"Ruby!"
"No, no, ma! No, no!"
"Baby, the dream what I've dreamed five years for you!"
"No, no, no!"
She fell back, regarding her.
"Why, Ruby. Why, Ruby, girl!"
"It ain't fair. You mustn't!"
"Mustn't?"
"Mustn't! Mustn't!" Her voice had slipped up now and away from her.
"Why, baby, it's natural at first maybe a girl should be so scared. Maybe I shouldn't have talked so soon except how it's getting every day plainer, these trips to Atlantic City and—"