“A little bit.”

“You’ve been working all day?”

“Since six-thirty this morning.”

“Lord, then you must be tired.”

“Not so very much,” she denied with pride. “I can stand work.”

He dared a glance at her strong body and her bold eyes. How splendid she was!

“But you must be tired,” she continued.

“Yes,—no, only a very little.”

“You’ve been workin’ all day too.”

“At the afternoon performance. I didn’t get away until six o’clock.”