“Of course I like him. I think he is a very nice fellow. Don't you?”
“No, I don't.”
“Why not?”
“Well—well, because I don't, that's all. He has no business to monopolize you all the time. Why, he is here about every night in the week, or you're out with him, down town, or—or somewhere. Everybody is talking about it and—”
“Wait a minute, please. You say everybody is talking about Ed Raymond and me. What do you mean by that? What are they saying?”
“They're saying. . . . Oh, they're saying you and he are—are—”
“Are what?”
“Are—are—Oh, they're saying all sorts of things. Look here, Helen, I—”
“Wait! I want to know more about this. What have you heard said about me?”
“Oh, a lot of things. . . . That is—er—well, nothing in particular, perhaps, but—”