They were dressed in the height of larrikin fashion--tight-fitting suits of dark cloth, soft black felt hats, and soft white shirts with new black mufflers round their necks in place of collars--for the larrikin taste in dress runs to a surprising neatness.

But their boots were remarkable, fitting like a glove, with high heels and a wonderful ornament of perforated toe-caps and brass eyelet-holes on the uppers.
Mrs Yabsley, moved by the solemn occasion, formally introduced Chook and Pinkey.

They stared awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

In a flash, Chook remembered her as the red-haired girl whom he had chiacked at the corner.

As he stared at her in surprise, the impudence died out of his face, and he thought with regret of his ferocious jest and her stinging reply.