"Who sends him?"
"All of you."
"He needn't sulk like a baby."
"It isn't sulking, Hu. I'd go off and not stay with people who doubt my word."
"Hm! He needn't lie, then."
Theodora faced him angrily.
"Shame, Hu! How do you know he lies? Is this the way you stand by your friends?"
"He is no friend of mine."
"He was. He is my friend now, as much as ever."
Hubert shrugged his shoulders.