“Yes.”

“The strip or the tease?”

“I guess it’s the tease, but I wouldn’t like to be teased if they didn’t strip.”

“However, I suppose you could stand the strip if they didn’t tease.”

I pondered that. “Frankly, I hadn’t given the matter that much consideration.”

“You would if you were a woman,” she said. “Let’s have some more dizzy water. I’m getting sober. I won’t drink so fast now.”

Two

Lucille Hart was smiling at me with her best imitation of loose-lipped friendliness.

“I like you,” she said.

“I like you.”