"Ah, that's very clever of you!" she said, quite excited. Two thousand dollars just for the favor of dining with her! How subtly he proclaimed what she might expect in the future! The bills were horribly real, seeming to adhere to her fingers. She repeated, wildly stirred: "Very clever!"
He came closer to her, with veiled eagerness.
"Well, what is it to be?"
She left the money on the table, answering quietly:
"You know, don't you?"
"You will—"
"No!—of course!"
He frowned impatiently.
"Think it over!"
"There's no need!"