“Of that patrimony I now have thirteen cents left,” Don continued. “See, here it is.”
He removed from his pocket two nickels and three coppers.
“It doesn’t look like much, does it?”
“Oh, Don,” she laughed, “do be serious!”
“I am serious,” he assured her. “I’ve been serious ever since I went to Sherry’s for lunch, 23 and found I did not have enough for even a club sandwich.”
“But, Don!” she gasped.
“It’s a fact. I had to leave.”
“Then where did you lunch?”
“I didn’t lunch.”
“You mean you did not have enough change to buy something to eat?”