"You don't realize what a little bit of a thing all this is to him.

It's been a long, long while since the last time you even mentioned glue to him, and he's probably forgotten everything about it." "You're off your base; it isn't like him to forget things," Adams returned, peevishly.

"He may seem to forget 'em, but he don't." "But he's not thinking about this, or you'd have heard from him before now." Her husband shook his head.

"Ah, that's just it!" he said.

"Why HAVEN'T I heard from him ?" "It's all your morbidness, Virgil.