The new brewery, which can fill 15,000 bottles an hour, is idle all but two days a week.

Who could blame her if she took a lover to fill the idle days with a little joy?

Valentine had never known so many idle days in all his years serving Southern Command.

The future prospects for idle days and drunken nights had looked bright.

He said he hopes this week's idle days will help.

Harder to take, however, were the idle days he spent in the jockey room waiting for a break.

With Nicholas just gone she had had no plans, and three idle days, waiting, was too much for her patience.

"We try never to have an idle day," said Hay, blithely.

Right now, their lives are a meaningless string of sunny, idle days, dedicated only to comfort.

Or will it be like the summer's castles, to fill an idle day and forgotten by afternoon?