She went stumbling along beside him, not hearing a word of his voluble and flirtatious talk.

They were in the midst of the mad rush and confusion.

The noises, no longer mingled but individual, smote savagely upon her ears, startling her, making her look dazedly round as if expecting death to swoop upon her.

At the corner of Fourth Street the clerk halted.

He was clear out of humor with her, so dumb, so unappreciative.