"Yes?"
"But you wouldn't."
"Why, Shiela, I'm doing it every minute of my life!"
"Now?"
"Of course. It goes on always. I couldn't prevent it any more than I could stop my pulses. It just continues with every heart-beat, every breath, every word, every silence—"
"Mr. Hamil!"
"Yes?"
"That does sound like it—a little; and you must stop!"
"Of course I'll stop saying things, but that doesn't stop with my silence. It simply goes on and on increasing every—"
"Try silence," she said.