"We shall easily be home in time for dinner.

We want to get back early, anyhow, for the Marchese would like us to begin cards soon after our meal.

I suppose he wants to leave before sunset." "It doesn't matter to me what time you begin cards," said Casanova, as he arranged his manuscript in the portfolio.

"Whatever happens, I shall not take a hand in the game." "Yes you will," explained Olivo with a decision foreign to his usual manner.

Laying a roll of gold pieces on the table, he continued: "Thus do I pay my debt, Chevalier.