All the same, we were partners in an adventure that ought to make us friends.

Can't I meet you for a few minutes when you stop work ?" She hesitated, and then gave him a searching glance.
"Come to the fountain up the street in an hour.

This is my early evening." Lister went off with the bag and spoons, and when he returned to the fountain saw her crossing the square in front.

She was dressed like the shop-girls he had seen hurrying on board the street cars in the morning; her clothes were pretty and fashionable, but Lister thought the material was cheap.

He felt she ought not to wear things like that.