She is an unhappy woman, held tightly in the paws of the tiger--Play.

That is the truth, my friend! It is a pity you ever met her, and I am glad she went away without doing you any further mischief.

It was bad enough of her to have brought you to Lacville, and taught you to gamble.

Had she stayed on, she would have tried in time to make you go on with her to Monte Carlo." He shook his head expressively Sylvia looked at him with surprise.

He had never spoken to her of Anna in this way before.