"What's your name? I'll mention you to her."
"Dull."
"I'll tell her I met you."
"Tell her you met Ralph Dillie—she'll know."
"All right," said I.
"Now you're in Ohio," said the boy. "Are you going into the store at Padan-Aram?"
"No."
"Don't you want to buy some candy?"
"No. I don't eat it along the road."
"Buy some for me."