Aaron turned into bed, his satirical smile under his nose.

Somewhat surprised, however, at this sudden turn of affairs.
As he was just going to sleep, dismissing the matter, Lilly came once more to his bedside, and said, in a hard voice: "I'm NOT going to pretend to have friends on the face of things.

No, and I don't have friends who don't fundamentally agree with me.

A friend means one who is at one with me in matters of life and death.

And if you're at one with all the rest, then you're THEIR friend, not mine.