Then maybe I'll expand it a little more than I was thinking...! It's actually nice to have something to do with my hands... I appreciate your encouragement, mister-- ( a short pause. ) --Loveless, oh. Loveless.

( there's a laugh, startled. ) Do you...Have you read it? 'Loveless'?

Ah, but you're right! A blooming onion...! I wouldn't mind having that as my table centerpiece, rather than flowers, sometimes.