（ eyes bright and smile so far beyond besotted it would be embarrassing if he had an ounce of shame anywhere in his body, he can only nod in agreement. ）
Deal.
（ and then, with a juvenile sort of impatience that seems to decry the passage of years that's brought him to this point: ）
no subject
Deal.
（ and then, with a juvenile sort of impatience that seems to decry the passage of years that's brought him to this point: ）
Now?