She tore her hat backward from its carefully adjusted tilt, so that it revealed the brassy gold of her hair, and took a step toward him.
"Now don't you remember?"
"Sure—sure—you're the little girl from—sure I'd remember a big little girl like you anywhere."
"You remember now? On the twenty-eight-hour accommodation out of St. Louis. We—I got on at Terre Haute and sat across from you while he—they made up the berth, and you said—"
"Could I forget a big little queen like you! You've grown to a real big girl, ain't you? Come back in my office, sister. That's how much I think of you—with a whole company waitin' for me over at the Gotham Theater—come in!"
"I—just got here—Mr.—Mr.—"
"Myers, if anybody should ask you. That's who you're dealin' with—Hy Myers, if you should happen to forget."
"Ain't it funny, Mr. Myers, my runnin' into you right off. I never thought I'd find you in this town. My little sister I was tellin' you about will be here soon and—"
"This way!"
"I'm ready to take that job you was tellin' me about till—"