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Not that he minded losing the set; but it seemed
to him it must be patent to the whole crowd, that it was the sight,
out of the tail of his eye, of a tall grey figure moving quietly
along the line of chairs, which for a moment or two set earth and
sky whirling, and made a confused blur of net and lines. As a matter
of fact, only one of the onlookers connected Garth's loss of the
game with Jane's arrival, and she was the lovely girl, seated
exactly opposite the net, with whom he exchanged a smile and a word
as he crossed to the other side of the court.
The last set proved the most exciting of the three. Nine hard-fought
games, five to Garth, four to Ronnie. And now Ronnie was serving,
and fighting hard to make it games-all. Over and over enthusiastic
partisans of both shouted "Deuce!" and then when Garth had won the
"vantage," a slashing over-hand service from Ronnie beat him, and it
was "deuce" again.
"Don't it make one giddy?" said Mrs. Parker Bangs to Billy, who
reclined on the sward at her feet.


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