“It’s a cynical way of saying she’s a push-over,” I said. “Is she?”
He shook his head. “Maybe the first time, but not after that. She kind of whets a guy’s appetite and then holds him off. It comes kind of expensive the second time. I’ve seen guys climb walls and gnaw their way across the ceiling because they couldn’t make the grade.”
“She kind of gets in your blood, huh?”
He nodded. “One sap shot himself because of her.”
“Tough.”
“I guess he was crazy.”
“How did Herrick make out with her?”
He eyed me narrowly. “I don’t know whether I should talk about him, sir. The boys in blue have been buzzing around here today like wasps.”
I showed him the other end of the five spot, hoping it would look more interesting that way.
“Try,” I said.