"Forget it!"
"Break it off yourself——"
"And get kicked out o' this part o' town!"
"Or have her break it off."
"Now you're comin' to the point, friend. She must break it off, o' course. But how'll I get her to?"
"Isn't there something bad in your past you can tell her—so bad that she'll drop you?"
"Oh, I've tried that already. As soon as I got outside the hall last night and struck cool air, I come to. I began to tell her what a devil of a fellow I'd been—part truth, most lies. Oh, I laid it on thick enough!"
"And what did she say?"
"Say? D'you suppose she'd take her hooks out o' me? Not much! Say? She said she was goin' to reform me!"
They looked steadily at each other for a long time; then David asked: