“And so it does, dear—it does——-”
“Not if that long-legged spider that took dinner with us the other night gets in her fine work. I'll bet that she handed me a few when you got home?”
Mary was silent.
“Now didn't she?”
“To the best of her ability—yes—but I didn't mind her silly talk.”
“Gee, but I'd love to give her a bouquet of poison ivy!”
“We had an awful quarrel——”
“And you stood up for me?”
“You know I did!”
“All right, I don't give a tinker's damn what anybody says if you stand by me! In all this world there's just you—for me. There's never been anybody else—and there never will be. I'm that kind.”