He had not seen the two together for so long that it struck him like a blow to hear Donovan call her by her Christian name.

It flashed across his mind also that she knew that it was his day at the hospital, and that she had deliberately gone out; but it dawned on him equally quickly that he must hide all that.
"I should jolly well think so," he said, laughing.

"How do you do, Miss Raynard?
Donovan, can you give me some tea?
I've come along the sea-wall, and picked up a regular appetite.

Are you in the habit of taking tea here, Julie?
I thought nurses were not allowed in camps." She looked at him quickly, but he missed the meaning of her glance.
"Rather," she said; "I come here for tea about once a week, don't I, Jack?
No, nurses are not allowed in camps, but I always do what's not allowed as far as possible.

And this is so snug and out of the way.