"Is that your hair, playmate?"
"He says so."
"Well, a man might do worse than gamble for a thing like that."
"You amaze me." But he would not continue that, and presently she asked him, "What have you been thinking about lately?"
"About you."
"When?"
"All day long while I was at work, and every night when I sat here and you didn't come."
"Was it a happy thing to do?"
"Very happy."
"Even when I didn't come?"