Thank you so much.' Then she turned to Birkin, saying with a little gay movement: 'Shall we do it now, Rupert ?' 'What about the others, they'll be bored,' he said reluctantly.
'Do you mind ?' said Hermione, turning to Ursula and Gerald vaguely.
'Not in the least,' they replied.
'Which room shall we do first ?' she said, turning again to Birkin, with the same gaiety, now she was going to DO something with him.
'We'll take them as they come,' he said.
'Should I be getting your teas ready, while you do that ?' said the labourer's wife, also gay because SHE had something to do.
'Would you ?' said Hermione, turning to her with the curious motion of intimacy that seemed to envelop the woman, draw her almost to Hermione's breast, and which left the others standing apart.

'I should be so glad.

Where shall we have it ?' 'Where would you like it?
Shall it be in here, or out on the grass ?' 'Where shall we have tea ?' sang Hermione to the company at large.
'On the bank by the pond.

And WE'LL carry the things up, if you'll just get them ready, Mrs Salmon,' said Birkin.
'All right,' said the pleased woman.
The party moved down the passage into the front room.

It was empty, but clean and sunny.