Do you play polo ?" He shook his head.
"I am too heavy," he said, "and the game, it is a little dangerous." "Do you hunt ?" she asked.
"No!" he admitted.

"In Belgium we do not hunt." "Do you race with your motor cars ?" "I entered one," he answered, "for the Prix des Ardennes.

It was the third.

My driver, he was not very clever." "You did not drive it yourself, then ?" she asked.
He laughed in a superior manner.
"I do not wish," he said, "to have a broken neck.

There are so many things in life which I still find very pleasant." He smiled at her in a knowing manner, and Jeanne looked away to hide her disgust.
"Your interest in sport," she remarked, "seems to be a sort of second-hand one, does it not ?" "I do not know that," he answered.