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Slowly Jimmy turned his eyes in the direction she indicated.
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What do you know about that?" he ejaculated. "Steve Murray and Bince!"
And thick as thieves," said the girl.
Naturally," commented Jimmy.
The two men left the restaurant before Edith and Jimmy had finished their
supper, leaving the two hazarding various guesses as to the reason for their
meeting.
"You can bet it's for no good," said the girl. "I've known Murray for a long while,
and I never knew him to do a decent thing in his life."
Their supper over, they walked to Clark Street and took a northbound car, but
after alighting Jimmy walked with the girl to the entrance of her apartment.
"I can't thank you enough," he said, "for giving me this evening. It is the only
evening I have enjoyed since I struck this town last July."
He unlocked the outer door for her and was holding it open.
"It is I who ought to thank you," she said. Her voice was very low and filled with
suppressed feeling. "I ought to thank you, for this has been the happiest evening
of my life," and as though she could not trust herself to say more, she entered the
hallway and closed the door between them.
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