Still (hopefully), perhaps she'll come back." Between them they got four chairs into a line and sat down, all, that is, save Jenks, who stood up, in a bland and genial way, as if to survey the crowd impartially.

How impartially soon appeared.

"Damn!" he exploded.
"She's met some other females, weird and woolly things, and she's sitting down there.

No, by Jove! she's looking this way." He made a half-start forward, and the Major kicked his shins.

"Blast!" he exploded; "why did you do that, you fool ?" "Don't be an infant, Jenko, sit down.