She was quite certain that by Sunday night the whole thing would be a fiasco, with Gerry owing more money than he did already and travelling back to London without the necklace.
Sir Robert and Gerry’s game seemed to take a very long time, until Dolly, who had been talking about herself and the difficulty of buying really beautiful clothes in London, sprang up with delight and carried Sir Robert off to see the Conservatory.
As soon as they had left the Billiard Room, Carmella said to Gerry in a conspiratorial whisper,
“That lady said that they would be playing roulette tomorrow night.”
“I know, I heard her,” Gerry replied, “and, whatever you may say, Mella, I shall have to make a pretence of playing.”
“No, Gerry, no! How can you?”
Gerry put his cue back in the rack and then he said,
