It is a game I have played before--a dangerous game, but I am not afraid." "You need not trouble to be theatrical with me," put in Etta scornfully.
She was sitting with a patch of color in either cheek.

At times this man had the power of moving her, and she was afraid of allowing him to exercise it.

She knew her own weakness--her inordinate vanity; for vanity is the weakness of strong women.

She was ever open to flattery, and Claude de Chauxville flattered her in every word he spoke; for by act and speech he made it manifest that she was the motive power of his existence.
"A man who plays for a high stake," went on the Frenchman, in a quieter voice, "must be content to throw his all on the table time after time.

A week to-night--Thursday, the 5th of April--I will throw down my all on the turn of a card.