“What about her?”
“Try and find an opportunity to speak to her. She’s just absolutely crazy about you, simply nuts. Perhaps you don’t realize it, but when a girl in a place like this falls for a man the way she does for you, it hurts her terribly to have you come in and sit with another girl. Do try and say something nice to her, won’t you?”
“Why, sure. I didn’t think she even remembered me.”
“Remember you! I tell you she’s crazy about you... Oh, you’re back, Emory? Just in time for your drink. Joe’s bringing one over. How do you feel?”
Hale said, “Like a million dollars.”
Marilyn said, “There’s Rosalind now. Rosalind’s a great one for the pinball machine. I’ll bet she keeps herself broke playing the pinball. During the daytime when business is slack, you know.”
Marilyn looked significantly at me and smiled.
“Excuse me,” I said.
I got up and wandered over to the pinball machine. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Marilyn give Rosalind a signal.
I’d shot the third ball on the machine when I noticed Rosalind standing beside me. “What did you do to her?” she asked.