Excerpt from This Is Your Day

Gene took her arm which had been resting a little heavily across his neck and he turned it gently around to look at the wrist watch. Half awake herself, she let him manipulate the arm, leaving it limp and obedient, and he whispered, "You up, Alma?" in a conscious daylight tone. Alma answered by several negative purrs, progressively louder and articulate, and finally she said "We got time" and kissed his shoulder and burrowed into the pillow. "I have a late class."

"Let's get married, " he said, "license and all."

"Why?"

"Why not?"

"I mean why do you suggest it now?"

"Just occurred to me."

All the sleep went out of her eyes and she turned toward his shoulder again, so close she had to speak from the corner of her mouth. "Did my folks say any thing?"

"No, it just occurred to me."

"It is too solemn a matter, " she said. "Won't you give me time to consider it?"

"Tomorrow is Saturday. We could go down to the Municipal Building before noon."

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