"Plays then."
And when Ranny told her that it meant that England was like this in Shakespeare's time, hundreds of years ago, and reminded her that they had a scene from one of his plays on at the Coliseum the other day, Winny thought that only made it more marvelous and more like a dream than ever.
And she thought Ranny was more marvelous than ever, with the things he knew.
And then, having lured him into this tangled side issue, she began, as cool and offhand as you please. He gave her the opening when he asked her what she'd like to do next.
"This is good enough for me," she said.
For the most marvelous thing about Shakespeare's England was that you could walk about in it free of charge.
He looked at her almost as if he knew what she was up to.
"But you've seen it, Winky. You've seen all there is of it. You don't want to stay here all night, do you?"
He had her there, with his reminder of the hours they had to put in.
"Well"—she was lingering in the most natural manner, as if fascinated by the exterior of the Globe Theater. For she wished to spin out the time.