Go ahead and tell me." "Well----" "Go ahead." "Well, she is rather handsome, you know." "Yes," said Florinda, dejectedly, "I suppose she is." After a time she cleared her throat and remarked indifferently, "I suppose Billie cares a lot for her ?" "Oh, I imagine that he does--in a way." "Why, of course he does," insisted Florinda.

"What do you mean by 'in a way'?
You know very well that Billie thinks his eyes of her." "No, I don't." "Yes, you do.

You know you do.

You are talking in that way just to brace me up.

You know you are." "No, I'm not." "Penny," said Florinda thankfully, "what makes you so good to me ?" "Oh, I guess I'm not so astonishingly good to you.