She frowned now at its utterance.
"Do you mean Dot?
Oh, mooning about somewhere, I suppose.

And leaving other people to do the work." Jack promptly relieved her of her burden and set himself to help her with her task.
Adela was not ill-tempered as a rule.

She smiled at him.

"Good man, Jack! No one can say you're an idler, anyway.

I've got rather a nice supper for you.