Passion vs. Gum Drops
Anthony: Will you marry me, Gloria?
Gloria: Are you rich?
Anthony: Haven’t a cent.
Gloria: Thought you were a millionaire.
Anthony: Absolutely stony. Spent it all on neckties and collars.
Gloria: I must have gum drops.
Anthony: Impossible.
Gloria: My God! how I love you!—but I must have gum drops.
Anthony: My God! You’ve broken my heart!
Gloria: My God! have I? Try a gum drop.
Anthony: My God! woman, you’re heartless.
Gloria: I’m Gloria Goodle—the Speed Girl, Coast to Coast Gloria.
Anthony: Coast to coast!—ashes to ashes! dust to dust! My love is dead.
(Then a thick impenetrable darkness descended on his mind—though you’d hardly notice the difference.)