"They'll bring it. You haven't wished him joy."
"Oh, are you in the new Ministry?"
"I have that honour, Miss Derosne. I hope you are on our side?"
"I don't quite know which side you are on—now," observed Alicia, in slow but distinct tones.
Coxon grew red.
"I—I have joined Sir Robert Perry's Ministry," he answered.
"Of course he has, Alicia," interposed Lady Eynesford hastily.
Alicia seated herself on the sofa, remarking as she did so,
"Well, you do change a good deal, don't you?"
"Really, Miss Derosne," he stammered, "I don't understand you."