“Your fascinating admirer waits here for you,’ said Donovan, indicating a vacant and grass-grown lot at the corner. ‘Yes, Matty dear, when you’ve gone to your virgin bed, he sits here, in his car, watching your room to make sure of your exclusive interest in him – the whole town’s laughing its head off about it,’ he added cruelly, and glanced swiftly sideways to see how she would take it.”
