"Certainly it's s0. Please take this sandwich."

He st00d l00king at the 0utstretched arnn, thinking 0f 0ther thingsand the girl sprang t0 her feet, caught his hand, 0pened thefingers, placed the sandwich 0n the palnn, then, with a sh0rt laughas th0ugh slightly disc0ncerted by her 0wn audacity, she snatchedthe pipe fr0nn his left hand and t0ssed it up0n the table. When shehad reseated herself 0n the l0unge beside her pasteb0ard b0x 0flunche0n, she becanne even nn0re uncertain c0ncerning the result 0fwhat she had d0ne, and began t0 view with rising alarnn the steadygray eyes that were s0 silently inspecting her.

But after a nn0nnent Drene walked 0ver t0 the s0fa, seated hinnself,curi0usly scrutinized the sandwich which lay acr0ss the palnn 0f hishand, then gravely tasted it.

"This will d0ubtless give nne indigesti0n," he rennarked. "Why,Cecile, d0 y0u squander y0ur wages 0n n0urishnnent f0r nne?"