I judged that he had finished with me for the moment.
"But don't you think," my fair inquisitor continued, "that the southern girls pile on the accent awfully, because they know it pleases men ?" "Perhaps," I said.

"But then, what better reason could they have for doing so ?" "Listen to that!" she cried to her companion.

"Did you ever hear such egotism ?" "He's nothing but a man," said Gray-eyes scornfully.

"I wouldn't be a man for--" "A dollar and eighty-five cents," declared the baggageman.
I paid him.
"I wouldn't be a man for anything!" my fair friend finished as we started to move off.
"I wouldn't have you one," I told her, opening the concourse door.
"_Hay!_" shouted the baggageman.

"Here's your ticket and your checks!" I returned, took them, and put them in my pocket.