"It did him harm—with the lady, the handsome woman who was playing billiards with him?"
"Yes."
"Was he engaged to her?
"No! He proposed to her afterwards, and she refused him."
Her eyes were suddenly dim.
"I am sorry," she said.
"I think," he said, quietly, "that you need not be. You probably saved her a good deal of unhappiness."
She looked at him curiously.
"Why are you so bitter against Lord Arranmore?" she asked.
"I?" he laughed. "I am not bitter against him. Only I believe him to be a man without heart or conscience or principles."