"I told you I was only here as a bird of passage. My time's up to-day. Good-by."
"I'm awfully sorry. Good-by."
They shook hands. Camilla went to Robin McKay and bent over him.
"You're quite right, my dear boy. One ought to play the game to the bitter end. It's the thing most worth doing in life. God bless you!"
The boy stared wonderingly at her as she disappeared.
"I'm glad she's not going to be here any more," said the girl.
Her husband's lips smiled.
"Why?"
"She's a most heartless, overbearing woman."
"Oh, they all seem like that when they're upset," he laughed. "And I was really playing the most outrageous fool."