TEDDIE. I'll show you. [_He turns over the tricks to show the faces of the cards._] You threw away a club on the third heart trick and you had another heart. PORTEOUS. I never had more than two hearts. TEDDIE. Oh, yes, you had. Look here. That's the card you played on the last trick but one. LADY KITTY. [_Delighted to catch him out._] There's no doubt about it, Hughie. You revoked. PORTEOUS. I tell you I did not revoke. I never revoke. C.-C. You did, Hughie. I wondered what on earth you were doing. PORTEOUS. I don't know how anyone can be expected not to revoke when there's this confounded chatter going on all the time. TEDDIE. Well, that's another hundred to us. PORTEOUS. [_To CHAMPION-CHENEY._] I wish you wouldn't breathe down my neck. I never can play bridge when there's somebody breathing down my neck. [_The party have risen from the bridge-table, and they scatter about the room._ ANNA. Well, I'm going to take a book and lie down in the hammock till it's time to dress. TEDDIE. [_Who has been adding up._] I'll put it down in the book, shall I? PORTEOUS. [_Who has not moved, setting out the cards for a patience._] Yes, yes, put it down. I never revoke. [_ANNA goes out._ LADY KITTY. Would you like to come for a little stroll, Hughie? PORTEOUS. What for? LADY KITTY. Exercise. PORTEOUS. I hate exercise. C.-C. [_Looking at the patience._] The seven goes on the eight. [_PORTEOUS takes no notice._ LADY KITTY. The seven goes on the eight, Hughie. PORTEOUS. I don't choose to put the seven on the eight. C.-C. That knave goes on the queen. PORTEOUS. I'm not blind, thank you. LADY KITTY. The three goes on the four. C.-C. All these go over. PORTEOUS. [_Furiously._] Am I playing this patience, or are you playing it? LADY KITTY. But you're missing everything. PORTEOUS. That's my business. C.-C. It's no good losing your temper over it, Hughie. PORTEOUS. Go away, both of you. You irritate me. LADY KITTY. We were only trying to help you, Hughie. PORTEOUS. I don't want to be helped. I want to do it by myself. LADY KITTY. I think your manners are perfectly deplorable, Hughie. PORTEOUS. It's simply maddening when you're playing patience and people won't leave you alone. C.-C. We won't say another word. PORTEOUS. That three goes. I believe it's coming out. If I'd been such a fool as to put that seven up I shouldn't have been able to bring these down. [_He puts down several cards while they watch him silently._ LADY KITTY and C.-C. [_Together._] The four goes on the five. PORTEOUS. [_Throwing down the cards violently._] Damn you! why don't you leave me alone? It's intolerable. C.-C. It was coming out, my dear fellow. PORTEOUS. I know it was coming out. Confound you! LADY KITTY. How petty you are, Hughie! PORTEOUS. Petty, be damned! I've told you over and over again that I will not be interfered with when I'm playing patience. LADY KITTY. Don't talk to me like that, Hughie. PORTEOUS. I shall talk to you as I please.