The issue had been doubtful, the stake enormous and Thresk, who three years before had taken silk, had been fetched by young Carruthers from England to fight it.
"Yes, we've won," he said.

"Judgment was given in our favor this afternoon." "You are dining with us to-night, aren't you." "Thank you, yes," said Thresk.

"At half-past eight." "Yes." Mrs.Carruthers gave him some tea and chattered pleasantly while he drank it.

She was fair-haired and pretty, a lady of enthusiasms and uplifted hands, quite without observation or knowledge, yet with power to astonish.

For every now and then some little shrewd wise saying would gleam out of the placid flow of her trivialities and make whoever heard it wonder for a moment whether it was her own or whether she had heard it from another.