"Then I hope he isn't doing anything very bad." "They've got you," she portentously answered.
"Do you mean he IS-- ?" "They've got you," she merely repeated.

Though she disclaimed the prophetic vision she was at this instant the nearest approach he had ever met to the priestess of the oracle.

The light was in her eyes.
"You must face it now." He faced it on the spot.

"They HAD arranged-- ?" "Every move in the game.

And they've been arranging ever since.