and he would shout at her to slow down. Then she would sulkily draw up to the side of the road and make him take the driver's seat. They would do twenty then till Hubert once more grew tired.
Sometimes on the road at night a car would seem to be pursuing them and they would grow uneasy. Always they would think of Helen and try to identify the dim figures in the car behind. Lillian would become thoughtful over Hubert's deep concern. If Helen found them together she could do no more than divorce Hubert. Why did that prospect frighten him so? It was then that she would become uneasy. The Packard would slow down and invariably the other car would shoot ahead of them and soon show them nothing but the tiny red flicker of its tail-light disappearing in the distance. Hubert would laugh then, loudly. But it would be nearly an hour before Lillian would speak again.
Sometimes they would take Billy and Louise with them on their little journeys. Billy would sing in the back of the car and Louise would join in the chorus. Then he would fight with her, telling her that she was flat. Lillian would say they both were. An inn, always an expensive one, would provide them with dinner. Billy would become conscience-stricken over past intentions and help Louise into her coat while Hubert paid the check. Lillian would stand close to him as he broke the inevitable fifty-dollar bill. She wanted even the waiter to know which one of the two was her man.
Sometimes they'd pass what Lillian had always thought was an apple orchard. Billy would also think it was such and remark perhaps that there was an apple
