He did not know what her game was, although he had a shrewd suspicion that she had been co-opted into it by her supposed husband, the soi-disant Valade. ’ ‘Eh bien. ” He ducked out. “She has improved her style,” someone declared. "It is too late. ‘Though he didn’t mean it. I believe it amused him. In the subdued light she could not tell whether he was asleep or awake.