What do you think he meant by it ?" The Princess shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing at all," she answered.

"He may have thought that we were lucky together, and of course he knows that you are the best player.

There is no reason why he should be willing to play with Cecil de la Borne, when by cutting with you he would be more likely to win." "You think that that is all ?" Forrest asked.
"I think so," the Princess answered.

"What had you in your mind ?" "I wondered," Forrest said thoughtfully, "whether he had heard any of the gossip at the club." The Princess frowned impatiently.
"For Heaven's sake, don't be imaginative, Nigel!" she declared.

"If you give way like this you will lose your nerve in no time." "Very well," Forrest said.