He was saying, "Yes--some of it thirty feet. Morris Blood is
tunnelling on the Pilot branch this morning; it's bad up there, but the
main line is clear from end to end. Surely, you never looked so sweet
in your life. Gertrude, Gertrude, you're a beautiful girl. Do you
know that? What are those fellows shouting about? Me? Not at all.
They're cheering you."