had been played. His 
opponents were making almost eveiy trick, and the game looked par- 
ticularly desperate, when as Wrightman was considering which card he 
should next lead, Valentine made it appear that Mr. Foxglove softly 
whispered ^^ diamonds," which happened to be trumps, and accordingly 
Wrightman conceiving that liis partner had a hand which would carry 
aU before it  a diamond was led. 

^' Oh I that's it, is it V* cried Grankey sarcastically, throwing up his 
cards. ^^ I knew it was something of that. / thought we were play- 
ing the came !" 

" And so we are," said Mr. Foxglove, " are we not V* 



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^' Do you call intimations, Sir, pla3ring the game V 

' What do you mean?" said Mr. Foxglove. 

" Why this is what I mean, Sir,  ^that you had no right to tell your 
partner to lead trumps. Sir ! that's what I mean !" 

" / tell my partner to lead trumps !  I deny it, Sbr, flatly deny it," 
and the denial was so palpably barefaced in the eyes of Mr. Crankey, 
that he was at the moment too utterly astounded to veply. 

*' You are making yourself very disagreeable