Come into the house, young man." An hour later, Sudden leaned back in his chair and looked at Mary V.
Tight-lipped, paler than she had any right to be, Mary V met the look wide-eyed.

Bland moved his feet anxiously, watching them both.
"I played square with him," he whined.

"Either he didn't, or else--" Sudden's eyes turned to Bland and settled there meditatively.

"Yes, I guess you did," he admitted.

"Looks like you had played fair.