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`` And for Bill Jones . Do n't forget that low-browed ruffian , Bill Jones , the pirate of the piece , '' he replied , secretly baffled , but outwardly amused . Thinking it over afterward , Jimmy frequently wondered what ever became of that wonderful day . He was assured that he had met the Candy Girl at ten o'clock in the forenoon , and that he had bade her good-by in front of the Martha Putnam Hotel at four fifteen , leaving himself not one second to spare for reaching the railway station and by mathematical computation that meant that he had been with her for six hours and fifteen minutes ; but as far as his sense of ecstasy was involved , that day was certainly no longer than an hour in length . He recalled that she took him to a private picture exhibit and that he was hopeful that her signature on some of her work would give him knowledge of her name ; but that these were all signed with a funny little character rather than with a name or initials ; that he challenged her to show him the published criticisms of her work , and that she again baffled him , unwittingly , by declaring that she would mail them to him , and then later decided that it was immodest to boast and would show them to him only after she had repeated her success and felt her reputation established . Looking into the doorway of the Pullman he saw two other commercial travelers whom in other days he would have joyously rushed forward to greet , glad of good companionship . Time and again he had altered his route that he might journey with them ; but now he withdrew through the corridor into the adjoining sleeper , hailed the Pullman conductor and exchanged his berth for a stateroom in another car whither he retired , shut and locked the door , and sat down like a man in a dream .