JONAH EATS GREEN PEAS Eighteen months past, Jonah had met Ada, who worked at Packard's boot factory, at a dance.

Struck by her skill in dancing, he courted her in the larrikin fashion.

At night he stood in front of the house, and whistled till she came out.

Then they went to the park, where they sprawled on the grass in obscure corners.
At intervals the quick spurt of a match lit up their faces, followed by the red glow of Jonah's everlasting cigarette.

Their talk ran incessantly on their acquaintances, whose sayings and doings they discussed with monotonous detail.