"My partner has basely deserted me for another fellow.

I came in here merely because I was wandering about seeking distraction.

Please don't go--unless I bore you--in which case you have only to dismiss me." She turned her eyes questioningly upon the cards before him.

"What are you doing with them?
Is it a game ?" "Won't you sit down ?" he said, "and I will tell you." She seated herself facing him.

"Well ?" He considered the cards for a little, his brows bent.