I've only just come from her house." "Well, well ?" "That's nothing much to tell the first day, you know." "Did you let her know you were there?
That's the chat.

Damme, did you let her know you were there ?" In answer to this Archie attempted to explain that he was not as yet quite sure that he had been successful in that particular; but in the middle of his story Captain Doodles was called off to exercise his skill again, and on this occasion to pick up two shillings.

"I'm sorry for you, Griggs," he said, as a very young lieutenant, whose last life he had taken, put up his cue with a look of ineffable disgust, and whose shilling Doodles had pocketed; "I'm sorry for you, very; but a fellow must play the game, you know." Whereupon Griggs walked out of the room with a gait that seemed to show that he had his own ideas upon that matter, though he did not choose to divulge them.

Doodles instantly returned to his friend.

"With cattle of that kind it's no use trying the waiting dodge," said he.