"In Lord Nidderdale's house?"
"Yes, sir. Nidderdale wasn't playing. It wasn't his fault."
"Who were playing?"
"Percival, and Dolly Longstaff, and Jack Hindes,—and I. Popplecourt was playing at first."
"Lord Popplecourt!"
"Yes, sir. But he went away when he began to lose."
"Three thousand four hundred pounds! How old are you?"
"I am just twenty-one."
"You are beginning the world well, Gerald! What is the engagement which Silverbridge has made with Lord Percival?"
"To pay him the money at the end of next month."