Clodagh looked round, a little embarrassed by the general interest.
"Well, I—I suppose I should like to see roulette played," she admitted guardedly.
He bent his head, and looked at her with his cold, penetrating smile.
"Ah, I see!" he said softly. "Judicious reservations!"
But at that moment Lady Frances crossed the room, and pausing by the roulette-table, set the ball spinning.
"Come along, people!" she cried gaily. "Fortune smiles!"
They all laughed and strolled across the room.
"Come along!" Lady Frances urged again—"come, Rose!" She smiled at Mrs. Bathurst. "Unlucky at bridge, lucky at roulette! Come, Tory!—come, Val!"
She glanced from Luard to Serracauld.
There was another amused laugh, and all the party with the exception of Clodagh stepped forward and placed one or many coins upon the table.