Roberta laughed. She twisted uncomfortably in her seat. The strangest feeling was pervading her. She had never felt this way with a man before in her life. A special kind of warmth seemed to suffuse her whole body, when his eyes looked deeply into hers the way they were now, when he said nice things to her like that.
"I'm afraid not," she said. "I have so many things to do back at the office. I don't know how I'm going to cram them all in, as it is. What could we do all afternoon, for goodness sake, anyhow?"
"Well, for one thing, the horses are running at Belmont and I have a season box in the clubhouse. Do you like going to the races?"
"I've never been, but I'd love to go sometime."
He reached over and put his hand lightly on hers. Roberta felt something like a warm electric shock run
