"She took the cigarette but soon laid it aside. "I don't like the taste, Robby. I just don't like it any more." I laughed. "It's always so when you've been deprived of anything for a long time." "You were deprived of me for a long time," said she. "It's so only with poisons," I replied: "Schnapps and tobacco." "Human beings are a much worse poison than schnapps or tobacco, darling." I laughed. "You are a clever child, Pat.""