23/27 "Shall I tell you any more ?" "I don't think so," said Lewis, smiling; "I fancy I understand, and I am sure we are obliged to you. Hadn't we better have a game ?" They went to the billiard-room and played two games of a hundred up, both of which George, who had the idler's knack in such matters, won with ease. Gribton played so well that he became excessively good-humoured. We don't get the right sort out there. Our globe-trotters all want to show their cleverness, or else they are merely fools. |