"I don't know. But it doesn't matter. Nelly is domestic. She's going to have a little home in the country, where she can grow chickens and pigs."
"Father's in the pigstye, you can tell him by his hat, eh?"
"Yes. They will be very happy. Freddie will be a father to her parrot."
Wally's cheerfulness diminished a trifle. The contemplation of Freddie's enviable lot brought with it the inevitable contrast with his own. A little home in the country.... Oh, well!
II
There was a pause. Jill was looking a little grave.
"Wally!"
"Yes?"
She turned her face away, for there was a gleam of mischief in her eyes which she did not wish him to observe.
"Derek was at the party!"