He was rather shy of us, but he took to Noel.

I can't think why.

Dicky and Oswald walked round the garden and told each other what they thought of the new society.
'I'm not sure we oughtn't to have put our foot down at the beginning,' Dicky said.

'I don't see much in it, anyhow.' 'It pleases the girls,' Oswald said, for he is a kind brother.
'But we're not going to stand jaw, and "words in season", and "loving sisterly warnings".

I tell you what it is, Oswald, we'll have to run this thing our way, or it'll be jolly beastly for everybody.' Oswald saw this plainly.
'We must do something,' Dicky said; it's very very hard, though.