She held out her hand to be kissed, which he did five times, finger by finger.
"These terraces," said Lilly, trying not to be heavy, "are like the setting for an Aegean romance."
He smiled back at her again through the new film across his eyes.
"Write it and I'll produce it."
"Close the doors, Dicky; it's growing chilly," said Mrs. Enlow.
"Yes," said Lilly, shivering a bit, "chilly."
"And I'm burning, Dicky, Tickey Tavey," cried Zoe, applying the name audaciously. "How can anyone be chilly on such a night as this?"
"Come, Princess, and I'll show you some stars."
"Don't wander too far before dinner, children. Mrs. Penny and I will sit indoors. Only youth can risk swollen joints."
"Yes," said Lilly, feeling herself rather terrifiedly past the fiercer rush of life, "only youth."