"But there isn't anything wonderful about it.

You talk as if you were doing something special.

You aren't.
You're no more than a man who drops into a pub for a drink, to liven himself up a bit.

Only you give it a lot of names, and make out as if you were looking for the philosopher's stone, or something like that.
When you're only killing time like the rest of folks, before time kills you." Lilly did not answer.

It was not yet seven o'clock, but the sky was dark.