“Everyone was watching them⁠ ⁠… no one looked at me. If they had they must surely have learnt the truth; but they were hanging on Andover’s lips, looking from him to Jack and back again.⁠ ⁠… I remember Fitzgerald dropped his handkerchief⁠—I was absurdly interested in that. I was wondering why he did not pick it up, when Andover spoke again.⁠ ⁠… ‘And Carstares’ luck turned⁠ ⁠… ?’ Like that, Warburton! With just that faint, questioning in his voice.

“Before Jack could speak there was an outcry. Dare cried ‘Shame!’ to Andover. They laughed at him, as well they might. But I saw them exchange glances⁠—they were wondering.⁠ ⁠… It was suspicious that Jack should have had that run of luck⁠—and that he should lose as soon as he left that table.

“Milward⁠—poor, silly Milward⁠—gaped at Tracy and stuttered that surely ’twas another pack we had used. I could hardly breathe! Then Andover corrected him⁠—How did he know ? No one else remembered, or thought of noticing⁠—only he!