There are no stakes.
We play as sportsmen--for the game's sake.

Is it understood ?" She hesitated, smiling, a little excited, a little interested in the way he put things.
At that same moment, across the lawn, Rosalie and Duane strolled into view.

She saw them, and with a nervous movement, almost involuntary, she turned her back on them.
Neither she nor Dysart spoke.

She gazed very steadily at the horizon, as though there were sounds beyond the green world's rim.

A few seconds later a shadow fell over the terrace at her feet--two shadows intermingled.