If you haven't, I don't want--" "No, I hadn't heard," said Marie, looking up at the Big Dipper so that her profile, dainty and girlish still, was revealed like a cameo to Joe.
"Is he?
I love to watch the stars, don't you ?" "I love to watch a star," Joe breathed softly.

"So you hadn't heard how Bud's turned out to be a regular souse?
Honest, didn't you know it ?" "No, I didn't know it," said Marie boredly.

"Has he ?" "Well, say! You couldn't tell it from the real thing! Believe me, Bud's some pickled bum, these days.

I run across him up in the mountains, a month or so ago.

Honest, I was knocked plumb silly--much as I knew about Bud that you never knew, I never thought he'd turn out quite so--" Joe paused, with a perfect imitation of distaste for his subject.