“Unless it is his style of wearing smoked glasses.”
“He wears smoked glasses when he plays?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Well, he claims the lights here hurt his eyes.”
“That seems a very good reason why he should choose to play by day.”
“Yes; but he always has an excuse when asked into a game in the daytime.”
Merriwell’s face wore an expression of deep thought.
“It seems to have the elements of a Sherlock Holmes case,” he finally remarked. “I’d like to be present when Darleton is playing. I think it is possible I might detect his trick, in case there is any trick about it.”
“Are you a card expert?”