"I'd like to know how many times he has been in there, listening to us, when we thought him a mile off.

It's a shame!" "It's nothing to me who listens," said Jan equably.

"I don't say things behind people's backs, that I'd not say before their faces." "I do," acknowledged young Cheese.

"Wasn't there a row! Didn't he and the man go on at each other! They shut themselves up in that room, and had it out." "What did the man want ?" asked Jan.
"I'd like to know.

He and old West had it out together, I say, but they didn't admit me to the conference.