“You'll go back all the same, if I have to take you myself.”
“What can I tell her?”
Hunch walked up and down the floor.
“That's your business, Bruce. It ain't mine.”
“Don't throw me up now, Hunch. Oh—everything's going to smash. What'll
“What do you want to do, lie to her?”
“It ain't that, Hunch; it ain't lying. I do! I can't tell her how it was. It would kill her.”
“All right, if you want to lie to her, you tell her I was drunk and you brought me home. Now get out—go home, go somewhere, but get out of here.”
“I—I-don't you see, Hunch——”
“Go on now!”