“I have the greatest admiration for him.”
“You’re not alone there. But you don’t fall over yourself, loving him.”
“I only trip, and recover my balance for the moment.”
Jaz gave a loud laugh, across his cheese.
“That’s good!” he said.
“You trip, and recover your balance,” said Jack. “You’re a wary one. The rest of us falls right in, flop, and are never heard of again. And how did you part then?”
“We parted in mutual esteem. I said I would go, and he asked me please to do so as quickly as possible.”
Jack made round eyes, and even Jaz left off eating.
“Did you quarrel?” cried Harriet.
“Oh yes, violently. But of course, not vulgarly. We parted, as I said, in mutual esteem, bowing each other out.”