“It did! Why, Patty, Jim told me you never got that.”
“Jim is mistaken; I did get it.”
“And did you like it?”
“Where did you get it, Bill?”
“Did you like it?”
“Yes, I liked it lots. Who wrote it?”
“I did.”
“Did you, really? You clever man! I thought possibly you might have done it, but it sounded so,—so finished.”
“Oh, no, it didn’t, Patty. It was crude and amateurish; but it was written to you and about you, so I did the best I could. Patty, are you in love with Van Reypen?”
“What!” and Patty stood still and looked at Farnsworth, indignantly. “You have no right to ask such a question!”