11/28 "'My lord!' 'Tis a new game this, and well played, by God!" She did not so much as waver in her look, and her wide eyes smiled. And could I not have played it well and fairly, I would not have touched the cards. Keep your horse off, Sir John. Mine is restive, and likes not another beast near him;" and she touched the creature with her whip, and he was gone like a thunderbolt. She went to the bell and rang it. |