"My, my, ain't dat terrible!" she gasped.
"Yassam——"
"Scandalous!"
"Dat it is——"
"Sinful!"
"Jes so!" he agreed sorrowfully.
"But man!" she cried ecstatically, "dat's what I calls er husband!"
"Hey?"
"Dat's de man fer me!"
He looked at her in dismay, snatched the decanter, poured himself a straight drink of whiskey, gulped it down, leaned over the table and returned to his task with renewed vigor: