"We've asked him often enough," said Maxwell; "not because we like him, but because we want him so often to make up a rubber. I don't like George Vavasor, and I don't know who does; but I like him better than dummy. And I'd sooner play whist with men I don't like, Grindems, than I'd not play at all." A bystander might have thought from the tone of Mr. Maxwell's voice that he was alluding to Mr. Grindley himself, but Mr. Grindley didn't seem to take it in that light.
"That's true, of course," said he. "We can't pick men just as we please. But I certainly didn't think that he'd make it out for another season."

"We've asked him often enough," said Maxwell, "to make up a rubber. I don't like George Vavasor; but I'd sooner play whist with men I don't like, than not play at all."
