If he sits too high he is apt to see over the top of one's cards.

And he is so eager to win--the good Marquis." "Then he will come to-night despite the cold?
You think he will come, Madame ?" "I am sure of it.

He has come more frequently since Juliette came to live at the chateau.

It is Juliette who makes him come, perhaps.

Who knows ?" The Abbe stopped midway across the floor and set down the chair he carried with great caution.
"Madame is incorrigible," he said, spreading out his hands.