Blackborough. [Impatiently.] My dear Cantelupe, if you think Horsham can form a disestablishment cabinet to include Trebell and exclude you, you're vastly mistaken. I for one....
Farrant. But do both of you consider how valuable, how vital Trebell is to us just at this moment? The Radicals trust him....
Blackborough. They hate him.
Horsham. [Elucidating.] Their front bench hates him because he turned them out. The rest of them hate their front bench. After six years of office, who wouldn't?
Blackborough. That's true.
Farrant. Oh, of course, we must stick to Trebell, Blackborough.
Blackborough is silent; so Horsham turns his attention to his cousin.
Horsham. Well, Charles, I won't ask you for a decision now. I know how hard it is to accept the dictates of other men's consciences ... but a necessary condition of all political work; believe me.
Cantelupe. [Uneasily.] You can form your cabinet without me, Cyril.
At this Blackborough charges down on them, so to speak.