It was beside Rudolph that Mrs.Forrester laughed and chattered, calling all eyes toward her, and yet finding private intervals in which to dart a sidelong shaft at her neighbor.

Rudolph's ears shone coral pink; for now again he was aboard ship, hiding a secret at once dizzy, dangerous, and entrancing.

Across the talk, the wine, the many lights, came the triumph of seeing that other hostile face, glowering in defeat.

Never before had Chantel, and all the others, dwindled so far into such nonentity, or her presence vibrated so near.
Soon he became aware that Captain Kneebone had risen, with a face glowing red above the candles.

Even Sturgeon forgot the flood of bounties, and looked expectantly toward their source.