Miles Grendall hated him, and there had been an expressed opinion between Miles and the young lord that it would be both profitable and proper to relieve Sir Felix of the winnings of the last two nights.

The two men had played with the same object, and being young had shown their intention,--so that a certain feeling of hostility had been engendered.

The reader is not to understand that either of them had cheated, or that the baronet had entertained any suspicion of foul play.

But Felix had felt that Grendall and Grasslough were his enemies, and had thrown himself on Dolly for sympathy and friendship.

Dolly, however, was very tipsy.
At eight o'clock in the morning there came a sort of settling, though no money then passed.