"I could just about win on him," she said. "I think."
"I'm not so sure," he answered.
She became defiant in a flash.
"One thing," she said, "I'm sure nobody else could."
He followed up his advantage deliberately.
"I'm not so sure," he said.
Her eyes sparkled frostily.
She understood.
He was furious because her father had spoken to her; resentful that in her hands should be the winning for him of a potential fortune.
She would show him.