuff if they had to--and that ain't so often--it saves 'em broken bones, and holding up a big production two or three months.