Share the provender, won't you ?" Billy looked up sedately.
"You fellows think my life's a game," he said.

"But I tell you it takes some doing to keep in touch with things." Blake laughed chaffingly.

"And the illustrated weekly papers are an excellent substitute for Blue-books ?" Billy remained undisturbed.

"It's all very well to scoff, but one may get a side-light anywhere.

In diplomacy nothing's too insignificant to notice." Again Blake laughed.