"It would have been up to the King, to-morrow, but for this miserable
wife business," said I.
"Good!" he exclaimed. "Lotzen does not hold all the cards--you've got a
few trumps, too. It will be a pretty game."
"For the spectators," I supplemented.
"For you, too; when you get into the swing of it."
"I wish I had your happy way of viewing things," I said.
He laughed. "Oh, it's easy to view some other fellow's affairs happily.
That is why a friend's advice is usually serviceable."