“I want to ask you to promise me something.”
“Well?”
“Promise me that—that you won’t let anyone....” Silence. “Hm-m-m?”
“If you think that I need to promise——”
Kiss her (to silence her). Then—“You know I don’t mistrust you,” you say, gruffly, “but I get worried. Won’t you promise?”
“Sure,” she answers. The silence of the room flows over you again, and it too holds a promise.
14. AH, WHAT IS LIFE?
TYPE:
Middle-aged, plump, precious. The kind of man who goes to teas and avoids unpleasant situations, but does nothing else. Small white hands and shiny lips.
SUBJECT: