“Let’s see; it’s slow back, isn’t it?” said Georgie. “Or is it quick back? I believe Daisy says sometimes one and sometimes the other.”
Daisy and Piggy, starting before them, were playing in a parallel and opposite direction. Daisy had no luck with her first shot, and very little with her second. Lucia just got out of the way of her third and Daisy hurried by them.
“Such a slice!” she said. “How are you getting on, Lucia? How many have you played to get there?”
“One at present, dear,” said Lucia. “But isn’t it difficult?”
Daisy’s face fell.
“One?” she said.
Lucia kissed her hand.
“That’s all,” she said. “And has Georgie told you that I’ll manage about Pug for you?”
Daisy looked round severely. She had begun to address her ball and nobody must talk.
Lucia watched Daisy do it again, and rejoined Georgie who was in a “tarsome” place, and tufts of grass flew in the air.