Also, as far as Roger was concerned, they
drew Dieppe blank; it turned out that he was staying at
Pourville, a little watering-place a mile or two further
west. The Brimley Bomefields discovered that Dieppe was too
crowded and frivolous, and persuaded the old lady to migrate
to the comparative seclusion of Pourville.
`` `You won't find it dull, you know,' they assured her;
`there is a little casino attached to the hotel, and you can
watch the people dancing and throwing away their money at
_petits chevaux_.'
``It was just before _petits chevaux_ had been supplanted
by _boule_.
``Roger was not staying in the same hotel, but they knew
that the casino would be certain of his patronage on most
afternoons and evenings.
``On the first evening of their visit they wandered into
the casino after a fairly early dinner, and hovered near the
tables. Bertie van Tahn was staying there at the time, and
he described the whole incident to me. The Brimley
Bomefields kept a furtive watch on the doors as though they
were expecting some one to turn up, and the aunt got more
and more amused and interested watching the little horses
whirl round and round the board.
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