“Well, she hadn’t. I—I didn’t know I’d gone so far as to say––”
“Oh, you went a lot farther than that. You said you were goin’ to the devil. Ain’t you? I mean, aren’t you?”
“I—I don’t seem able to.”
“You’re the first fellow I’ve ever heard say that.”
“I’m the first fellow I’ve ever heard say it myself. But I tried to-day—and I couldn’t.”
“What did you do?”
“I tried to get drunk.”
She half rose, shrinking away from him. “Not—not you!”
“Yes. Why not? I’ve been drunk before—not often, but––”