"You've said it, son. It's a woman. I been doing some inquiring about this Miss Valdés, and from all telling she's the prettiest ever."
"I could have told you that. It ain't a secret."
"I notice you didn't tell me."
"You didn't ask, you old geezer."
"Sho! You ain't such a clam when it comes to pretty girls. You didn't talk about her, because your haid's been full of her. It don't take a mind-reader to know that."
"You're ce'tainly a wizard, Steve," came back his partner dryly.
"I know you and your little ways by this time."
"So I'm in love, am I?"
"You're there, or traveling there mighty fast. Course I don't know about the lady."
"What don't you know about her?" asked Dick, who was by way of being both amused and pleased that the subject had been broached.