It sounds like laughter on the eve of a great calamity." She got up restlessly, crossed the room and leaned against the wall, facing him.

"You've GOT to go back to that place ?" He nodded.
"And the other time you did it--" "Just over it," said Bibbs.

"Two years.

But I don't mind the prospect of a repetition so much as--" "So much as what ?" she prompted, as he stopped.
Bibbs looked up at her shyly.

"I want to say it, but--but I come to a dead balk when I try.