"I don't know. It's almost funny—they're always jumping up to get one another things, don't you know!" answered Dick, whose feelings outran his powers of elegant description.
"Do you go there much, Dick?"
"Now, Al, don't try to do Mary to me."
Alicia laughed.
"I think Mary will 'do' as much 'Mary' to you as you want, if you don't take care, you foolish boy. But, Dick, tell me. How do Willie and Mr. Medland get on?"
"Oh, pretty well, but— You won't tell?"
Alicia promised secrecy, and Dick, conscious of criminality, lowered his voice and continued,
"I believe there's a row on in the Cabinet already. Willie said Puttock and Jewell were at
loggerheads with Norburn, and Medland was inclined to back Norburn."
"And Mr. Coxon?"