But never mind that.

What game is this you're carrying on ?" "One in which I mean to win," she replied, slowly, meditatively.

"Have you not seen--How slow to perceive, even you, a reputedly clever man, can be! I don't suppose there is a woman in the house who has not detected the fact that I am in love with Stafford Orme, though I have tried to hide it from them--and you will admit that I am not a bad actress." "In love with Stafford Orme!" His face darkened.

"No, I did not know it.

Why---what the devil does he mean by not coming to me!" he broke out angrily, harshly.
She smiled.
"He hasn't come to ask you for me, because--well, he doesn't want me," she said in a low voice.
"What!" he exclaimed below his breath.