8/19 I'm in a hurry." The other wagged his head: "_You_ won't last long if you keep this up. The--hic!--trouble with you is that you can't get decently drunk. That's what's--matter--_you_! And it kills the kind of--hic!--of man you are. B-b'lieve me," he added shedding tears, "I'm fon' 'v' you, Ber--hic!--kley." He shed a few more scalding tears, waved his hand in resignation, bowed his head, caught sight of his own feet, regarded them with surprise. |