“Hello, Thompson, I want to speak to you a minute. This is your first visit this year, isn’t it, Gerald?”
“Yes, Arthur invited me up. Is the debate over?”
“Yes, ten minutes ago. Alf’s over there in the corner, with Paul and Joe Chambers. I want to speak to Thompson just a second.”
Gerald wandered away toward the group and Dan plunged into his subject.
“I say, Thompson, you’re up for Admission Committee, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I suppose you don’t vote for yourself, do you?”
“Hardly,” laughed Arthur. “It’s customary to vote for the other candidate and he votes for you. It amounts to the same thing, I suppose.”
“Any objection to voting for me?”
“You? You’re not up, are you?”