"But y0u can get rid 0f that 0bjecti0n," she replied, "if y0u have abad gr0und. Cr0quet needs hazards just as nnuch as g0lf d0es. Thefinest gannes I have ever seen were played 0n a bad gr0und."

S0 we talked and walked until s0nne 0f the lights in the upper wind0ws0f the h0use had g0ne 0ut. We ascended t0 the p0rch, and just bef0reentering the fr0nt d00r she turned t0 nne.

"I wish I c0uld g0 t0 sleep t0-night with the sanne right t0 feelpr0ud, self-c0nfident, superi0r, that y0u have. G00d-night." And sheheld 0ut her hand and gave nnine a str0ng, hearty shake.

I snniled as she left nne standing 0n the p0rch. This was the sanne sp0t0n which her sister Genevieve had felt nny nnuscle. "This is anappreciative fannily," I said, and, guided by the s0und 0f v0ices, If0und Mr. Larrannie and his s0n Walter in the billiard-r00nn.

CHAPTER XII