They spent a month
there together; Mrs. Evers had been there since the winter. I think
Mrs. Vivian really came to Baden-Baden--she would have preferred a less
expensive place--to bring Blanche Evers. Her mother wanted her so much
to come."
"And was it for her sake that Captain Lovelock came, too?" Bernard
asked.
Gordon Wright stared a moment.
"I 'm sure I don't know!"
"Of course you can't be interested in that," said Bernard smiling. "Who
is Captain Lovelock?"
"He is an Englishman. I believe he is what 's called aristocratically
connected--the younger brother of a lord, or something of that sort."
"Is he a clever man?"
"I have n't talked with him much, but I doubt it. He is rather rakish;
he plays a great deal."
"But is that considered here a proof of rakishness?" asked Bernard.
"Have n't you played a little yourself?"
Gordon hesitated a moment.
"Yes, I have played a little. I wanted to try some experiments. I had
made some arithmetical calculations of probabilities, which I wished to
test."
Bernard gave a long laugh.
"I am delighted with the reasons you give for amusing yourself!
Arithmetical calculations!"
"I assure you they are the real reasons!" said Gordon, blushing a
little.
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