"Shall we leave now?"
"No; I rather enjoy watching my seed bear fruit."
Olga tried to speak lightly and smile. Millar, watching her closely, saw her lips twitch, and it was with difficulty that she controlled herself.
"They are an interesting couple," he said.
"Can't we discuss something besides these two?" Olga asked impatiently.
"Yes, certainly," Millar acquiesced. "I came here to-night to decide a wager," he went on.
"What was it?" Olga asked absently, looking with jealous eyes at Elsa and Karl.
"I made a wager that you would fall in love with me to-night."
Olga was startled by the declaration, but she treated it lightly as one of Millar's strange sayings.
"With whom did you make such a wager?" she asked.