"Maybe I'm nuts, but I can't figure it out--here is a guy that wants you to marry him, and you can't see him for Harry. Ah, Hell--give me another drink--the world's all haywire." "Hell, I'm not going to stay in this room all day. I want to go out, at least for a little while. I know, Ev--let's you and I go get an apartment--you come with me and help me hunt." "Why go hunting apartments? If you really want to be swell, then take an apartment in the Hussman Hotel. They got the swellest in this town, and there's no use taking anything but the swellest, since Big Boy is going to pay the bill." "That's an idea--I'll do it--you are all wrong about me taking sparingly--I might as well have whole hog or none, because he won't figure that, in case there is a big showdown. If I have to pay the price, I might as well make it worth while, ain't I right?" "Yeah--I guess you're right, at that, because when he does start mopping the town up with you, he won't figure what he has spent--he will just figure you have been a louse, and you will get it--and how!" "I'll change this dress and we will go," as she started to strip again. "Gee, I'm sorry you won't be able to go across the border tonight. I hate to go over there alone." "Don't worry, you won't be alone--I'm not the first Hooker that has sported a black eye in this burg. I'm going over--to Hell with what that crowd thinks. I've got a sucker on the string that's not so bad, so let's have the fun while we can. Give me that bottle, darling, I need it badly." "Damn if you ain't the best pal I've had in a long time, Pearl." "You ain't so bad yourself, Ev." They left the hotel, also a note on the door, saying they would be back shortly, as they had gone apartment hunting. They moseyed by the Plaza, and over to the Hussman, where they looked at apartments, which ended in Pearl taking one. "This is some hot-looking joint," said Evelyn, as she sat down, gorgeously putting on the Ritz, "If I'm going to come up here to see you I might as well start putting on the dog right now." "Come up and see me--you--you're going to move up here with me." "Like Hell--I'll come up and see you, but I ain't moving in here--I don't want to have to jump out of one of these windows some night when you and Big Boy have one of your grudge fights--I'll stay where I'm at." "Come on, let's go back to the hotel, and I'll get my things packed, and start to move--will you help me?" "Sure, why not?" They went back to the hotel, and found Big Boy waiting for them. "Did you find the kind of a place you want?" he asked anxiously. "Did I? Did I? I went to the Hussman and picked the best in the joint--is that all right?" "Right," he smiled, "And the best is none too good." "I'm going to pack and move right now, Ev, and you are going to help me." "No, you call the maid and let her pack your things, and send them over. Here's a little present I have for you," as he handed her a small book.