I can't keep at arm's length for ever.

Flesh and blood won't bear it." She did not lift her head, but stood silent within the circle of his arm.

It was as if she waited for something.

Then, after a moment or two, she began to rub his sleeve lightly up and down, her hand not very steady.
"You're played out, partner," she said.

"Don't let's discuss things to-night! They are sure to look different in the morning." "And if they don't ?" said Burke.
She glanced up at him with again that little quivering smile.
"Well, then, we'll talk," she said, "till we come to an understanding." He put his hand on her shoulder.