The bones of the cutlets were decorated with pink frills-and yesterday he had gnawn ham from the bone! Opposite him were hazy, semi-transparent shapes of yellow and blue.

Behind them, again, was the grey-green garden, and among the pear-shaped leaves of the escallonia fishing-boats seemed caught and suspended.

A sailing ship slowly drew past the women's backs.

Two or three figures crossed the terrace hastily in the dusk.

The door opened and shut.