I am not choosing Badger in preference to any of my friends!" "Why aren't you ?" "Because I am not.

There is no choosing of friends in this.

I have said Badger shall pitch in that game.

That does not make him my friend, and it ought not to drive any of my friends away.

I am manager of the picked nine, and I supposed that my friends who had known me so long would be willing that I should have some privileges." "But when I declare I won't catch ?" "You have no right to make any such declaration." "Why haven't I ?" "Simply because, as my friend, you ought to be willing to aid me in this matter.