Dames Don't Care (Peter Cheyney, 1937)

''Some dame has just blown in an' she is certainly an 
eyeful. She is wearin' a sorta juniper an' a pair of blue 
hikin' shorts. She has gotta pair of sand shoes on, an' 
a jag that woulda lasted any ordinary guy for about 
three years. But in some funny way she has got class...
if you know what I mean.

She goes over to a table an' flops down. Behind the 
counter the girls are busy. They have gotta plate of 
hot dogs an' a large cup of coffee all ready, an' I pick 
it up an' take it over an' put it on the table in front of 
this dame. 
She takes a look at me. 
"An' who might you be?" she says. 
"Me . . . I'm a guy who believes in fairies," I say.''

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