“Cash in?”
“No. Played back.”
“I always do that. They say it’s foolish. You should cash in your winnings.”
“I can’t see that it makes much difference.”
“If you don’t cash them in, the machine eventually cleans you.”
“It does anyway.”
She thought that over.
Emory Hale cleared his throat. “As I was saying, it is very seldom that one finds a mind capable of developing the mature outlook before—”
She said, “Oh, there’s the waiter — looking over this way. I guess he sees my glass is empty. He’s such a funny chap. Do you know if I sit here with an empty glass, he’ll stand there and stare at us as though he was trying to hypnotize me. Why, you have a drink there which you haven’t touched, Donald.”
I said, “That’s right. I should have taken it over to the pinball machine with me. Well, here’s happy days.”