“He won’t want you to be drifting in with only three hours’ sleep, the way you did most of last winter. He has a lot more confidence in married men, anyhow.”

Don laughed.

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“That phrase makes a man feel ten years married.”

She had been trying hard to eat her lunch, but without much success. He noticed this.

“What’s the matter with you?” he inquired.

“I don’t happen to be hungry, that’s all,” she answered.

“You didn’t catch cold last night?”

“No.”

“But look here––”