_Mr. T._ Why, that is ever so much like Sixty-six. Do you remember the time we tried to play Sixty-six on the Bar Harbor boat, Miss Vaughn? _Miss V._ Oh, yes; and Ethel Mott _was_ such fun. She just would cheat, and there was no stopping her. _Colonel G._ It is your lead, Miss Vaughn. _Mrs. V._ Oh, just wait a moment. I want to know if fourth best has anything to do with playing fourth hand? _Colonel G._ Nothing whatever. _Mr. T._ Oh, fourth best is one of those things they've put in to make whist scientific. For my part, I don't think there's any fun-- _Miss V._ That's just what I say. When I play whist I want to have a good time, and not feel as if I were going through an examination at a scientific school. Oh, did you know we are going to have a whist figure at Janet Graham's german, Mr. Talbot? Won't that be fun? _Mr. T._ I am sure then that you'll be trump. _Miss V._ Thank you. _Mrs. V._ How pretty! _Colonel G._ It is your lead, Miss Vaughn. _Miss V._ Why, did I take the last trick? What shall I--oh, I know,--the ace of clubs. _Mrs. V._ The two-spot of diamonds ought to be good for that. _Miss V._ How horrid! Now the rest of my clubs aren't any good. Well, any way, I can throw them away. _Mrs. V._ Have hearts been led? _Mr. T._ I'm sure I can't remember. _Miss V._ (_examining tricks_). Yes, here's one heart trick. _Mrs. V._ Well, I must lead it, and I'm sure I don't remember about it at all. I'll lead a small one. Was that right, Colonel Graham? _Colonel G._ You might have led your knave. _Mrs. V._ Why, how did you know I had the knave. I declare, it's like witchcraft, the way you keep run of the cards. I suppose you know where every card is. Who took that? _Colonel G._ I did. _Mr. T._ I ought to have trumped that, but I do hate to trump second hand. _Colonel G._ But you played suit. _Mr. T._ So I did. I forgot that. _Colonel G._ (_showing hand_). The rest of the tricks are mine. _Miss V._ Why, I have the king and queen of clubs, and you haven't a club in your hand. _Colonel G._ That is why the tricks are mine. I can keep the lead to the end. I am very sorry, Mrs. Vaughn; but I am suddenly attacked with a nervous headache, so that I cannot possibly go on playing. I shall have to ask to be excused. _Mrs. V._ Oh, don't break up the game when we are getting along so well. _Colonel G._ I am very sorry; but I must go. I have enjoyed the game extremely. _Mr. T._ Are you out? _Colonel G._ Yes. _Mrs. V._ I'm sure it was all owing to you. _Colonel G._ It was all owing to the fall of the cards. I haven't done anything. _Miss V._ I'm sure we didn't have anything on our side at all. I hate whist anyway; you have to be so quiet, and study on it so. _Mr. T._ Yes, I think it's awfully hard work. _Colonel G._ Oh, you'll have better luck next time. Good-by; don't rise.