"You've got to win her love, Jerry."
"But what is there for her to love in me?"
"You've got to make something."
"But, Bobs, she's deciding it now. It's too late for me! I've lost my chance. I tell you if she walked out of here, with the Bald One, and went away to marry him, I don't think I could bear it! Just as Jerry Jr. and I were getting to like each other! I gave him his bath the night before he went away, Bobs, and he liked it."
Two big tears ran down Jerry's nose and dropped off into his lap, but he paid no attention to them.
"Maybe she'll give you time, Jerry. I think she ought to have this chance to be alone and decide, but she may not decide to do anything right away."
"Bobs, you know Jane will do it right off, the minute she decides, whatever it is. I know it, too. No, I guess you're right; I've had my chance and I've missed it. I'll pay for it the rest of my life, I know that."
"I'm sorry, old man; we all get it sooner or later," she said.
"Oh, Bobs, I understand now. Forgive me," he said brokenly, turning to her.
Billy Biggs came in with a "scuse me." He came to Jerry and offered him an envelope.