She felt no anger against Crosbie.

To be angry on such a subject would be futile, foolish, and almost indecorous.

It was a part of the game which was as natural to her as fielding is to a cricketer.

One cannot have it all winnings at any game.

Whether Crosbie should eventually become her own son-in-law or not it came to her naturally, as a part of her duty in life, to howl down the stumps of that young lady at Allington.