"Better have a triple," Malone muttered.
Dorothy's eyebrows rose slightly.
"Because I intend to have another one," Malone added. "And even then you'll be just a little behind."
"That sounds sort of sad, in a way," Dorothy said. "Just a little behind. Tell me, is that a compliment or an insult?"
"Both," Malone said instantly. "And an observation, too."
Dorothy nodded. "I can see why you're a Federal cop," she said.
"Really?" Malone said. "I didn't know it showed. Why?"
"You're good at observing," she said. "Like this morning, for instance."
"Ah," Malone said. He searched in his mind for a quotation and found it. "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee," he said triumphantly.
"Sounds sort of grisly," Dorothy said.