When he's like this it drives him wild to have other folks thinkin' about him." He looked over to Dan.

In spite of the bowed head of the latter as he listened to Haines yarning he gave an impression of electric awareness to all that was around him.
"Talk soft," whispered Buck.

"Maybe he knows we're talkin' about him." He raised his voice out of the whisper, breaking in on a sentence about Joan, as if this were the tenor of their talk.

Then he lowered his tone again.
"Think quick.

Talk soft.