Possible Clues:

• Drag one's feet
• Dawdle
• Waste time
• Waste time vacillating
• Herb accompanying woman back, extremely lazy to vacillate
• Take one's time
• Postpone what one should be doing
• Yankee joins Latin woman back on herb stall
• Loiter in half of London street with daughter and friend
• Trifle served by foolish, dunderheaded friend