She did not venture to look around, but above the clack of the machine she could hear an occasional remark.

She could also note a thing or two out of the side of her eye.
"Did you see Harry last night ?" said the girl at her left, addressing her neighbour.
"No." "You ought to have seen the tie he had on.

Gee, but he was a mark." "S-s-t," said the other girl, bending over her work.

The first, silenced, instantly assumed a solemn face.

The foreman passed slowly along, eyeing each worker distinctly.