"No. I am with friends. But I have lost them…. Hi! Hi!" she called suddenly as loudly as she could.
No answer.
She did not bother about it any more. They began to walk, at random, following their noses.
"And you … where are you going?" said she.
"I don't know, either."
"Good. We'll go together."
She took some plums from her gaping blouse and began to munch them.
"You'll make yourself sick," he said.
"Not I! I've been eating them all day."
Through the gap in her blouse he saw the white of her chemise.