"It is lovely." "Dirty messing," said Lilly angrily.
Jim watched the dark, irascible little man with amusement.

They rose, and went to look for an inn, and beer.

Tanny still clung rather stickily to Jim's side.
But it was a lovely day, the first of all the days of spring, with crocuses and wall-flowers in the cottage gardens, and white cocks crowing in the quiet hamlet.
When they got back in the afternoon to the cottage, they found a telegram for Jim.

He let the Lillys see it--"Meet you for a walk on your return journey Lois." At once Tanny wanted to know all about Lois.

Lois was a nice girl, well-to-do middle-class, but also an actress, and she would do anything Jim wanted.
"I must get a wire to her to meet me tomorrow," he said.