Her face was red and she stamped her foot.
"See here, kiddo.

If you're as thick as that I'll have to put you wise," answered Thesel, good-humoredly, as he tilted back his cigarette to blow smoke at the ceiling.

"Dick is through with you." "Oh, _is_ he ?" choked Lorna.
"Say, Cap, I heard a noise," suddenly called out Swann, rather nervously.
There was a moment's silence.

Lane, too, had heard a noise, but could not be sure whether it was inside the building or not.
Swann hurried over to join Thesel.

They looked blankly at each other.
The air might have been charged.