She had played the game and lost, just as she might have lost at billiards or at bridge, for she was a thorough sportswoman.

Charlotte (who is nothing if not a keen sportswoman) was filled with zeal and the spirit of emulation, so we resolved to dash off down the river to Bandipur, join Walterwho has now presumably joined the ranks of the unemployed, being only permitted by the Game Laws to kill two stagsand take our pick of the remaining "Royals," which, in our vivid imaginations, roamed in dense flocks through the nullahs beyond Bandipur!