“Effects of bachelordom, old thing. For the moment I forgot you. I’ll have another. Waiter—two Martinis.”
And into an ash-tray near by he dropped a piece of paper torn into a hundred tiny fragments.
“Was that a love-letter?” she demanded with assumed jealousy.
“Not exactly, sweetheart,” he laughed back. “Not exactly.” And over the glasses their eyes met. “Here’s to hoping, kid; here’s to hoping.”
THE END
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