[23]“Rollonsomerain,”saidStanley, bitter, lookingattheblueeveningsky.
[24]Nextdaywascloudless, , shutinthegreycementbasementfittingpipes, , butwhilethemarriedcouples, andthemeninshirt-sleevesorvests, werethere, shewasnotthere, , evenHarry, clamberedabout, betweenchimney-pots, overparapets, , : .
[25]Andagainafterworktheyclimbedup, ’tgoingtoworkandthat’, ; buttheforemansaidtherewasnothingelsehecouldputthemon, andthey’, watchingtheskylightonherroofopenandthensheslowlyemergedinherwhitegown, , gravely, ’, butnowtheyputthembackagain, fortheyfeltthesunbruisingtheirflesh.“Shemusthavethehideofarhino,”saidStanley, , andsatintheshade, -aged, : “Weneedadrinkmorethanthem.”Shesmiledandsaid: “Betterdropdowntothepubquick, it’llbeclosinginaminute.”Theyexchangedpleasantries , andsheleftthemwithasmileandawave.
[26]“NotlikeLadyGodiva,”saidStanley.“Shecangiveusabitofachatandasmile.”
[27]“Youdidn’twhistleather,”saidTomreproving.
[28]“Listentohim,”saidStanley, “youdidn’twhistle, then?”
[29]Buttheboyfeltasifhehadn’twhistled, , whenitwastimetoknockoffwork, , , , , herkneesup, eyesclosed, , asStanleylookedforinformation: “She’sgonedown,”, .
[30]Nextday, theystoodaroundonthelandingbelowtheroof, , ’skitchenanhourorso, , ofaboutthirty, shehadaneyeforthehandsomesharp-facedStanley; andthetwoteasedeachotherwhileHarrysatinacorner, watching, indulgent, ’seaseinbadinage; felt, too, thatStanley’.
