[Shoes always did seem like a terrible thing for humans to inflict on themselves.

He settles facing her, sitting on the table so he's about level with her, still poring over the list curiously.]

It would make perfect sense to say, "we made out well at the ball," implying that we benefited somehow from this experience. But what has that got to do with any garden? What are we meant to "make out" with in it?