Raymond has met another boy like Paul, a boy called Ralph. He likes him. There is what you call a set. People meet there who are interested in the same things. Ralph is a very decent sort of chap.[30]
(To Norah).—You could play.
N. M. L.—Play what?
Not a game, a music.
N. M. L.—I am afraid I can't, Raymond.
(Feda, sotto voce.—She can't do that.)
He wanted to know whether you could play Hulu—Honolulu.
Well, can't you try to? He is rolling with laughter [meaning that he's pleased about something].
He knows who he is speaking to, but he can't give the name.
[Here he seems to know that it is Norah and not Honor.]