You--you are in love with Caroline ?" "No," said Ronicky.
Her expression grew grave and cold again.

"Then why are you here hunting for her?
What do you want with her ?" "Lady," said Ronicky, "I'm going to show you the whole layout of the cards.

Maybe you'll take what I say right to headquarters--the man that smiles--and block my game." "You know him ?" she asked sharply.
Apparently that phrase, "the man who smiles," was enough to identify him.
"I've seen him.

I dunno what he is, I dunno what you are, lady, but I figure that you and Caroline Smith and everybody else in this house is under the thumb of the gent that smiles." Her eyes darkened with a shadow of alarm.

"Go on," she said curtly.
"I'm not going on to guess about what you all are.