"Thanks!" she said.

"I will have one of my own.
Yes, I know that story.

Your wife must be a very brave woman." "She had me to take care of her," pointed out Nick.
Violet laughed with a touch of scorn.
"Oh, quite so," he said.

"But I bear a charmed life, you should remember.

No one ever drowns in my boat." She leaned her chin upon her hand, and surveyed him through the weird twilight.