She also had a cigarette between her lips, and there was genuine relaxation in her fashion of lounging on the shingle.
"I really don't know," she said. "I've got to find out."
"Don't let them bully you!" said Green.
She smiled. "No, they won't do that. I think it is rather kind of them to take me without references, don't you?"
"No," said Green.
She turned and surveyed him with a gleam of amusement in her look. "You sound cross! Are you cross about anything?"
His eyes flashed down to hers with a suddenness almost startling. He did not speak for a moment, then again he smiled abruptly with his eyes still holding hers. "I believe I am," he said.
"I wonder why," said Juliet.
He laughed. "Yes, you do, don't you? Great impertinence on my part of course. It's nice of you to put it so mildly."
"I don't think you impertinent," said Juliet; "only rather silly."