The gun fell clattering to the floor.
"It wasn't loaded?"
"Of course it wasn't loaded. D'you think I'd have stood there and told you to shoot if it had been? I guess I ain't thinking of committin' suicide."
"And I almost admired you!"
"You hadn't got no reason to. There's nothing to admire about a man who stands five feet off a loaded gun that's being aimed at him. He'd be a darned fool, that's all."
"You were laughing at me all the time."
"You'd have had me dead as mutton if that gun 'ud been loaded. You're a sport, all right, all right. I never thought you had it in you. You're the girl for me, I guess!"
As she stood there, dazed, perfectly unprepared, he threw his arms around her and attempted to kiss her.
"Let me alone! I'll kill myself if you touch me!"
"I guess you won't." He kissed her full on the mouth, then let her go.