My wife says--but you don't keer to hear about that, do you?
Oh, I jest dropped in," finally answering her question.

He took a bench near the big stove and spread his hands before the sheet-iron warmth.
"Lookin' up a little affair, that's all.

Powerful chilly, ain't it ?" "Very." She stood on the opposite side of the stove, puzzled by this unexpected visit, looking at him with undisguised curiosity.
"Ever been to Chicago ?" asked Anderson suddenly, hoping to catch her unawares.
"Oh, yes.

I have lived there," she answered readily.

He shifted his legs twice and took a hasty pull at his whiskers.
"That's what I thought.