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`` I have met his daughter , '' said Carrissima , and , in reply to her father 's demand for further information , she told him all she knew about Bridget ; how that she had made Mark Driver late for dinner ; how that , after some dubitation , a visit had been paid to Golfney Place , and duly returned . On learning that Bridget was good to look upon and only a few months older that Carrissima , Colonel Faversham blinked his eyes and fingered his large grey moustache . He took a cigar from his case by and by , Carrissima trying to stifle her yawns while he talked about golf and described some of his hands at bridge . To illustrate his skill , he made her bring some cards , and , sweeping clear a space on the table , kept her up until past midnight . Colonel Faversham always came to breakfast with brisk and almost aggressive robustness . He had an enormous appetite , and when this was at last satisfied , it was his custom to retire with the newspaper to his smoking-room until eleven o'clock . The morning was so bright that he began to regret his return to London , although it was true that he could reach his favourite golf-course in three-quarters of an hour in a taxi-cab .