Mary and Tony
"You'd make more progress than me, anyway. When I take on a commanding tone people usually just shout over me and start saying things like 'Tony, no' and 'Tony, why are you such a-'" He cut himself off and grinned at her, "A uhm... you know. An Ass. Yes."
Of course he'd meant to say the word 'Dick' but he wasn't sure that word even had the same connotations in 1900's England. Didn't they have a dessert with that name in it? "You probably have more ability to sway things around here than you think. Sure, there's a chain of command. But polite requests from noblewomen are a thing, too."