"This is going to get rougher, Alice. Can't we be a little more friendly?"
"Meaning what?" she snapped icily.
"Meaning only that you deserve better than that Napoleon type down there."
Alice laughed in a brittle tone. "And you're it?"
"I'll be a lot more fun."
"No doubt. And nothing but fun. What do you expect to do when the fun becomes hollow?"
"It hasn't yet."
"It will some day. You can't go on being a slightly irresponsible loafer all your life."
"Who is?"
"You are."