Did you telephone ?" "Yes." There was a pause; the older man dropped his hands into his pockets and stepped quietly in front of Gerald; and for a full minute they looked squarely at one another, unwinking.
"Well ?" asked Gerald, almost tremulously.

"Can't you say, 'Go ahead!' ?" "Don't ask me." "No, I won't," said the boy simply.

"A man doesn't ask about such matters; he does them.

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