"I'd still like to go back to sleep. But creeps keep calling me up."
"Like Zellermann, for instance?"
"Yes. Did he call you?"
"Sure. Very apologetic. He wants me to have lunch with him."
"He wants us to have lunch with him."
"On those terms, I'll play."
"So will I. But then, why do we have to have him along?"
"Because he might pick up the check."
"You're ridiculous," she said.
He heard her yawn. She sounded very snug. He could almost see her long hair spread out on the pillow.