"Of course not."
"I don't see why not."
"Impossible."
"But I did."
"You did?"
"I did."
"To Louie?"
"Yes, to Louie."
Again my thoughts and feelings found expression in a whistle.
"You see," resumed Jack, "she badgered and questioned, and teased and teased, till at last she got it all out of me. And the way she took it! Laughing all the time, the provoking little witch, her eyes dancing with fun, and her soul in a perfect ecstasy over my sorrows. I was quiet at first, but at length got huffy. You see if she cared for a fellow she ought to pity him instead of laughing at him."