"If you want a comfortable dinner," nodded Noyes.
"Or a comfortable night's sleep. Or if you want to wake up in the morning with the world looking right."
Again Monte saw the impulsive movement of the man's hand to his eyes.
He said quickly: "I did n't mean to refer to that."
"I forget it for a while. Then—suddenly—I remember it."
"You wanted something too hard," said Monte gently.
"I wanted something with all there was in me. I still want it."
"You're not sorry, then?"
"If I were sorry for that, I'd be sorry I was alive."
"But the cost!"