“We mustn’t lose the others.”
“We shan’t lose them. They’ll have to come on until they find us. If I thought that Fry was rowing I’d take him ten miles, but I’m pretty sure he isn’t.”
“You don’t like him.”
“No. Do you?”
“No. But he’s very pleasant.”
“You can admire what you don’t like?”
“I like to admire people. When I’m working it’s pleasant to remember the things they do and say, and the way they say them.”
“So you’re a pleased and uncritical audience of the doings in Fern Square?”
Annette dodged the question. She gave a long sigh, and said:
“I am enjoying myself; but I like best being alone with you. It’s such a glorious day.”