9/18 You shouldn't have--you ought to know better. What did--" "I only waited about twelve seconds," she laughed. "I'd just got here." "But to come all this way and to this part of town in the dark, you--" "I was in this part of town already," she said. "At least, I was only seven or eight blocks away, and it was dark when I came out, and I'd have had to go home alone--and I preferred going home with you." "It's pretty beautiful for me," said Bibbs, with a deep breath. "You'll never know what it was to hear your laugh in the darkness--and then to--to see you standing there! Oh, it was like--it was like--how can I TELL you what it was like ?" They had passed beyond the crowd now, and a crossing-lamp shone upon them, which revealed the fact that again she was without her furs. |