I didn't think they'd try to pull off anything like this.

Shows how much dependence a man can put in anything.

They don't look like they had sense enough to think of such a thing." He stepped away from the door and went to the table, looking down at the dishes she had set out for him, then at her, with a regretful smile which brought a quick pang to her.
"Shucks," he said, more to himself than to her; "if this had happened three months ago I'd have been plumb amused, an' I'd have had a heap of fun with somebody before it could be got over with.

Somehow, it don't seem to be so damned funny now.
"It's your fault, too," he went on, regarding her with a direct, level gaze.

"Not that you got me into this mix-up, you understand--you're not to blame for a thing--but it's your fault that it don't seem funny to me.