Jess chirruped after him:
"Gee-up! Gee-up, old Lazybones!"
"You don't like Deirdre better than me, do you, Davey?" she asked.
"No," said Davey in his newly-won good humour and sore at Deirdre's indifference to his attempts to attract her attention all day.
"The Schoolmaster means she's to stay with us anyway," he thought.
Jess sighed.
"Then if you like me, you can kiss me again, Davey," she said.
"Eh?"
Davey looked scared.
"Well, then, I'll kiss you," Jess said gaily and forth with did.