The question, however, is, whether he ought to pay." The others looked up at him in surprise.
"Why, of course he must pay," Tritton said; "at least he must pay, or quit the service, a disgraced man." "I think there is an alternative," Lisle said, "and that is why I have sent for you." "What alternative can there be ?" "Well, you know I don't play; but I like sitting watching the game, and I am quite convinced that Sanders doesn't play fair." "You don't say so!" Tritton said.

"That is a very serious accusation to make, you know, Bullen!" "I am perfectly aware of that, and I feel that it would be mad for me to make an unsupported accusation against Sanders.

But I want you three fellows to join me in watching Sanders play.

My word, unsupported, would be of no avail; but if four of us swore that we saw him cheating, there could be no doubt about the result.
"For one thing, Sanders would have to leave the army.

That would be no loss to the service, for he is an overbearing brute; to say nothing of the fact that several young officers have had to leave the service, owing to their losses at play with him." "I know of two cases," Lindsay said.