Yes, Prime Minister1986

[the PM is considering taking the joint headship of the civil service away from Humphrey and making Frank the full head]

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Oh, Frank.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Yes?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Good meeting with the PM?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Yes, very good.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Good. Any particular subject come up?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Any particular subject you're interested in?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
No, not particularly. He didn't raise the issue of service appointments and so on?

Sir Frank Gordon:
It may have cropped up.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Did he foreshadow any redistribution of responsibility?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Shall we say it was a wide-ranging discussion.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Did it move towards any conclusion?

Sir Frank Gordon:
There were arguments on both sides.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Evenly balanced?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Perhaps tending slightly more one way than the other.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
But nothing to worry about?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Nothing for *me* to worry about. See you this afternoon.