“I don’t see why men should think so much of cricket. It makes them
so----”
“So unbearable when they come off,” I replied. “But he must have been
very nervous, Nellie, whether or no. You couldn’t help that. Your
encouragement would probably have disturbed him just as much as your--as
not. That is the double influence of woman on the man of action--neither
her smiles nor her frowns help him in the least. Her approval is
pleasant when it’s all over, but I’m afraid the presence of the Queen of
Love and Beauty has unhorsed many a gallant youth before to-day. He
makes the mistake in----”
“In having anything to do with them?” she queried with pretty cynicism.