Barnard caught the word. "Comfortable?" he echoed raucously. "Why, of course we're comfortable. We're just enjoying the trip. Pity we haven't a pack of cards-we could play a rubber of bridge." Conway welcomed the spirit of the remark, though he disliked bridge. "I don't suppose Miss Brinklow plays," he said, smiling. But the missionary turned round briskly to retort: "Indeed I do, and I could never see any harm in cards at all. There's nothing against them in the Bible." They all laughed, and seemed obliged to her for providing an excuse. At any rate, Conway thought, she wasn't hysterical.
( James Hilton )
[ Lost Horizon ]
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