And please don't forget the cigars, will you, Father ?" "No, I won't forget," said the little missioner, and turned away.
As the door opened and closed behind him, the flash of humor leaped into Kent's eyes again, and he chuckled even as he wiped another of the telltale stains of blood from his lips.

He had played the game.

And the funny part about it was that no one in all the world would ever know, except himself--and perhaps one other..