"Don't worry about being dull."
She sewed for a while, and he painted.
"You're getting very handsome," he remarked casually.
"Why not? I'm well, and so content."
"Are you contented, Jane?"
"Like a cat in the sun. I have a saucer of cream three times a day, and a coloured ball to play with."
"And only a puppy, named Jerry, to bother you?"
"I don't mind him. I just stretch and yawn when he barks at me," she laughed.
"I'll paint you with long slits in your eyes, if you don't look out," he threatened.
One day Jane spoke of Bobs and her hope that she would come and stay with them.