SUNDAY BRIDGE 243 



Wicklow and her broken-hearted fiance would 

 never take place. But though I thus at one fell 

 swoop lost both bride and rubber, my passion 

 for the game has never cooled, and the first day 

 of every week sees me strolling ofi at half-past 

 four o'clock in the direction of the Portman Club 

 to spend a profitable (but I trust reverent) after- 

 noon playing " Sunday Bridge " for " offertory 

 (threepenny) points," with, perhaps, a hymn- 

 book on the rubber. 



