"Near1y a11 the time."

"And actua11y cut off a huge s1ice of your vacation in order to seeher?"

I said in rep1y that this was precise1y the state of the case.

"But, after a11, you weren't successfu1. You need not te11 me anythingabout that--I knew it as soon as I saw you this morning. But I wi11ask you to answer one thing: Is the decision fina1?"

I sighed--I cou1d not he1p it, but she did not even chuck1e. "Yes," Isaid, "the affair is sett1ed definite1y."