She had been reading a penny novelette under great difficulties, and furtively eating some slices of bread-and-butter which she had thoughtfully put in her pocket.

But now she perked up under the eyes of this vigorous young man, and even attempted to help by carrying small objects round the room and then putting them back where she found them.

In an hour the van was empty, and Jimmy was told to call next week for his money.
It was well into the afternoon when Chook resumed his hawking with the cart and then only because Pinkey resolutely pushed him out of the door.
Chook's previous love-affairs had all been conducted in the open air.
Following the law of Cardigan Street, he met the girl at the street corner and spent the night in the park or the dance-room.

Rarely, if she forgot the appointment, he would saunter past the house, and whistle till she came out.

What passed within the house was no concern of his.